By Isabella Colello, ABC50, November 16, 2023 ALEXANDRIA, N.Y. (WWTI) — The fight to stop a massive border patrol facility on the St. Lawrence River continues. Jefferson County legislators have been asked to back the former Bonnie Castle Recreation Center as the preferred site for a new...
By 7 News Staff, November 15, 2023 WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - Legislators with districts along the St. Lawrence River are asking Jefferson County to support a new Customs and Border Protection facility at the former Bonnie Castle Stables instead of Blind Bay. Tuesday night, legislators Phil...
By 7 News Staff, October 27, 2023 CLAYTON, New York (WWNY) - We have a clarification on a public forum in the town of Clayton Wednesday night. While residents don’t want to see a Customs and Border Protection facility built at Blind Bay, they’re also upset...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...