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You could say that there’s an awning of a new age happening downtown these days. Watertown is joining a trend of communities across the country giving a little shade to downtown by installing awnings on buildings. Fifty awnings are going up on nine buildings in and around downtown as part of the city’s $460,000 facade… Keep Reading
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Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer knows the city will be seeking his help to obtain funding for a project at the city’s water treatment plant that is expected to cost tens of millions of dollars. Mayor Jeffrey M. Smith said he was able to get a face-to-face meeting about the project with Sen. Schumer… Keep Reading
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A Syracuse engineering firm has projected that the new pool at the North Elementary School will have a total cost of about $3.2 million. City Council members on Monday night got an update on the final design and the latest cost projections for replacing the William J. Flynn Municipal Swimming Pool on the city’s north… Keep Reading
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An appraisal of the former Watertown Golf Club came back showing that the city paid more than three times its worth. The city purchased nine holes on nearly 64 acres of the golf course in Thompson Park for $3.4 million on Jan. 27 from Michael E. Lundy, But an appraisal determined that the 18-hole golf… Keep Reading
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The city on Thursday received one proposal from a local restaurant operator to run the clubhouse in the newly acquired former Watertown Golf Club. Spokes Craft Beer and Tapas, the popular Public Square nightspot, was the only business to submit a proposal to operate the concessions at the clubhouse for the Thompson Park Golf Course.… Keep Reading
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The Watertown Municipal Arena has continued to lose money ever since the renovated facility re-opened in 2016, with an operating loss that exceeded $450,000 last year. City Comptroller James E. Mills acknowledged that the arena — home of hockey organizations, concerts and figure skating shows — will never make money. In the past seven years,… Keep Reading
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The city has its first new zoning laws since 1959. The City Council on Tuesday night approved the new zoning document, completing 2 1/2 years of work and the first time that Watertown’s zoning laws have been overhauled since they were written more than six decades ago. But much of the 40-minute discussion focused on… Keep Reading
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No injuries were reported after trash caught fire at 305 Gotham St. early Monday morning, Battalion Chief Ronald V. Wareham said. He said crews were dispatched to a possible structure fire, with smoke visible at the second floor of the building. There was a bag of trash inside the kitchen area of an apartment that… Keep Reading
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A consultant on Monday night guaranteed that the city will be ready to apply for funding later this year to help come up with a solution to reduce two disinfection byproducts that exceed acceptable levels at the Huntington Street water treatment plant. During a work session on Monday night, consultant Kevin Castro, with GHD, Syracuse,… Keep Reading
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The debate over the controversial purchase of the Watertown Golf Club continues after some electrical issues were discovered last week in the clubhouse’s basement. Employees of the parks and recreation and the Department of Public Works were in the building’s basement at Thompson Park on Tuesday when the electrical issues were found. After examining photos… Keep Reading
