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Day: November 14, 2018

OFFICIALS: No students hurt, bus not damaged after minor accident in Geneva

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OFFICIALS: No students hurt, bus not damaged after minor accident in Geneva
According to school officials, no students were injured after a bus slid off an area roadway around 6:35 a.m. on Wednesday. Neither the driver, nor the four North Street School students on-board were injured. The accident happened after hitting a patch of ice on Billsboro Road near State Route 14. The bus was traveling east and briefly went off the... more

Ettman calls judge race ‘over’ after absentee counts giving Porsch narrow victory

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Ettman calls judge race ‘over’ after absentee counts giving Porsch narrow victory
According to David Ettman, the Democratic who was challenging to become Seneca County’s next Court Judge – the race is over. “I have just been advised by the Republican Election Commissioner for Seneca County that the absentee vote has been completed,” Ettman began in a statement to local media. “The vote margin did not change during the absentee count. As... more

Bloomfield man ID’d as sole occupant of vehicle, after being ejected during wreck

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Bloomfield man ID’d as sole occupant of vehicle, after being ejected during wreck
State Police have identified the man who died in an accident on Tuesday around 9:30 p.m. New York State Police identified Patrick McNamara, 23, of Bloomfield as the sole occupant of his vehicle that was traveling westbound on Gauss Road when his vehicle went into a ditch and flipped end over end. They say McNamara was not wearing his seat... more

Newark High School National Honor Society Chapter inducts 20 new members

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Newark High School National Honor Society Chapter inducts 20 new members
Sixteen Newark High School juniors and four seniors were inducted into the NHS chapter of the National Honor Society November 5th at an evening ceremony in the auditorium. New inductees and their grade levels are juniors: Tatum Arnold, Isabella Bailey, Phoebe Bates, Brendan Briggs, McKenna Briggs, , Elana Verbridge-Day, Hannah Fisher, Lynzee Havert, Matthew Hutteman, Lauren MacTaggart, Luis Ortiz Jr.,... more

Newark Turkey Day Race set for Thanksgiving Day in Newark

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Newark Turkey Day Race set for Thanksgiving Day in Newark
The Newark Cross Country Booster Club will host its annual Turkey Day Race in Newark on Thursday, November 22nd at 9AM. Registration and check-in are at the Alex Eligh Community Center, 303 East Ave in Newark. The race features the traditional 5-mile course, run in reverse this year due to the construction on South Main Street in Newark. The booster... more

Former emergency management director coming back to Seneca after resolution passes (video)

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Former emergency management director coming back to Seneca after resolution passes (video)
Melissa Taylor will be coming back to Seneca County. Seneca Falls Police Chief Stu Peenstra addressed the supervisors voicing his support for Taylor. She served as emergency management director before resigning amid an investigation, which she said was tainted due to turmoil within the former county manager’s administration. On Tuesday, the supervisors heard from two individuals who support bringing Taylor... more

FLX WEEKLY: First snow, Thanksgiving favorites & sports weekend (podcast)

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FLX WEEKLY: First snow, Thanksgiving favorites & sports weekend (podcast)
Join Jessica Lahr, Sydney Rogers, Josh Durso and Jim Sinicropi for a round-up of your week in the Finger Lakes and a look at the weekend ahead. With just one week until Thanksgiving, we discuss all the preparations and planning leading up to the holiday season. . more

NY Attorney General orders Ithaca auction house to pay $230,000 in fraud restitution

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NY Attorney General orders Ithaca auction house to pay 0,000 in fraud restitution
The state Attorney General’s Office ordered an Ithaca auction house Tuesday to pay nearly $250,000 in restitution for tricking customers into giving up their property for auction without returning the proceeds. Finger Lakes Estate and Auction and owner Charles Dorsey were ordered to pay $237,739 in customer restitution and $12,000 in civil penalties and costs, Attorney General Barbara Underwood announced.... more

Cayuga County committee passes preliminary 2019 budget with 2.4 percent tax levy increase

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Cayuga County committee passes preliminary 2019 budget with 2.4 percent tax levy increase
A Cayuga County Legislature committee Tuesday passed a preliminary budget for 2019, reducing the total tax levy by approximately $200,000 from the tentative budget proposed by the county administrator. The Ways and Means committee voted in favor of a budget with a property tax increase of 2.4 percent over the 2018 budget with a total tax levy of approximately $40.75... more

Praise for foundry contamination cleanup efforts in Geneva

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Praise for foundry contamination cleanup efforts in Geneva
For all that went wrong with the Geneva Foundry contamination when it came to communicating with affected residents, a lot has apparently gone right with the cleanup project itself. The state Department of Environmental Conservation, working with contractor LaBella Environmental of Rochester, is finishing up a second year of contaminated property remediation covering about 40 parcels, around double what was... more

Kocher rules that Greenidge permits were issued properly by DEC

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Kocher rules that Greenidge permits were issued properly by DEC
Permits granted to Greenidge Generation LLC for the withdrawal and discharge of water by its power plant in Dresden were properly issued by the state Department of Environmental Conservation, a Yates County Supreme Court judge has concluded. In a ruling issued Nov. 8, Judge William Kocher dismissed in its entirety a civil suit filed by the Sierra Club and others that challenged... more

WEEKEND EVENTS: Christmas Lights, Psychics and Shopping in the Finger Lakes November 16th – 18th

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WEEKEND EVENTS: Christmas Lights, Psychics and Shopping in the Finger Lakes November 16th – 18th
This weekend, get out and discover the Christmas cheer this season is bringing by checking out the Lights on the Lake, making Christmas wreaths or even something as simple as having a drink at the 6th annual New York State Craft Beer in Syracuse! This weekend comes with a exciting variety of things for your family and friends to go... more