Black River News

Fortuna Energy, frustrated by New York's slow progress in rewriting the environmental regulations needed to tap into the Marcellus Shale, plans an aggressive drilling program in Pennsylvania's Northern Tier.

The Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever" might be an appropriate title to describe Best By Farr, a berry patch owned by Richard D. and Valerie Farr.

A man suffered a head injury and was flown by helicopter to Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, after he fell into the Black River while fishing today.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department on Monday afternoon identified the person killed in an accident late Sunday afternoon on Interstate 81 as Eleanor F. Stevens, 89, Black River.

Watertown officials once again will look to Albany to help lower the cost of a project the City Council has said is necessary to revitalize downtown.

It has been two years since Victor R. and Pamela J. Delles started looking into alternative ways to protect their farm from developers.

Watertown City Councilman Peter L. Clough will not run for re-election in November.

If you're a north country native and live anywhere close to Watertown, no doubt you've been to Shuler's Steak & Seafood Restaurant on Mill Street.

A man whose body was discovered Friday along the Black River in Jefferson County has been identified as Christopher D. Glennon, 46, of 14834 County Route 59 , Dexter, state police said.

State police have identified the body found in Jefferson County Friday. A group of kids discovered Christopher Glennon's remains on the bank of the Black River in Brownville.

Human remains were found Friday along the Black River in the town of Brownville, Jefferson County.

Voters in the Carthage Central School District approved its $50 million budget and also voted two incumbents, with a combined 21 years' experience, off the Board of Education.

The city of Watertown has not yet determined how to repair a 45-inch main that become obstructed Saturday afternoon and flooded the 200-block of Mill Street.

Local real estate brokers say the stimulus package's first-time home buyer $8,000 tax credit is a boon to buyers, although it isn't having the same effect across the north country.

I am running for position two on the Carthage Central Board of Education. I am retired from the Army and a stay-at-home dad.

Come high water or low, Watertown was in trouble. In fact, portions of Jefferson and Lewis counties would soon face a crisis if something wasn't done about the Black River, once a boon for growth in the region.

Joe Chirico has spent his life helping others as a volunteer firefighter. "My dad's a hardcore firefighter.

Eight people are facing charges of driving while intoxicated and related offenses.

The Watertown Hacketts store will soon be history. That writing has been on the wall for several weeks.

A former Syracuse resident who jumped into the Black River during a failed attempt to elude authorities in November pleaded guilty Monday in Jefferson County Court to second-degree trespassing and second-degree reckless endangerment in connection with the incident.