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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, acknowledged some of downtown’s biggest property owners, including Jake Johnson and Brian H. Murr...

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, Kristie, a Cape Vincent resident, has been public with her battle, calling it “Cancer During COVID: ...

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.