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Cayuga professor wins award for novel about historic Adirondack family

Cayuga professor wins award for novel about historic Adirondack family
A Cayuga Community College faculty member has received a prestigious award from the Adirondack Center for Writing for a historical novel about a prominent upstate New York family. Associate Professor Sheila Myers received the 2017 Best Book of Fiction Literary Award from the Adirondack Center for Writing (ACW) for her novel “The Night is Done: A Durant Family Saga,” which... more

Auburn Doubledays suffer another setback in loss to Lowell

Auburn Doubledays suffer another setback in loss to Lowell
A mostly lifeless performance on offense guarantees that the Auburn Doubledays will lose their second straight home series. The Doubledays had no answer for Lowell starter Eduard Bazardo, leading to a 6-1 loss to the Spinners Thursday at Falcon Park. Overall, Auburn was held to four hits. Facing Bazardo for the first six innings, Auburn went down in order four... more

Auburn, CCC discuss $3M project at Falcon Park

Auburn, CCC discuss M project at Falcon Park
The city of Auburn and Cayuga Community College are in the process of negotiating a deal that would require the city to make $3 million in upgrades to Falcon Park and allow the college to have greater use of the park’s facilities and expand its athletic offerings. City Manager Jeff Dygert and CCC President Brian Durant shared details about the project... more

Auburn man pleads guilty to burglarizing home, threatening victim with knife

Auburn man pleads guilty to burglarizing home, threatening victim with knife
While pleading guilty to first-degree burglary Thursday in Cayuga County Court, Leslie McLeod had one request for the judge: more time on post-release supervision. The 44-year-old had agreed to admit to the class B felony in exchange for six years in prison and five years post-release supervision. But for the first time in Judge Thomas Leone's career, a defendant asked... more

Doubledays can’t capitalize on chances in extra innings loss to Spinners

Doubledays can’t capitalize on chances in extra innings loss to Spinners
Auburn sent the game to extra innings, but Lowell had its best inning of the day in the 10th. The Spinners batted around and plated three runs on four hits to top the Doubledays, 8-5, at Falcon Park Friday. With the win, Lowell sweeps the three-game series. The Doubledays loaded the bases in both the seventh and eighth, but only... more

Auburn Doubledays drop series opener to IronBirds

Auburn Doubledays drop series opener to IronBirds
The Auburn Doubledays scored a pair of runs in the seventh inning, but fell to the Aberdeen IronBirds 8-2 at Ripken Stadium Saturday. Auburn’s Jacob Rhinesmith recorded two hits and a run, while Telmito Agustin, Carson Shaddy (double, run), Jamori Blash, Cody Wilson (RBI) and Jose Sanchez each had one hit. Washington Nationals second-rounder Tim Cate took the loss for... more

Doubledays pitching holds off Aberdeen in win

Doubledays pitching holds off Aberdeen in win
The Doubledays offense got out in front early on a beautiful and sunny Sunday afternoon in Aberdeen. After struggling with drawing first blood for the past few series, Auburn’s early offensive bursts during the game’s first two innings were enough for the Doubledays pitching staff to take over. Auburn held on to a 3-2 win over the IronBirds behind Aaron... more

Doubledays take rubber game in Monday matinee at Aberdeen

Doubledays take rubber game in Monday matinee at Aberdeen
The Doubledays’ offense finally erupted during their Game 3 matchup against the IronBirds after fighting tooth-and-nail for runs this past series. Timely hitting, solid pitching, and help from a pair of Aberdeen errors helped secure Auburn it’s 8-2 rubber game win over the Iron Birds. There was no shortage of big hits for Auburn throughout the afternoon. After two walks... more

Police: Syracuse man displayed gun, robbed Auburn convenience store

Police: Syracuse man displayed gun, robbed Auburn convenience store
A Syracuse man has been arrested for allegedly robbing an Auburn convenience store early Monday. Auburn police officers were dispatched to Byrne Dairy at 70 Arterial East in Auburn for a robbery. The suspect was identified as a man wearing all black. The man entered the store, displayed a handgun and demanded money from a clerk, according to a news... more

Auburn police: Man caught with child pornography after 10-month investigation

Auburn police: Man caught with child pornography after 10-month investigation
n Auburn man has been arrested for having child porn, according to the Auburn Police Department. Jeffrey M. Lee, 48, of 53 Bradford St., was charged with possession of sexual performance by a child, police said. Lee’s arrest came after a 10-month investigation, police said. He was remanded to the Cayuga County Jail after being arraigned, police said. Lee is... more

Doubledays drop 2nd in a row to 1st place Mahoning Valley

Doubledays drop 2nd in a row to 1st place Mahoning Valley
The Doubledays couldn’t ask for a better start against the Scrappers with a 4-run inning – highlighted by a Jamori Blash three-run home run – gave Auburn a commanding lead to start off the contest and hinted at big things to come in the game from the Doubledays bats. But Auburn quickly learned: It’s not how you start. It’s how... more

New Auburn teachers union president eyes goals, challenges for the future

New Auburn teachers union president eyes goals, challenges for the future
A longtime Auburn High School technology teacher recently received a new title: teachers union president. Justin Herrling, who has been with the district for 15 years, was elected head of the Auburn Teachers Association in June. He served as treasurer for three years. Herrling, whose wife, Anne Herrling, is a William H. Seward Elementary School teacher and has two children... more

Allen Street cell tower back for consideration before Auburn industrial development board

Allen Street cell tower back for consideration before Auburn industrial development board
The Rochester telecommunications company that in 2015 proposed building a 150-foot-tall cell tower on Allen Street near Case Avenue is in the process of resubmitting a site plan application to the Auburn Industrial Development Authority for approval. The project, when first proposed by Crown Castle, was met with concern and opposition from neighboring property owners, who eventually retained a lawyer... more
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