Editorial — Banning legal commerce: Communities reject marijuana dispensaries and tax revenue nny360.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nny360.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Town of Watertown plans to ban marijuana sales File photograph of marijuana plants. (Source: WWNY) By 7 News Staff | April 30, 2021 at 10:42 AM EDT - Updated April 30 at 10:48 AM
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - The town of Watertown is starting work to try to keep pot shops from popping up.
Supervisor Joel Bartlett says the town is looking to draft a local law that would ban the sale and distribution of recreational marijuana there.
And they want that law to be in line with neighboring municipalities considering similar legislation.
Bartlett says the goal is to get a draft to the town council by the end of May or the first meeting in June. He adds the law wouldn’t stop people from smoking and growing marijuana in the town.
State officially closes Watertown Correctional Facility
WWNY State officially closes Watertown Correctional Facility By Brendan Straub | March 31, 2021 at 5:02 PM EDT - Updated March 31 at 9:17 PM
TOWN OF WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - Itâs a decision that many in the north country opposed, but the state has officially closed the Watertown Correctional Facility.
Name plates have been stripped, flags have been removed, and what once was a packed parking lot is mostly empty.
The Department of Corrections officially shut down the Watertown Correctional Facility on Wednesday.
âItâs become a difficult day and, you know, here we are at the end of March with a new state budget looming that the governor is calling for additional closures,â said NYSCOPBA (New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association) President Mike Powers.
Town says water service will continue in neighborhood despite prison closure wwnytv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wwnytv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
State, not towns, to have final say on major solar project
WWNY State, not towns, to have final say on major solar project By Lexi Bruening | January 25, 2021 at 3:15 PM EST - Updated January 25 at 6:21 PM
TOWN OF WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - Itâs a solar project sprawling 2,000 acres and, historically, local governments have had a say when it comes to where and if projects like it will be built. But, a new process is changing the way these projects are approved.
By 2030, Governor Cuomo hopes to have 70 percent of the stateâs electricity from renewable sources like solar.
One of the areas to see a major solar project is right here in the north country.