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WATERTOWN — Ruth A. Phelps, 33, of 110 Central St., was charged by city police on Sunday with driving while intoxicated, obstructing traffic at an intersection and third-degree unlicensed operation

WATERTOWN — After four years, the last piece of the city’s $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative is finally coming together.

WATERTOWN — Shop owner Marylois Queal could only be optimistic about this year’s holiday shopping season just by the way Small Business Saturday went for her this weekend.

WATERTOWN — Cathie Ellsworth and her partners had no interest in Black Friday.

10 years ago July 27, 2011: Fort Drum dedicated its newest fire station Tuesday to a firefighter who died last year during a silo fire. The Garrett W. Loomis Fire Station 2 near the Route 26 gate now houses equipment, the fire prevention office and the Fort Drum Fire Department training division. A plaque with the words “Firefighter, Patriot, Volunteer” will hang on the exterior, and a photo of Mr. Loomis and his gear is on display near the entrance. 25 years ago July 27, 1996: The fo...

But then the pandemic hit, said Reginald J. Schweitzer of Neighbors of Watertown. “It’s a more difficult time,” he said. “Money is tight for everybody.” Joseph A. Wessner, president of the Downtown Business Association, started working on the business improvement district in 2019, well before the pandemic hit last March. He continues to garner support for the proposal during the ongoing pandemic. Mr. Wessner, also assistant general manager of Coughlin Printing Group, ac...

Last Sunday afternoon, Valentine’s Day, in a photo studio upstairs at Watertown’s Paddock Arcade, Kristie Stumpf Rork gathered some friends to say bye-bye to her boobs. Her “Farewell To My Boobs” photo shoot was at a studio owned by one of her good friends. But Kristie’s farewell would actually happen a day later when the 50-year-old “curve model” would have a double mastectomy at a Syracuse hospital. Since being diagnosed with breast cancer in November, Krist...

Sometimes it takes an outsider to truly appreciate the inside framework of where we call home.

WATERTOWN — About $1.5 million in street improvements under the city’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative program are headed to the design phase of the project.