Watertown Daily Times (Watertown, NY)

The Watertown Daily Times is a newspaper that comes out six days a week, from Tuesday to Sunday, in Watertown, New York. It covers news for Jefferson County, Lewis County, St. Lawrence County, and Oswego County. Established in 1861, it is owned by the Johnson family based in Watertown.

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Sackets Harbor completes waterfront resiliency projects

2 days ago | nny360.com | Jonathon Wheeler

SACKETS HARBOR — The village of Sackets Harbor has received millions of dollars from the state to complete flood protection work through the Lake Ontario Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative. The projects included $3.2 million in climate-resilient upgrades and improvements at the village waterfront and greenspace at Market Square Park and public waterfront sites.
Controversial Potsdam Town Councilor Paige to resign

2 days ago | nny360.com | Andy Gardner

POTSDAM — A town board member here who had made a controversial social media post in July 2024 saying now-President Trump should be put down like a rabid dog, has decided to resign. Town Councilor Christine Paige, whose comments received local and national blowback, submitted a letter to the editor of the Watertown Daily Times saying she will now step down. In her opening salvo, Paige alleges that Town Supervisor Marty G.
Mannsville blaze leaves firefighter with minor injuries, destroys house

3 days ago | nny360.com | Jonathon Wheeler

MANNSVILLE — One firefighter was treated for minor injuries after battling a structure fire at 14392 Benjamin Place in Mannsville Monday afternoon. Joseph D. Plummer, director of Jefferson County Fire and Emergency Management, said the firefighter was transported to the hospital for treatment of the minor injuries.
Potsdam village board back to full roster

3 days ago | nny360.com | Andy Gardner

POTSDAM — The Board of Trustees is back to a full slate. The board unanimously appointed Joshua Tulloch to full former trustee Monique Tirion’s unexpired term on April 28. He joins Trustee Ryan Deuel, who was appointed in March to complete the unexpired term of former Deputy Mayor Steve Warr. Tulloch’s term, like Deuel’s, will run through Dec. 1.
Trump says 80% China tariff ‘seems right,’ ahead of talks

5 days ago | nny360.com | Skylar Woodhouse

President Donald Trump floated an 80% tariff on China ahead of negotiations due to begin Saturday as he urged Beijing to do more to open their markets to U.S. goods. “80% Tariff on China seems right! Up to Scott B,” Trump said in a social-media post Friday morning, referring to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. “CHINA SHOULD OPEN UP ITS MARKET TO USA - WOULD BE SO GOOD FOR THEM!!! CLOSED MARKETS DON’T WORK ANYMORE!!!,” he said in a separate post.
College receives $2 million donation to study harmful algal blooms

5 days ago | nny360.com | Steve Featherstone

The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry announced this month that it will receive a $2 million donation from Sam and Carol Nappi for research into the cause of algal blooms on Skaneateles Lake.
Game changer in the grocery store wine debate? New bill would restrict it to New York wines

5 days ago | nny360.com | Don Cazentre

In the four decades since he opened his namesake winery on Cayuga Lake, Cameron Hosmer has followed the debate over allowing grocery stores in New York to sell wine. “It’s been kicking around for 40 years,” said Hosmer, who founded Hosmer Winery in Ovid with his wife Maren in 1985. “There’s always been two sides to the situation. I guess what’s happened is, ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.’”But this year, the long-standing push to allow the sale of wine in New York grocery stores has a new twist.
Rachel Marsden: Team Trump’s Baby Mandates Are Getting Creepy - Even For The Right

5 days ago | nny360.com | Rachel Marsden

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Natalism. Elon Musk won’t stop posting about it. Vice President JD Vance won’t stop talking about it. Which is odd, because neither of them has a uterus. Or a clue. Which is why we women on the right need to step in and help our brothers out with an intervention. Check yourselves before you wreck yourselves, guys. “Our people aren’t having enough children to replace themselves. That should bother us,” Vance once told a crowd at a political event.
Fort Drum announces Mountainfest concert

5 days ago | nny360.com | Jonathon Wheeler

FORT DRUM — Fort Drum has announced that country singer Nate Smith is set to headline Mountainfest. “This year in particular is especially important because it is the 80th anniversary of the 10th Mountain Division’s assault on Riva Ridge in 1945,” Brig. Gen. Joseph Escandon, 10th Mountain Division deputy commander for operations, said in a news release.
New assistant principal named for Watertown High School

5 days ago | nny360.com | Jonathon Wheeler

WATERTOWN — The Watertown City School District has announced that Ambur Misercola will be serving as the assistant principal of Watertown High School. Misercola graduated from Watertown High in 2005 as a lifelong resident before earning her bachelor’s degree from SUNY Oswego in secondary education and history. She received a master’s degree in literacy from the University at Buffalo. She began as a teacher in the district as a substitute in 2011 before earning a full-time teaching position in 2012.