WATERTOWN — Shortly before his recent death, former Watertown Mayor T. Urling Walker found himself fondly recalling a good friend and fellow community leader.
OGDENSBURG — Ogdensburg Historian Julie Madlin, one of the creators of the Ogdensburg History Museum, has been named the Greater Ogdensburg Chamber of Commerce’s 2022 Citizen of the Year.
In the summer of 2019, former state Sen. H. Douglas Barclay invited his good friend Joseph L. Rich down to his spacious parcel, Douglaston Salmon Run, County Route 5, Pulaski. Mr. Rich hopped into a four-wheeler, with Mr. Barclay confidently at the wheel.
âHe took me on a joy ride like you wouldnât believe,â Mr. Rich recalled on Tuesday, two days after Mr. Barclay died at the age of 88, leaving behind a legacy of exemplary public service. âI mean it was up the hills and down the hills. I told him it was better than any ride at the fair. I was holding on for dear life.â