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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

WEBCAST REPLAY: FL1 Sports presents a quadruple-header of HS basketball at NYCC Tip-Off Classic

WEBCAST REPLAY: FL1 Sports presents a quadruple-header of HS basketball at NYCC Tip-Off Classic
FingerLakes1.com kicks off our 2016-17 Wayne-Finger Lakes High School Basketball coverage with a quadruple header from the New York Chiropractic College in Seneca Falls on Saturday for the 3rd Annual NYCC Tip-Off Classic. Brendan Harrington and Tane Robinson will have the call for the first two games as #6 Lyons battles Southern Cayuga (Noon) followed by North-Rose Wolcott taking on... more

District wants to keep Owasco Lake Inspection Program, but council moves forward

District wants to keep Owasco Lake Inspection Program, but council moves forward
The Cayuga County Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Directors does not want the Owasco Lake Watershed Inspection Program to be pulled from its purview. The Owasco Lake Watershed Management Council passed a resolution in January to explore taking responsibility for the inspection program, something that Steve Lynch, director of planning and economic development, had said the council was... more

Health Department: Blue-green algae found at Adams Point on Owasco Lake

Health Department: Blue-green algae found at Adams Point on Owasco Lake
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said test results on a water sample at Adams Point on Owasco Lake showed high toxin levels associated with blue-green algae, according to the Cayuga County Health Department on Friday. The algae bloom sample was collected on Aug. 27 near Fire Lane 22 on the east side of Owasco Lake. This is... 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

Owasco Lake sluiceway sediment blockage remains a challenge

Owasco Lake sluiceway sediment blockage remains a challenge
The Owasco Lake Watershed Inspection Program and a construction firm out of Syracuse made another attempt Friday to clear out the Owasco Lake sluiceway at the east end of the Emerson Park pier. The clog is something that local officials have been working to unplug for years. How did Friday's attempt go? No luck — at least not yet. Watershed... more

Latest from FLX as water levels continue to rise (full-coverage)

Latest from FLX as water levels continue to rise (full-coverage)
It’s a bad situation. As a whole, the region is several inches over “normal” rainfall amounts for the last two months. While the Finger Lakes didn’t see the snowmelt that sometimes contributes to springtime flooding — we have seen plenty of spring rains. On Thursday a road washed out in Geneva. Coastal communities along Lake Ontario have been on edge... more

Wells College receives grant to support sustainable dining operations

Wells College receives grant to support sustainable dining operations
Wells College’s Center for Sustainability and the Environment has been awarded a grant to support bioplastics integration in the Aurora campus’s dining operations, enhancing its new food waste composting program. The grant comes from the New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse and Recycling’s College Council Program. It will allow staff in the dining hall to integrate compostable materials in... more
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