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25-year-old charged with disseminating indecent materials to 12-year-old Cayuga County child

25-year-old charged with disseminating indecent materials to 12-year-old Cayuga County child
Sheriff David Gould reports that last Thursday, the Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office initiated an investigation into an allegation that an adult male from Syracuse had been engaging in inappropriate online contact with a 12-year-old child from Cayuga County. As a result of that investigation, 25-year-old Joshua E. Mauro of 209 ½ Lawrence Avenue in Syracuse was arrested on Monday for disseminating... more

Owasco Lake group collects over 1,000 signatures requesting state aid

Owasco Lake group collects over 1,000 signatures requesting state aid
More than 1,000 people signed a petition calling on the state to clean up Owasco Lake and upgrade the city of Auburn and town of Owasco's water treatment facilities. The petition, created by a new grassroots organization called Save Owasco Now, specifically calls on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to implement a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) on Owasco Lake. A TMDL... more

State police: Can you ID woman who stole North Face coats from Aurelius store?

State police: Can you ID woman who stole North Face coats from Aurelius store?
New York State Police are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying four women who stole $796 worth of coats from Dick’s Sporting Goods in Aurelius. Surveillance photos show the women entered the store on Clark Street Road at 5:34 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 12. Police said they walked down the power aisle and separated before circling back to the outwear... more

Albany businessman admits fraud, stealing funds for planned Cayuga County cheese plant

Albany businessman admits fraud, stealing funds for planned Cayuga County cheese plant
An Albany businessman has admitted to defrauding private investors out of nearly $1 million for several companies, including a halal cheese plant targeted for Cayuga County. Lawrence Rosenbaum, 65, pleaded guilty last week to felony charges including grand larceny and securities fraud, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office announced Tuesday. Rosenbaum is set to be sentenced in March to three... more

Fingerlakes Comic Con draws hundreds for cosplay contest, ‘Star Wars’ stormtroopers

Fingerlakes Comic Con draws hundreds for cosplay contest, ‘Star Wars’ stormtroopers
After a weekend of folks geeking out with comic book artists, “Doctor Who” replicas, “Star Wars” stormtroopers and more, Joey Gates chalked up the first-ever Fingerlakes Comic Con as a success. The three-day convention came to a close on Sunday at Fingerlakes Mall in Aurelius. Gates, the event’s organizer and a Marcellus resident, said he believes at least 300 people... more

Conclusions in conflict: State says Aurelius church fire was intentionally set, but county disagrees

Conclusions in conflict: State says Aurelius church fire was intentionally set, but county disagrees
Half Acre Union Church in Aurelius was a more than century-old building on West Genesee Street Road, and the place of worship for a congregation of about 70. But Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, a flame somehow sparked under the church’s baptismal font, burning for some time through the solid oak base and eventually crawling up the sanctuary’s wall and into... more

J.C. Penney locations Ontario, Cayuga counties will not close

J.C. Penney locations Ontario, Cayuga counties will not close
It came to as a surprise to some. Others were relieved. On Friday, J.C. Penney named the 138 stores that would close due to poor performance, and a variety of other factors. No location between Syracuse and Rochester was included in the list of cuts. In fact, only three stores overall were in New York. A report last week indicated... more

Two charged with DWI after accidents in Cayuga Co. that happened an hour apart

Two charged with DWI after accidents in Cayuga Co. that happened an hour apart
Monday, 12:43 pm: Two individuals were charged with driving while intoxicated following a pair of car accidents in Cayuga County, which occurred less than an hour apart from each other. Cayuga County Sheriff David Gould reports that James A. Sanders, a Union Springs resident was charged with misdemeanor DWI after allegedly hitting another vehicle around 9:23 pm on Clark Street... more

UPDATE: Deputy Chief charged with DWI suspended without pay

UPDATE: Deputy Chief charged with DWI suspended without pay
Auburn City Manager Jeff Dygert and Police Chief Shawn Butler held a press conference on Monday to provide an update on Deputy Chief Roger J. Anthony’s status with the force. After being charged with driving while intoxicated in Aurelius over the weekend, Dygert said on Monday that Anthony has been suspended without pay. “There are still a lot of things... more

Farming groups host first watershed meeting in Owasco

Farming groups host first watershed meeting in Owasco
Tim Fessenden and Jason Burroughs looked out onto about 100 people Monday night inside the Ward W. O’Hara Agricultural Museum in Owasco. Representing Cayuga County farmers, the two pushed their dislike of public speaking aside to show their respective farms’ best management practices and take questions. It was part of a kickoff meeting for a new agricultural-centered watershed group called... more
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