October is your deadline. Snow tires, plow contracts, snowblower service, and home winterization — the North Country checklist to finish before the first lake-effect warning.
New York’s Northern Zone regular firearms season for deer and bear opens October 24. Season dates, 2026 rule changes, Fort Drum training-area access, and what last season’s harvest numbers say about Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties.
Power out in Northern New York? Here’s how to use National Grid’s outage map, report an outage by phone or text, and sign up for restoration alerts.
October 2026 events across Northern New York — fall festivals, live music, craft shows, and family fun in Jefferson, Lewis & St. Lawrence counties.
Early October is the sweet spot: the apples are ripe, the pumpkins are in, and the foliage is doing its thing around them. Every one of these was checked against […]
Around Watertown, the first hard freeze — 28 degrees or below — usually lands sometime in the first three weeks of October. Out by the airport it runs earlier; in […]
Starting Oct 1, NY counties cover 75% of SNAP admin costs. What it means for Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties — and where to get help.
The Paddock Club closed Sept 19 — but a new tenant is already lined up. What the quick turnaround says about downtown Watertown.
Well, that was fast. A week after Watertown pulled the plug on its Christmas parade over cost, the parade is back on — this time paid for by the community […]
A race through downtown Watertown, a walk through 19th-century history, and a wind-down in the park — this weekend has range. Here’s what’s on across the North Country. A quick […]
