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Emergency Demolition of Downtown Building Could Cost Watertown Taxpayers Up to $800,000

Watertown Post May 29, 2026

By Joel Pilon | Watertown Post WATERTOWN, N.Y. — City officials are preparing for what could become...

Portals of Watertown: A Wild Idea That Could Let America’s Watertowns See Each Other in Real Time Retro-futuristic cylindrical video portal kiosks in a real downtown streetscape, showing live connections between different Watertown communities while pedestrians gather around the glowing structures.

Retro-futuristic cylindrical video portal kiosks in a real downtown streetscape, showing live connections between different Watertown communities while pedestrians gather around the glowing structures.

Portals of Watertown: A Wild Idea That Could Let America’s Watertowns See Each Other in Real Time

Watertown Post May 26, 2026

WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Somewhere between science fiction, public art, and “why the hell don’t we do cool...

Illustrated poster showing representatives from multiple American towns named Watertown, including New York, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Tennessee, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Minnesota. The characters stand together in winter clothing holding signs with humorous descriptions of their hometowns. Snowmobiles, pizza, hockey skates, cheese, and patriotic imagery surround a large banner reading “Hello From Watertown, New York to All Our Watertown Family Across America!”

From One Watertown to Another: A Love Letter to Every Watertown in America

Watertown Post May 23, 2026

By The Watertown Post There are cities named after presidents. Cities named after rivers. Cities named after...

Sweet Success in Watertown: Why I’m Headed Straight to Three Sisters Candy Jar This Weekend

Watertown Post May 15, 2026

There’s something special about seeing a new small business open its doors in downtown Watertown. While giant...

The Bugs Survived the Winter… And Northern New York May Pay For It

Watertown Post May 13, 2026

By Joel PilonWatertown, NY For generations, the brutal winters of Northern New York served a purpose beyond...

“$200,000 and a Clipboard”: Strange Greenland Story Pulls Nuuk — And Maybe Watertown — Into the Spotlight Which is exactly why the idea of building real northern relationships makes a whole lot more sense than somebody allegedly trying to buy Greenland one taxi ride at a time.

Which is exactly why the idea of building real northern relationships makes a whole lot more sense than somebody allegedly trying to buy Greenland one taxi ride at a time.

“$200,000 and a Clipboard”: Strange Greenland Story Pulls Nuuk — And Maybe Watertown — Into the Spotlight

Watertown Post May 9, 2026

The strange story unfolding in Nuuk, Greenland this week — involving an 86-year-old American allegedly walking around...

The City of the Future A futuristic concept rendering of downtown Watertown, New York, showing a modern curved LED billboard integrated into a renovated art gallery building near Public Square, with sleek architectural lighting and Times Square-style digital advertising.

A futuristic concept rendering of downtown Watertown, New York, showing a modern curved LED billboard integrated into a renovated art gallery building near Public Square, with sleek architectural lighting and Times Square-style digital advertising.

The City of the Future

Watertown Post May 8, 2026

The City of the Future Must Think Like the Future Again By Hans WilderWatertown, NY For decades,...

Watertown Wants to Drop Trash Pickup — But Keep the Golf Course. Maybe the Answer Is Robots. You don’t need robots navigating every snow-covered side street. You deploy them where they make sense: senior housing, tight neighborhoods, downtown corridors, city-owned properties, parks. Places where consolidation saves time, fuel, and manpower.

You don’t need robots navigating every snow-covered side street. You deploy them where they make sense: senior housing, tight neighborhoods, downtown corridors, city-owned properties, parks. Places where consolidation saves time, fuel, and manpower.

Watertown Wants to Drop Trash Pickup — But Keep the Golf Course. Maybe the Answer Is Robots.

Watertown Post May 5, 2026

Watertown is staring down a familiar municipal squeeze. Budgets tighten, services get questioned, and somewhere in the...

Syracuse Production Experience Eyes Watertown Opportunity on the Black River

Watertown Post April 24, 2026

A major production opportunity may be quietly taking shape on Watertown’s north side, as Syracuse-based DiBernardo Productions...

Watertown’s Empty Lots and Vacant Houses Are Not Just a Local Problem — They’re an Upstate New York Problem Watertown may not be Buffalo in scale, but the principle is the same. Empty lots and vacant houses in Watertown represent a local version of the same structural problem facing upstate New York: cities that need housing, need taxpayers, need neighborhood stability, and yet are still carrying dead space block after block. The difference is one of magnitude, not kind

Watertown may not be Buffalo in scale, but the principle is the same. Empty lots and vacant houses in Watertown represent a local version of the same structural problem facing upstate New York: cities that need housing, need taxpayers, need neighborhood stability, and yet are still carrying dead space block after block. The difference is one of magnitude, not kind

Watertown’s Empty Lots and Vacant Houses Are Not Just a Local Problem — They’re an Upstate New York Problem

Watertown Post April 22, 2026

Watertown does not suffer from a lack of land. It suffers from a lack of productive use....

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Emergency Demolition of Downtown Building Could Cost Watertown Taxpayers Up to $800,000

Portals of Watertown: A Wild Idea That Could Let America’s Watertowns See Each Other in Real Time

From One Watertown to Another: A Love Letter to Every Watertown in America

Sweet Success in Watertown: Why I’m Headed Straight to Three Sisters Candy Jar This Weekend

The Bugs Survived the Winter… And Northern New York May Pay For It

“$200,000 and a Clipboard”: Strange Greenland Story Pulls Nuuk — And Maybe Watertown — Into the Spotlight

The City of the Future

Watertown Wants to Drop Trash Pickup — But Keep the Golf Course. Maybe the Answer Is Robots.

Syracuse Production Experience Eyes Watertown Opportunity on the Black River

Watertown’s Empty Lots and Vacant Houses Are Not Just a Local Problem — They’re an Upstate New York Problem

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