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Dozens get heads shaved to fight cancer at Auburn St. Baldrick’s event

Dozens get heads shaved to fight cancer at Auburn St. Baldrick’s event
Seven years ago three guys from Auburn sat around a kitchen table to draw up plans to raise money for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation to fight childhood cancer. The cancer fight continues and so does the fundraising. On Sunday, the annual Auburn St. Baldrick’s event at the Knights of Columbus Council 207 was expected to raise nearly $50,000 to fund... more

Auburn Doubledays management focused on profitable future

Auburn Doubledays management focused on profitable future
Auburn Doubledays General Manager Adam Winslow and assistant general managers Shane Truman and Adam Collier have been at the helm of Auburn's short-season Class A Minor League Baseball Washington Nationals affiliate for about a year and a half and are getting ready to kick off their second summer of baseball on June 15. But the management team has been working... more

Exhibit of digital art by people with disabilities to open in Auburn

Exhibit of digital art by people with disabilities to open in Auburn
The Arc of Seneca Cayuga and the Cayuga County Chamber of Commerce will sponsor “Art in Public Places,” an exhibit of original digital works by artists with developmental disabilities. The exhibit will open from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, July 6, at the Arc’s Spot Light Studio, 39 Genesee St., Auburn. The exhibit will then be divided for showings in... more

Auburn school district approves job cuts

Auburn school district approves job cuts
The Auburn Enlarged City School District Board of Education approved some long-promised job cuts Tuesday night. The board finalized the abolishment of 11 teacher aide positions effective by the end of June 22. Those aides will be placed on a preferred eligibility list for three years. Thirteen aides and one teaching assistant had earlier been announced to be cut. Lisa... more

Overnight roadwork, back-in parking coming to Genesee Street in Auburn

Overnight roadwork, back-in parking coming to Genesee Street in Auburn
More traffic changes are slated for downtown Auburn in the coming weeks, including overnight construction and the transition to back-in angle parking on Genesee Street. Beginning Wednesday, June 13, overnight paving will begin on Genesee Street from North and South streets to James Street. Work will take place from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. and continue through Friday, June 15.... more

Burger Theory: New restaurant among Auburn Holiday Inn’s $3.6 million in renovations

Burger Theory: New restaurant among Auburn Holiday Inn’s .6 million in renovations
The name of the Holiday Inn’s new restaurant, Burger Theory, isn’t just a name. It’s a hint at how you can experiment there. The restaurant, which opens Friday, features a build-a-burger menu option with enough cheeses, sauces and toppings to create more than 4,300 possible combinations. So if you’ve ever wanted to try a triple Swiss cheese burger with roasted... more

Instant Admission Days a great time to enroll at Cayuga Community College

Instant Admission Days a great time to enroll at Cayuga Community College
There is no better time for students to enroll in Cayuga Community College than the College’s upcoming summer Instant Admission Days that offer students one-stop shopping and answers all their enrollment questions. Cayuga’s Instant Admission Days offer students the chance to apply for enrollment, submit their academic credentials, register for classes, complete the financial aid process and pay their tuition... more

Auburn designated as Brownfield Opportunity Area by state

Auburn designated as Brownfield Opportunity Area by state
The city of Auburn was designated by the state as a Brownfield Opportunity Area, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office announced Thursday. The city has been working toward this designation for several years and in 2015 launched the Auburn Sparks program, a community-driven effort to revitalize about 570 acres around downtown and the Owasco River corridor. Auburn’s BOA area includes sites such... more

Youth sparks Auburn Doubledays to season-opening win over Batavia

Youth sparks Auburn Doubledays to season-opening win over Batavia
Anxious to play a real game against another team after months of extended spring training, it was the Doubledays’ youth that sparked a season-opening win. Guided by five strong innings from 20-year-old pitcher Malvin Pena and a two-hit, two-run, two-RBI game from Ricardo Mendez, Auburn topped the Batavia Muckdogs 5-1 Friday at Falcon Park. It’s the eighth time in the... more

Auburn’s Lindsay May sets high standard with record-breaking career

Auburn’s Lindsay May sets high standard with record-breaking career
Lindsay May wrapped up her varsity career with a sixth place finish at states. A commendable accomplishment by most standards, but when you’re a record-setting golfer who has won the state championship three times, the expectations are raised to an almost unachievable high. So when the Auburn senior returned to school, she faced questions about how she did. Read More:... more

Larry Sharpe, Libertarian candidate for NY governor, brings message to Auburn

Larry Sharpe, Libertarian candidate for NY governor, brings message to Auburn
It wasn't a rally with thousands of people in attendance or a high-dollar fundraiser. And that's OK with Larry Sharpe, the Libertarian Party's gubernatorial nominee. Sharpe held a meet-and-greet last week at Wild's Eats & Sweets on Genesee Street in Auburn. Nearly 30 people attended the two-hour event and listened to the candidate for governor explain why he's running. Economics... more

Vice President Pence greeted by protesters at Nucor Steel in Auburn

Vice President Pence greeted by protesters at Nucor Steel in Auburn
As Vice President Mike Pence arrived Tuesday at Nucor Steel Auburn, he was greeted by more than 100 protesters who gathered outside the facility to criticize the Trump administration’s immigration actions. When Pence opened his remarks following a tour of the steel mill, he addressed the ongoing situation at the U.S.-Mexico border. There have been more than 2,300 children separated... more

Cayuga County taking lead to determine possible improvements to Merry-Go-Round Playhouse

Cayuga County taking lead to determine possible improvements to Merry-Go-Round Playhouse
The Merry-Go-Round Playhouse theater at Emerson Park is moving toward potential renovations after a Cayuga County legislative committee approved leading a state review process. The Legislature’s Public Works committee on Tuesday approved a resolution to act as the lead agency for a State Environmental Quality Review, which requires a governmental body to identify and mitigate environmental impacts of any possible... more

Skaneateles’ graduation, other summer events stay at Clift Park despite construction

Skaneateles’ graduation, other summer events stay at Clift Park despite construction
Skaneateles’ high school graduation ceremony and other summer activities will continue to take place at Clift Park this summer in the midst of construction activity. The city of Syracuse is executing what officials are calling a critical infrastructure project, expected to be completed in October, to replace the chemical feed lines in the raw water supply intakes from Skaneateles Lake,... more

Vice President Pence calls Auburn steel plant a ‘symbol of American comeback’

Vice President Pence calls Auburn steel plant a ‘symbol of American comeback’
Vice President Mike Pence said the Nucor Steel plant in Auburn a strong sign of the nation’s economic recovery while speaking at the facility during a visit to central New York on Tuesday. “Steel is back in America,” Pence said. The vice president opened his remarks by congratulating the facility on its new rolling mill, which opened just last year.... more

NYSCOPBA: Prison visitor injures officer at Cayuga Correctional Facility

NYSCOPBA: Prison visitor injures officer at Cayuga Correctional Facility
A woman was arrested earlier this month at Cayuga Correctional Facility after throwing a computer monitor at an officer, union officials said. According to the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association, the incident occurred at around 9:05 a.m., Saturday, June 9, when a Binghamton woman entered the medium-security facility in Moravia to visit an inmate. NYSCOPBA said... more
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