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Jefferson County issues travel advisory; director of emergency management says people are driving slowly, staying home

WATERTOWN — A travel advisory has been issued in Jefferson County as the inches of snow pile up in the area, and it appears the public is listening. For the most part, drivers are moving slowly or just simply staying home as the lake-effect snow continued Thursday. “It’s been pretty mundane for us,” said Joseph… Keep Reading

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Open border brings Canadians back to New York

The lines began to form before midnight Sunday at U.S. border facilities. Closed since March 2020, the U.S.-Canadian border reopened Monday allowing fully vaccinated Canadians into the United States. “Our nighttime shift was very busy,” said Steven Lawrence, executive director of the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority. “It was like the traffic you would see… Keep Reading

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National Weather Service repairs cancel flights at Watertown International Airport

WATERTOWN — Watertown International Airport has announced that the National Weather Service, which maintains the weather station at the airport, has been making repairs to its Automated Surface Observing Systems weather reporting system. This resulted in the system going out of service Monday evening. The necessary repairs will be completed late Thursday, when the system… Keep Reading

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A ‘Time’ Vortex and One of A Kind Zoo Makes A Great Day Trip in Watertown, NY Read More: Vortex and One of A Kind Zoo Makes A Great Day Trip in NYS

I just discovered a place I never knew existed that is home to a mysterious phenomenon, “the Thompson Park Vortex” and it’s located in Thompson Park in Watertown, NY. Within this urban park is a one-of-a-kind zoo, Zoo New York. You may have heard Big Chuck and I talking on the radio about this around the water cooler this… Keep Reading

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11 stops on Route 11: Fun destinations along Upstate NY’s historic highway

Q: What Upstate “neighborhood” begins near the U.S.-Canadian border and ends 319 miles away at the New York-Pennsylvania border? A: The Upstate New York portion of U.S. Route 11, built between 1924 and 1927. It eventually meanders southwesterly through nine more states until it ends up in the steamy Bayou Sauvage area near New Orleans, the terminus… Keep Reading