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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Copenhagen elementary students revel in Outdoor Classroom Day

4 days ago | nny360.com | Elaine M. Avallone

COPENHAGEN — It was overcast with mild temperature making a pleasant day to get outside as Copenhagen Central School’s elementary students participated in Outdoor Classroom Day. Fifth grade teacher Tamie Muncy, the event’s organizer, said the school has participated in the global movement for the past four years. The purpose of the day is to get children outside to play and learn.
HEAT death: N.Y. Assembly kills green energy bill to phase out natural gas for third year in a row

4 days ago | nny360.com | Alex Gault

ALBANY — The NY HEAT Act, a controversial bill aimed at shrinking future investments in natural gas infrastructure statewide and making the transition to clean energy more affordable for ratepayers has died in the state Assembly, again. State lawmakers have negotiated for years over the legislation — HEAT for Home Energy Affordable Transition — which has passed the Senate twice.
Bridge Port Vet Clinic closes its doors in Ogdensburg

5 days ago | nny360.com | Matt Curatolo

OGDENSBURG — A veterinary clinic in Ogdensburg has closed its doors. Bridge Port Veterinary Clinic, 5962 Route 812, operated by Dr. Robert Cruikshank, reportedly closed on June 12. A phone message for the clinic states that they are no longer taking appointments but that records can still be obtained. The following statement was posted on the clinic’s Facebook page: “Dr. Cruikshank has officially retired after 48 years of service to the local community.
Ogdensburg’s Elsa Luksich Municipal Pool opens Thursday for summer

5 days ago | nny360.com | Matt Curatolo

OGDENSBURG — The Elsa M. Luksich Municipal Pool will open for the summer season on Thursday and will remain open until an undetermined time in August. The pool is open to the general public Tuesday through Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. The pool is closed on Mondays for maintenance and cleaning. Thanks to a generous donation from the St. Lawrence Federal Credit Union, public swimming will be free this summer.
Howland Pump, Pepsi win 5th-6th Grade Baseball games

5 days ago | nny360.com | Dave Shea

Ogdensburg’s two 5th and Sixth Grade Baseball teams both advanced from the first round of the playoffs in Monday’s action in the North Country Youth Baseball and Softball action on Monday. In games played at the Cliff Montroy Youth Athletic Facility Howland Pump bested Massena 7-2 and Ogdensburg Pepsi Cola outscored Norwood-Norfolk 14-9.
State Legislature approves bill to strengthen N.Y. shield laws for abortion, trans healthcare

5 days ago | nny360.com | Alex Gault

ALBANY — State lawmakers have approved a new bill to further restrict health providers from sharing information about reproductive care to out-of-state authorities, part of a legislative push to make New York a sanctuary for abortions, gender-affirming care and other procedures now illegal in some states.
Massena Central School board meetings remaining in auditorium

6 days ago | nny360.com | Bob Beckstead

MASSENA — A suggestion to move Massena Central School board meetings from the high school auditorium to room 314 was shot down by board members. President Paul A. Haggett suggested they consider moving the meetings back to room 314, where they had been held prior to moving them to the auditorium last July. Prior to last year’s move to the auditorium, meetings had traditionally been held in room 314, which also serves as a student lounge during the school day.
SUNY Oswego students unravel the mysteries of thundersnow

6 days ago | nny360.com | Steve Featherstone

If you’ve lived through more than one upstate New York winter, the term “lake effect snowstorm” is permanently part of your vocabulary. But the region is home to another weird winter weather phenomenon that occurs when lake effect snow combines with lightning storms. Thundersnow, it’s called, and eastern Lake Ontario is one of the best places in the world to experience it, according to Scott Steiger, professor of meteorology at the State University of New York at Oswego. Why here?
Massena summer recreation program set to begin June 27

6 days ago | nny360.com | Bob Beckstead

MASSENA — A staple of the Massena summer season returns this month. The Massena Recreation Department’s free summer recreation program for ages 5 to 14 begins on June 27 and runs on weekdays until Aug. 8 with supervised programs at Alcoa Field and Nightengale, Madison and Jefferson elementary schools. “Participants can be dropped off at any of the four locations to start the day or may join us at any other location if they check in with a playground leader,” recreation officials said.
Illegal dumping leads to decreased hours at Massena DPW site

6 days ago | nny360.com | Bob Beckstead

MASSENA — What the Massena Department of Public Works says is “illegal dumping” has led to decreased hours for village residents to drop off leaves and other brush at the former DPW site on South Main Street. The change was effective June 2. The facility had previously been open 24 hours. Now, the gate is only unlocked between 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. “There has been a considerable amount of illegal dumping and due to this it will now be monitored,” DPW officials said.