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Police: Auburn man arrested for biting girlfriend

Police: Auburn man arrested for biting girlfriend
An Auburn man was arrested early Monday morning for biting his girlfriend, city police said. Just before 4 a.m., Michael Smith, II, 26, was arrested at his apartment for violating an order of protection by biting a female victim, the Auburn Police Department said Monday. Smith was charged with first-degree criminal contempt, a felony, and second-degree harassment, a violation, APD... more

Cayuga County Legislature approves land agreement for solar array

Cayuga County Legislature approves land agreement for solar array
The Cayuga County Legislature Monday approved a revised version of a land development agreement for a proposed 6.5 megawatt solar array on county-owned land in the town of Sennett. In a 10-5 vote, the Legislature approved a land development agreement, with a lease option, that would allow developer Abundant Solar Power, a Canadian company, to develop an array on an... more

New Auburn welcome center seeks volunteers as opening nears

New Auburn welcome center seeks volunteers as opening nears
The new Equal Rights Heritage Center is calling for tourism ambassadors to join its team ahead of its slotted late-October opening. The downtown welcome center’s official opening date has not been announced, but officials said they will still be open open before the end of the month. Meanwhile, the center is now accepting applications for the state’s first-ever ERHC Volunteer... more

Cornell Cooperative Extension to operate Taste NY market in Auburn welcome center

Cornell Cooperative Extension to operate Taste NY market in Auburn welcome center
The Taste NY market inside the Equal Rights Heritage Center in Auburn will be run by part of the Cornell Cooperative Extension network after the city council approved an approximately three-year lease agreement. The council voted unanimously Thursday to approve a contract with the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County, to operate a Taste NY market in a 500-square-foot section... more

Historic Auburn building up for $10M grant

Historic Auburn building up for M grant
Todd and Jonathan Borsa have some family history in Auburn’s Market Street Park area. Their great-grandfather, tailor Carmelo Siracusa, once owned the flatiron building at the corner of Market and Genesee streets. Its triangular architecture made it beloved by the community. But in the early 1970s, at the height of the city’s urban renewal efforts, the building was demolished. It’s... more

Auburn man, woman arrested during domestic dispute response

Auburn man, woman arrested during domestic dispute response
Auburn police arrested two people involved in a domestic dispute as a result of actions by both while officers were on the scene investigating the case. Officers arrived at 19 Franklin St., apartment 11 around 2:30 a.m. Sunday and hearD yelling from inside the building, according to an APD press release. One of the apartment’s residents, Julius McClary, 29, met... more

Auburn’s marching band competes in state championship

Auburn’s marching band competes in state championship
The Auburn Maroon Vanguard Marching Band crowned its season with the best performance of the year on the Carrier Dome field Sunday afternoon. Auburn’s marching band was one of more than 50 schools to perform in the dome on Sunday during the 2018 New York State Field Band Conference Championship Show. The first performance began at 8 a.m., while the... more

Second assailant found guilty on felony charges in Cayuga kidnapping/burglary case

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Cayuga County District Attorney Jon Budelmann announced on Friday that a 31-year-old Utica man was found guilty on all nine felony counts against him in Cayuga County Court. The jury convicted Derek Sedore, 31, of Utica on the following charges: – Three counts of first-degree burglary; – Two counts of first-degree robbery; – One count of kidnapping; and One count... more

Auburn elementary school placed on lockout after suicidal threat from parent

Auburn elementary school placed on lockout after suicidal threat from parent
An Auburn elementary school was placed on a short lockout Monday afternoon. The lockout was put in place after the Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office reported that a parent of a student at Herman Avenue Elementary School was making suicidal threats and officials believed the child could be in danger, Auburn Police Department Sgt. Greg Dann said. The lockout was initiated... more
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