Isabella Colello

WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWTI) — Remembering those who lost their lives to COVID-19. On Tuesday, May 28, community members and officials unveiled Watertown’s COVID-19 memorial. The ceremony took place in the City’s Thompson Park, where Allison Gorman, chair of Watertown’s COVID-19 Memorial Committee spoke. “It is a somber moment,” Gorman expressed to the crowd. “This memorial […]

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (WWTI) — It was the end of a scary deployment. On May 2, the 10th Mountain Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team uncased its unit colors at Fort Drum’s Memorial Park. For nine months, the unit was stationed across eight bases in the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility in Syria, Iraq, Kuwait […]

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (WWTI) — Nutrition might not always be the top priority for soldiers. With long work hours, intense missions and deployments, servicemembers often skip meals and substitute with caffeine, according to Captain Kimberly Whitbeck, a registered dietitian at the Guthrie Medical Clinic on the Fort Drum military installation. This can lead to poor […]

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (WWTI) — Introducing the world’s newest Coast Guard unit. The United States Coast Guard commissioned its newest unit, Marine Safety Unit Thousand Islands on Tuesday, April 23 on the Fort Drum Military Installation. MSU Thousand Islands falls under the U.S. Coast Guard’s Ninth District, which covers the entire Great Lakes region. Real […]

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (WWTI) — A mission full of conflict and combat. On Monday, March 25, nearly two hundred Fort Drum soldiers returned home from a nine-month deployment in the Middle East. The 1…

Jenelle Patchin has always held a passion for music. Growing up, she played various musical instruments and eventually went on to study at the Crane School of Music. Patchin is a music teacher at the Gouverneur Central School District, where she hopes to empower the next generation of women musicians. You can hear the rest […]

OGDENSBURG, N.Y. (WWTI) — As the investigation into the shuttered Academy at Ivy Ridge continues, former students have spoken out. Ivy Ridge was recently featured in the true crime documentar…

OSWEGATCHIE, N.Y. (WWTI) — Brainwashing, abuse and silencing. These were all claims in the new Netflix limited series “The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping.” The documentary series details abuse allegations at the former Academy at Ivy Ridge, a boarding school in Oswegatchie, New York. It was marketed as a school that helped troubled teens. However, […]

WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWTI) — It’s different than most music you’ll hear on the radio. FynePr1nt Williams is a hip-hop artist in Watertown, New York. He writes and records all his songs, with a twist; clean verses and no curses. All his songs are clean and family-friendly. Williams has held a passion for music his entire […]

WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWTI) — Snow fell just in time for the troops. Dry Hill Ski Area hosted its annual Fort Drum Appreciation Day on February 16. This event distributed free lift tickets and tubing passes to all active-duty soldiers and their families. The timing was “perfect,” after the Watertown received several inches of fresh snow […]