Dexter News

Nellie G. Barr, 77, of 475 Bay Street, died Monday June 30, at the River Hospital, Alexandria Bay.

Jefferson County is getting ready to welcome a new airline, Cape Air, to Watertown with a makeover for the old airport located in Dexter.

Fort Drum is celebrating its 100th birthday this week and it's beginning the festivities by honoring the north country's first military installation - Madison Barracks in Sackets Harbor.

This village is a place where, if you live here, just about everybody knows your name.

The gardens aren't secret anymore. The Lyme Garden Club, the Massena Valley Garden Club and Hospice of Jefferson County are sponsoring garden tours this month and in July.

Blue Cat Cycles owner Murat O'Hara said Watertown would be more bicycle-friendly if it placed more emphasis on bike trails.

Best friends standing by each other through the good times and the bad. That's just one of the major themes of HBO's hit series "Sex and the City," whose conclusion was released Friday in the form of "Sex and ...

Hawn Memorial Library is one of 3,000 libraries across the country selected by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association to received free hardcover editions of 17 classic ...

By Michael Malone -- Broadcasting & Cable, 5/29/2008 3:42:00 PM CBS president and CEO Leslie Moonves expressed his belief in the sturdiness of broadcast as he faced investors at the Sanford C. Bernstein ...

Evelyn M. Cean, age 82 of Dexter, died Sunday afternoon May 25th at her home. She had been under the loving care of her family and Hospice of Jefferson County.

“The upfront is no longer a representative indicator of network performance and the information released by the networks is, at best, questionable”

I am not standing near enormous platters of shrimp and sushi under a tent at Lincoln Center. via CNN Money

An overnight fire destroyed a large barn in Brownville - and a large telephone line serving northern Jefferson County. via WWTI

TDS Telecom phone customers in Cape Vincent, Three Mile Bay, Dexter and Chaumont will be out of service for a while because of a severe barn fire on the corner of Route 12 E and Middle Road. via WWNY-TV Watertown

Several fire departments respond to a barn fire in the Town of Brownville. Firefighters say it happened around 12:30 Friday morning at an inactive farm along State Route 12E. via News 10 Now

“We have a safety and environmental officer here that is trained to study issues like this”

After the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission began an investigation into whether turf fields throughout the country contain potentially harmful lead, north country school officials are saying their student ... via Watertown Daily Times

State police in Alexandria Bay arrested a 55 year old Dexter man for allegedly having sexual contact with a 12 year old girl. via WWNY-TV Watertown

“It will capitalize on strengths of Viacom, with the infrastructure for affiliate and marketing services coming from MTV Networks and strong content from Paramount.”

By Mike Reynolds -- Multichannel News, 4/21/2008 7:41:00 PM While the upcoming premium channel from Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM is seeking linear carriage, the service may also count digital subscribers when ... via Multichannel News

“In the past six or seven years, movies on Showtime have seen as much as an 80 percent decline in viewers”

Is Sumner Redstone simply looking for leverage in his negotiations with CBS's Showtime? It sure looked that way Monday when Redstone's Viacom announced that its movie studio Paramount Pictures is in talks with ... via CNN Money

The temperature was recorded during the day at Watertown Airport in Dexter. The previous record set back in 1976 was 84 degrees. via WWNY-TV Watertown

“I don't want to be on dialysis anymore. There are a lot of restrictions and with a transplant, I can live normally. It's another chance at life.”

Raymond L. Biccum Jr. sat on the couch with his sister by his side, weak after a day of kidney dialysis. via Watertown Daily Times