WATERTOWN — The people who live at 661 Factory Street Inn & Lodging are still waiting to go home, but they’re getting a lot of help from the community while
WATERTOWN â The Canadian government announced Thursday that the country will begin allowing vaccinated Americans to cross its borders for nonessential travel starting Aug. 9 â months after calls from American leaders to end the border closure.
As vaccination rates rose and infection rates for COVID-19 dropped, officials including Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, Rep. Elise M. Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, and a litany of local leaders from the north country, called for Canada to welcome Americans back into their country, and allow Canadians to cross into and out of the United States.
Those first steps seem to be coming soon, but the White House pumped the brakes Monday. According to the Associated Press, White House Press Secretary Jennifer R. Psaki said the U.S. would not commit to reopening their side of the border on Aug. 9.
FORT DRUM — There’s one word the garrison commander at Fort Drum uses to describe the way the local governments and the military post responded to the coronavirus pandemic —
WATERTOWN — Jefferson County has three communities with concerningly low vaccination rates, according to data from New York state, but county Board of Legislators Chairman Scott A. Gray said that’s
WATERTOWN — Jefferson County has three communities with concerningly low vaccination rates, according to data from New York state, but county Board of Legislators Chairman Scott A. Gray said that’s