John Moore
First@5 Anchor
WWNY
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John is a native of St. Lawrence County and graduate of Lisbon Central.
Holding a degree in journalism from SUNY Morrisville and a degree in political science from SUNY Buffalo, John began his career at WSLB radio in Ogdensburg before moving to television and another radio position in Watertown.
A staple of Channel 50 for several years, John comes to Channel 7 with a history of North Country experiences and an wealth of local knowledge.
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Back in the late 1980s, our own Mel Busler and Diane Rutherford posed for a photo. On Friday, the longtime friends and colleagues recreated that picture with the same outfit and in the same spot in our newsroom.
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This year, New York counties will have to run two primary elections - one in June and another in August. Now some state lawmakers want Albany to pick up the extra expense.
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This week, gas prices have blown past earlier records, setting new ones every day - if not every hour. We found many drivers making lifestyle changes as these prices take a much bigger bite out of their budgets.
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Ogdensburg has settled two legal proceedings involving Mayor Mike Skelly.
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A 22-year-old Watertown man reeled in a record-breaking channel catfish over the weekend.
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The Watertown YMCA has gotten the funding it was seeking for its planned community and aquatics center on Arsenal Street.
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A small fire Sunday evening at a home on Watertown’s north side led to a bigger problem.
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Demolition crews razed 122 Winslow Street Monday. The Watertown apartment house is where 27-year-old Joshua Jones suffered fatal burns in a late February fire.
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A Watertown city police officer was slightly hurt in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon.
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If you notice a stretch of Route 37 in the town of Hammond looking better, you have a church group to thank.
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A for sale sign went up at Brownville-Glen Park Elementary in Glen Park on Friday. It says $100 or best offer.
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The cost of fixing Ogdensburg’s Riverview Towers is climbing fast. The price tag is now up to $1.8 million.
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A 56-year-old Watertown man had to be airlifted to a Syracuse hospital after his girlfriend stabbed him in the chest with a screwdriver, according to city police.
Fixing Riverview Towers in Ogdensburg won’t be cheap. After the March 8 fire on the sixth floor of the high-rise, the building was condemned.
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AAA reported that Watertown prices are up 27 cents since Monday, with most of that increase coming in the past couple of days.
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You know you’ve been paying more and more at the pump, but now gas prices are suddenly going higher, faster. On Thursday, some prices in Watertown put $4 a gallon in the rear view mirror.
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A man who said he works with the owner told us the owner just became aware of problems at the Hotis Motel in Pamelia.
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There is a new candidate for state senate in the north country. Town of Macomb Supervisor Steve Burke says he will be running for the Democratic line.
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Imagine winter in the north country with no running water. That has been a harsh reality for about 20 tenants at a town of Pamelia motel for well over one week.
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A member of Congress is trying to learn more about what could be his new district. Western New York Representative Chris Jacobs was in Watertown Monday.
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It was a long day Sunday for some firefighters in St. Lawrence County. First, they responded to a 7 a.m. blaze which destroyed a barn on the DeKalb Kelly road in the town of DeKalb.
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An influential member of the St. Lawrence County Board of Legislators will not be running for reelection. Republican Kevin Acres is moving out of his district.
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There is a new candidate for congress in the new 24th District, which includes Watertown, part of Fort Drum and much of Jefferson County.
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The Democrat-controlled state legislature finished redrawing the state’s political map Thursday.
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The New York Farm Laborer Wage Board rushed to a decision on overtime, according to one of its three members.
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A waste-to-energy project in Lisbon has won funding from the New York Power Authority.
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Meat Loaf, the singer known for his “Bat Out of Hell” album and other hits, has died at the age of 74. In 2007, he appeared in Watertown as part of the Disabled Persons Action Organization concert series.
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New York state has been setting COVID case number records in recent days. However, it’s a different story in the north country.
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The U.S. Census Bureau put that loss at more than 319,000 New Yorkers between July 2020 and July 2021 - the highest of any state in the nation.
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Students at Clifton-Fine Central School were greeted Tuesday morning by an elf.
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How contagious is it and how serious are its symptoms? Those are key questions still unanswered about the new omicron COVID variant.
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The city of Watertown has gotten an early Christmas gift.
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A Watertown woman who stabbed her boyfriend to death in 2010 wants her sentence reduced, claiming she was a victim of domestic violence.
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On Ogdensburg’s Lighthouse Point, a new observation deck has just been completed.
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Former murder defendant Nick Hillary will appeal the decision that dismissed Potsdam Police Chief Mark Murray from one of Hillary’s two lawsuits.
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QubicaAMF, which makes bowling pins, has laid off part of its workforce at its Lowville plant because it’s having trouble getting supplies.
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Ogdensburg Mayor Mike Skelly is calling for the resignations of St. Lawrence County legislators Kevin Acres and Joe Lightfoot, along with county administrator Ruth Doyle.
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Residents of Wellesley Island made an interesting find this summer: the submerged wreck of a boat that's probably more than 100 years old.
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Governor Kathy Hochul says she will send help if the state’s vaccinate mandate for health care workers leads to staff shortages at hospitals, including the one in Lewis County.
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A 28-year-old Carthage native, who was reported missing in New York City last month, has been found.
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Two masked intruders were caught red handed Tuesday night in Watertown.
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Was it a homeless person, or someone camping out? Whichever it was, their campfire early Wednesday morning brought a problem to the attention of Watertown city officials. A problem they plan to fix.
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A new problem at Watertown’s tent city. The camp was set up last week as a place for displaced tenants to stay after their apartment building was condemned.
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It must have been a long one or two nights all alone in the woods for a heifer that got stuck between trees.
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A St. Lawrence County man has serious injuries after a tree cutting accident on Saturday.
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A 29-year-old Lowville man is behind bars after the third drug raid at his home in the past 9 months.
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A man, his son, and 2 dogs safely escaped a fire that destroyed their Watertown apartment Monday.
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It’s a first in a long time. Jefferson County went two days this week with zero new COVID-19 cases. It happened on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Teachers at Copenhagen Central School got a surprise Thursday. An announcement summoned them to the front lawn of the school to view a parade.