Different view of Sodus Bay (photo)
Taking a look out over Sodus Bay. Photo by Peter O’Connor.
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Month: December 2018
A look at the moon (photo)
Take a look at this moon, captured in Wayne County. Photo by Peter OConnor.
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All eyes on one bird (photo)
This particular bird was not pleased with the with the extra eyes and attention. Photo by Steve H. Eichorn.
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del Lago Resort & Casino’s second annual Toy & Gift Drive benefits Seneca Community Christmas Project, Inc.
In celebration of the holiday season, del Lago Resort & Casino donated toys, gifts and household essentials to Seneca Community Christmas Project, Inc. for the second year in a row. The items were collected through an internal employee toy drive. The Seneca Community Christmas Project, Inc. serves families who are faced with challenging times during the holiday season. Each year,...
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Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival announces 2019 season auditions
The Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival announces auditions for its 2019 Season. The upcoming auditions will be held in Auburn, NY and will be held, by appointment only, on January 25th, 26th and 27th, 2019. To schedule an Auburn audition appointment, visit www.FingerLakesMTF.com/auditions and fill out the request form. Upon submitting a request, notification of audition appointments will be released...
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Local government, police and national commercial manufacturers
Government police are buying their equipment from national commercial manufacturers. Is this problematic? Capitalism intervening with governmental institutions can often have unexpected effects which we will discuss in this article. We will be investing local government and their use of police stun guns and batons. Laws Regarding Police Equipment The laws regarding use of different equipment, like stun guns, varies...
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Troopers searching for driver who threw two dogs out of moving car in Cortland County
State police are looking for the people responsible for throwing two dogs out of a moving vehicle in Cortland County Wednesday. Troopers patrolling I-81 in the Whitney Point area around 9:30 Wednesday morning spotted a tractor trailer pulled over on the side of the road. They noticed the driver carrying a badly injured dog and another following behind him. The...
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New York lawmakers’ big pay raise subject of lawsuit
A pay raise for New York lawmakers that will give them the highest state legislative salaries in the nation is being challenged in court. The Government Justice Center filed a lawsuit Friday challenging the legality of a panel’s vote last week to raise lawmakers’ pay for the first time in 20 years. The conservative legal advocacy group claims pay raises...
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US to cancel $150 million in student loan debt. Is yours one of them?
The Education Department said Thursday it will cancel $150 million in federal student loan debt, despite Secretary Betsy DeVos’ efforts to overhaul the Obama-era policy. The decision will affect hundreds of borrowers in the Rochester area, including students at the now closed Everest Institute. When Everest abruptly shut its doors in April 2015, 462 full- and part-time students who had...
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Seneca Falls man faces new felony charges after pleading guilty to identity theft earlier this year
Seneca County Sheriff Tim Luce reports the arrest of a 30-year-old Seneca Falls man following an investigation into property damage at a home he was renting on Gravel Road. Raymond J. Tortorello, 30, of Seneca Falls was charged with second-degree criminal mischief – a Class D felony, and petit larceny following the investigation. Sheriff Luce reports that Tortorello caused extensive...
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Update expected after weekend investigation into fatal tractor accident
A man in Brutus died operating a tractor, according to police, who launched an investigation into the incident late-Friday. The Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office reports that deputies responded to an accident involving a tractor at 9475 Oakland road in Brutus. The operator, a 45-year-old male, was deceased. The investigation was not complete as of Friday evening, and authorities were unsure...
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W-FL FRIDAY: Red Creek sophomore joins 1,000 point club; Wayne tops Geneva; Waterloo beats Penn Yan
Red Creek sophomore Isabella Wilbur scored her 1,000th career point in the Rams loss at Lyons on Friday night. Meanwhile in girls action, Midlakes pulls away from Mynderse late and Red Jacket survives at Marcus Whitman. On the boys side of things it was Wayne defeating Geneva, Newark improving to 5-0, and Waterloo defeating Penn Yan. Full results and more...
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Syracuse loses to Old Dominion in the Dome, 68-62 (full coverage)
Syracuse fell behind to the Old Dominion Monarchs late in Saturday afternoon’s contest at the Carrier Dome and couldn’t catch back up, losing their 3rd game of the season, 68-62. Tyus Battle scored 23 points to lead Syracuse in the loss. It was Old Dominion’s first win on the road over a ranked opponent in over a decade. Orange edged...
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UPSTATE HOOPS: Mynderse & Waterloo student-athletes in-studio (podcast)
On this week’s Upstate Hoops Podcast we welcome Mynderse seniors Darren Miller & Madison Barnett along with Waterloo senior Derek Slywka & junior Jillian Panek in-studio to talk about the upcoming Varsity Night Doubleheader in Waterloo on Thursday night along with their thoughts and goals for the season. .
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BILLS WIN: Josh Allen late touchdown lifts Buffalo over Detroit (full coverage)
The Bills found themselves on the winning end of a nail-biter in Week 15, coming from behind to defeat the Lions by a score of 14-13. The blossoming Josh Allen-Robert Foster connection was apparent in the contest, as the undrafted free agent out of Alabama was on the receiving end of the game-winning score. Foster finished the game with four...
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Lawmakers take closer look at social services for the poor
New York lawmakers are taking a close look at one of the state’s leading social service programs. The Assembly Standing Committee on Social Services is scheduled to hold a public hearing Monday in Albany focused on educational and work training benefits provided through the state’s Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program. The program is largely federally funded. Benefits can be...
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Child care shortage? Task Force will evaluate it in New York
A new state task force will examine the availability of child care across New York state. The panel, which met for the first time earlier this month, includes child care providers, child welfare advocates and business leaders. Created as part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2018 Women’s Agenda, the task force is charged with coming up with ways to improve access...
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Auburn’s Dunn & McCarthy fire, 25 years later
When firefighter Joseph Morabito began his shift at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 19, 1993, the biggest concern on his mind was what he’d have for dinner. By 7 p.m., though, Morabito found himself fighting the biggest fire of his 28-year career: the one that claimed the former Dunn & McCarthy shoe factory that night. The numbers can only begin to...
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