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Politics: A year in review Politics: A year in review By Scott Atkinson | December 26, 2020 at 5:29 PM EST - Updated December 26 at 6:26 PM WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - It seems like a long time ago, but it was only January that President Trump was facing impeachment. And north country congresswoman Elise Stefanik emerged as a key defender of the President, going at it with the Democrats leading the impeachment charge: “Will the chairman continue to prohibit witnesses from answering Republican questions, as you’ve done in closed hearings and as you did this week,” said Stefanik. Adam S...

Wednesday, December 23, 2020 - 1:14 pm North Country Assemblyman Mark Walczyk, R-Watertown, said that Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave the North Country “a lump of coal” when he announced that a North Country prison will close early next year. The Watertown Correctional Facility will close at the end of March, Cuomo announced Monday. Prisons in Ogdensburg and Gouverneur are expected to remain open. "I’m going to state an obvious fact: St. Lawrence and Jefferson Counties are home to some of the bravest corrections officers you’ll find anywhere,” Walczyk said. “The Govern...

Clinton-Dannemora guard tower. Photo: Natasha Haverty Dec 21, 2020 — Two state correctional facilities in the North Country will permanently close in March 2021, affecting hundreds of prison jobs in the region. On a conference call Monday morning, state officials announced that Watertown Correctional Facility, the annex at Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, and Gowanda Correctional Facility south of Buffalo will close next spring. According to state data, the prison in Watertown has more than 300 full-time prison workers, while more than 200 officers work at the annex in Dannemora,...

Clinton-Dannemora guard tower. Photo: Natasha Haverty Dec 21, 2020 — Two state correctional facilities in the North Country will permanently close in March 2021, affecting hundreds of prison jobs in the region. On a conference call Monday morning, state officials announced that Watertown Correctional Facility, the annex at Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, and Gowanda Correctional Facility south of Buffalo will close next spring. According to state data, the prison in Watertown has more than 300 full-time prison workers, while more than 200 officers work at the annex in Dannemora,...

State to close Watertown Correctional Facility in 2021 WWNY State to close Watertown Correctional Facility in 2021 By John Moore and 7 News Staff | December 21, 2020 at 11:56 AM EST - Updated December 21 at 9:50 PM WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - The State Department of Corrections will close Watertown Correctional Facility on March 30, 2021. NYSCOPBA (New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association ) President Mike Powers tells 7 News he received word of the closure during a conference call with state officials Monday morning. Two other prisons will be closed next year, ...