Watertown News

Families grieving the deaths of children, regardless of cause or age, have an outlet in the Compassionate Friends support group.

The Fort Drum Softball Team is one of the best in the area, winning its share of tournaments.

Last summer, readers young and old crowded into bookstores to await the release of the final book in the Harry Potter series.

Fireworks aren't the only thing skyrocketing on this Fourth of July holiday weekend.

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

For the first time, starting next week, the village of Carthage will host an Arts in the Park concert series at the new Firesite Park, State Street.

The state Division of Housing and Community Renewal announced Monday that it had awarded the Franklin Building project $4.3 million in deferred loans and tax credits.

Creek Wood is moving forward. The city Planning Board recommended Tuesday afternoon that the 200-unit apartment complex be pushed to the City Council for approval.

Carthage Area Hospital administrators are asking workers to make sacrifices they are not in a position to make, Service Employees International Union Local 1199 members and representatives say.

The state's highest court has refused to hear the case of a Midtown Towers resident who has been fighting eviction from the publicly subsidized housing for three years.

As soldiers' enlistments near their end, they must decide whether they want to leave the service or stay on for another term.

It's one of the dangers of delivering the mail. More than 3,000 postal workers are bitten by dogs while working their routes every year.

He's been serving others in the North Country for more than 50 years, but he's happy to call everyone his friend.

Police have identified the victim as Mitchell J. Sliwa of Barnes Corners, no age given.

A Watertown couple has settled litigation with the state attorney general's office following convictions for underpaying 11 workers by more than $90,000. On Jan.

The Watertown City Fire Department is asking motorists to be more careful and slow down around fire scenes.

A state prison inmate was indicted this week for scuffling with a corrections officer and for making a weapon out of a toothbrush and a razor blade.

Helen J. Johnson, 86, formerly of 266 Mullin St., died Tuesday morning at the Samaritan Keep Nursing Home where she had been a resident for eight years.

Watertown Lyric Theater's Musical U program presents Seussical Jr. in a two-week long workshop.

Family and friends gave 20 Army Reservists from Watertown a warm welcome home Sunday morning after a year long deployment to Iraq.