WEST CARTHAGE â For a number of years, steps have been taken to move the village Police Department from Franklin Street into the West Carthage Municipal Building, 41 High St.
Now, that move is closer to becoming a reality with construction underway at the rear of the village building for a three-stall garage.
The village police, along with a satellite station for the Jefferson County Sheriffâs Office, are housed in a one-story building that formerly also held the village court.
According to a Jan, 16, 1990, Watertown Daily Times article, the village court and police department moved from the former village offices on North Jefferson Street just prior to the construction of the municipal building on High Street. The Franklin Street structure, across from the Donald F. Getman Memorial Park, was an old dairy building that has been renovated for use by the village departments.
DEFERIET â A fire broke out in the heart of a village with fewer than 300 on Thursday, resulting in the death of a man the mayor considered to be an excellent neighbor who kept to himself and his two dogs.
State investigators are working to determine the cause of a fire in a detached garage at 88 Riverside Drive, that ignited at about 4:30 p.m. A body was found inside the garage after firefighters were able to control the burn. He was identified following an autopsy Friday afternoon as Sean J. Brown, 53.
The mayor of Deferiet, Janet M. Zando, said Mr. Brown lived there for more than 10 years. She can see his garage from her kitchen window. The neighborhood, along with the rest of Deferiet, were built in the early 1900s to accommodate workers at the then-mill. Riverside Drive is on one side and Anderson Avenue on the other, both enclosing two rows of houses. Between the houses is a small alley, like a two-track, where most of the back doors lead and the detached garages are fou
Have you seen him? Officials asking public for help in locating missing soldier
Have you seen him? Officials asking public for help in locating missing soldier By 7 News Staff | December 19, 2020 at 1:12 PM EST - Updated December 19 at 11:07 PM
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - Army and Jefferson County Sheriffâs Office officials are asking the public for help locating a soldier who went missing between Thursday and Friday.
U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command says Harris was last heard from between 8 p.m. on Thursday the 17th and 6:30 a.m. on Friday the 18th.
Officials say he was meeting someone in Watertown for a vehicle transaction and hasnât been seen since.
New sentencing extensions for JeffCo inmates during pandemic draw criticism
More than 200 inmates at Jefferson County Jail are looking at a longer sentence after Jefferson County Sheriff s Office leaders re-evaluated the sentencing system over the summer and made changes.
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Birmingham commercial building heavily damaged in early-morning blaze
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
Posted Dec 17, 2020
First responders were dispatched at 2:45 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, to the building at 24th Street North and Rev. Abraham Woods Jr. Boulevard. (Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service)
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Birmingham firefighters battled a downtown blaze for several hours early Thursday.
First responders were dispatched at 2:45 a.m. to the building at 24th Street North and Rev. Abraham Woods Jr. Boulevard, said Battalion Chief Jackie Hicks. They arrived to find the commercial structure heavily involved.
Hicks said the building - which is owned by the city - wasn’t currently in use. He said he did not know what was being stored in there. It is near Phillips Academy and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.