Category: News Archive

State Sen. Tom O'Mara (R-Big Flats), chairman of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee, announced Monday that the city of Hornell and the Village of Arkport are among eight Southern Tier municipalities selected to share $13.7 million as part of the second round of funding being awarded under the state's Water Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2015.  Read More more

Susan Brown summed up the effect state Sen. Mike Nozzolio has had on Cornell’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station. “Every time he comes here, something wonderful happens,” said the director of the Ag Station, part of Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Read More more

City Council will consider approving a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement for the St. Francis and Elmcrest senior housing projects. The Geneva Housing Authority has received preliminary funding approval from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the redevelopment of the former St. Francis School building on Exchange Street into income-restricted senior housing and the rehabilitation of Elmcrest Apartments on Lewis... more

On Tuesday at approximately 1:36 pm, the Town of Seneca Police Department arrested Gregory M. Stivers,age 26 of Newark, for criminal contempt in the 2nd, a misdemeanor. Stivers is accused of calling and sending text messages to a former girlfriend while a stay away order of protection was in effect. He was arraigned before the Town of Fayette Court and... more

Sheriff David Gould reports that the Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office along with the Cayuga County Department of Social Services is attempting to locate a juvenile who absconded from the House of Good Shepherd in Utica on July 8th. She is believed to be back in the Auburn area, possible near family on North Lewis Street. Paige Sharp Age 15Brown Hair... more

Early Monday Morning The Ontario County Sheriffs Department responded to an incident at Eastview Mall in Victor. Karl Winter, age 60 of Rochester, was working at the mall painting the exterior of the building when he fell approximately 12 feet to the ground.Winter suffered a laceration to his arm as well as a head injury. He was treated at the... more

A homeless man is facing multiple felony charges after he stole a vehicle on Saturday, July 2nd at 12:11 pm on South Meadow Street in Ithaca. When officers arrived to the scene at 775 South Meadow Street they found the complainant, who advised that he exited his vehicle and left it running while he entered the bank at the location... more

The Seneca Falls Police Department says that on Sunday at 12:22 am a Phelps woman was arrested in connection to Leandra’s Law after she was found to be driving while intoxicated with a child in the car.Officers arrested Julie B. Duffy, 38, of Phelps for aggravated driving while intoxicated – Leandra’s Law, operating with a BAC of .08% or higher,... more

On June 28, 2016 Karen Macier, Executive Director of the United Way of Seneca County, resigned her position and assumed the position of Executive Director of the United Way of Cayuga County. Macier, resident of Auburn, New York, stated this was a difficult decision for her given the wonderful relationships she had developed during her one year tenure at UWSC,... more

Firefighters are currently battling a structure fire on Lending Street in Waterloo. First responders tell FingerLakes1.com that the fire started in a garage and spread to the first and second floors of the attached home.Check back at FingerLakes1.com for more details as they become available. more

At about 7:00 pm on Thursday the City of Canandaigua Police Department charged Wyatt C. Austin, age 18 of Canandaigua, with criminal sale of a controlled substance in third degree. Austin is accused of selling heroin on multiple occasions in the area of Parkway Plaza. He was arraigned in City Court and remanded to the Ontario County Jail in lieu... more

A Geneva man is facing felony DWI charges following a traffic stop in the Town of Geneva. Deputies in Ontario County say that Wakili J. Munoz-Woody, 26, of Geneva was arrested for felony driving while intoxicated after he was observed speeding on County Road 6 in the Town of Geneva. Upon investigation, deputies found him to be operating the vehicle... more