Chelsea Broughton, Author at Save Blind Bay

12 Jan CBP considering Clayton property for Border Patrol facility

Posted at 15:11h in Press

By Isabella Colello, LocalSyr, October 27, 2023 CLAYTON, N.Y. (WWTI) — First, Blind Bay. Now, Dockside Cottages. Customs and Border Protection is now considering the parcel, 0309 Route 12 in Clayton, New York for a 48,000-square-foot border patrol facility. This is the current location of Dockside Cottages,...

12 Jan Thousand Islands Land Trust and Save The River host Blind Bay event

Posted at 15:07h in Press

By Cornwall Seaway News, August 19, 2023 Over 100 members of the River community turned out in torrential rains to attend the Save Blind Bay event hosted by Brad & Nancy Kowalczk on the shores of Blind Bay. Thousand Islands Land Trust (TILT) Executive Director, Jake...

12 Jan Fight to ‘Save Blind Bay’ could end up in court

Posted at 15:04h in Press

By Isabella Colello, ABC50, August 10, 2023 ORLEANS, N.Y. (WWTI) — Things are heating up in the fight to “Save Blind Bay.” This is the site Customs and Border Protection has previously considered for a 48,000-square-foot border patrol facility. However, this proposal has created community-wide upset due to...

12 Jan CBP says they’ll look at other places to build Border Patrol station planned for Blind Bay

Posted at 15:00h in Press

By Alex Gault, WDT, August 9, 2023 Aug. 9—FISHERS LANDING — U.S. Customs and Border Protection is now considering alternative sites besides just Blind Bay to build its new border patrol station, in what local officials are calling a win for the community. On Wednesday, Congresswoman Claudia...

12 Jan Rep. Tenney announces U.S. Customs to explore other sites besides Blind Bay

Posted at 14:56h in Press

By Dan Mount, ABC50, August 9, 2023 CLEVELAND, N.Y. (WWTI) – Congresswoman Claudia Tenney announced that state, local officials and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol will explore other sites than the Blind Bay site for construction of the CBP site in a press release made on Wednesday, August 9. The...

12 Jan CBP considering other possible sites for new facility after outcry over Blind Bay

Posted at 14:53h in Press

By Lucy Grindon, NCPR, August 9, 2023 Congresswoman Claudia Tenney announced on Wednesday that Customs and Border Protection has started looking into other possible building sites besides Clayton's Blind Bay for the new facility it plans to construct to replace its current facility on Wellesley Island. CBP...

12 Jan Tenney: Customs will look at sites other than Blind Bay

Posted at 14:50h in Press

By 7 News Staff, August 9, 2023 CLAYTON, New York (WWNY) - U.S. Customs And Border Patrol will look at sites other than Blind Bay for their new station, Congresswoman Claudia Tenney announced Wednesday morning. The announcement does not mean Blind Bay has been dropped as a...

27 Jul Blind Bay advocates warn of unsafe debris in ecosystem

Posted at 15:29h in Press

By Brian Dwyer for Spectrum News Originally published 7/26/2023 A recent cleanup day at Blind Bay revealed Tires, dock wood, plastics and even Styrofoam. “A lot of it,” 1000 Islands Land Trust Executive Director Jake Tibbles said. “If it's not nailed down or secured during wind events, it...

03 May U.S Customs and Border Protection presses to complete Blind Bay environmental studies

Posted at 15:59h in Press

By Jonathon Wheeler, Watertown Daily Times April 30, 2023 FISHERS LANDING — United States Customs and Border Control representatives are putting pressure on the Thousand Island Land Trust in order to gain access to Blind Bay, so that they can complete environmental studies on the land,...

03 May Update on Local Efforts to Save Blind Bay

Posted at 15:54h in Press

Photo by Chris Murray Photography Last year, the River community took urgent action to protect a special place in danger of being changed forever. After learning of Customs & Border Protection’s (CBP) plan to construct a new Border Patrol facility in the heart of the...