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WATERTOWN — AAA had its grand opening of a new office on Outer Washington Street on Tuesday. A few dozen people, made up of AAA staff, state police, local elected officials and community members came out to 19472 U.S. Rte. 11 on outer Washington Street, where the new office was opened. AAA had an office… Keep Reading
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Three out of five Americans think they’ve wasted their summer if they haven’t traveled anywhere, according to a new poll. The poll, which surveyed 2,000 adults, revealed that 58% are either planning a summer vacation or already have one in place for this year. Meanwhile, the average respondent took about four different vacations per year… Keep Reading
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WATERTOWN — Final passenger tallies are in, and Watertown International Airport’s numbers are bouncing back strongly. After the COVID-19 pandemic decimated traveler numbers in 2020, the airport reported a 75% increase in passengers arriving and departing in 2021, for a total of 41,897 individual customers served last year. Airport manager Grant W. Sussey said the… Keep Reading
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Having recently had time called on its 15 years of service, an Airbus A380 just completed some trial flights powered by cooking oil. The largest passenger jet in the world, a double-decker behemoth just flew a three-hour intra-French test flight on Sustainable Aviation Fuel, or SAF for short. Hydroprocessed Esters and Fatty Acids (HEFA)—SAF’s key… Keep Reading
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For those one or two of you in the audience who grew up watching Swiss Family Robinson, a new resort in Tennessee will jump to the top of your destination list. 130 tree houses are slated to be built over the next few years in the woods near Great Smokey Mountains National Park, representing the largest… Keep Reading
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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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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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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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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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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
