Category: News Archive

Get up close and personal to all the action at this year’s Watkins Glen Grand Prix Festival of Watkins Glen presented by Chemung Canal Trust Company. Volunteers are still needed from 3 p.m. to midnight on Friday, September 7, 2007 for this vital community event. Experience the event as an “insider”!! Jobs include traffic and parking, merchandise sales, hospitality and... more

New York Chiropractic College’s (NYCC) Master of Science Program in Clinical Anatomy (MSCA) was approved by New York State’s Education Department – the first of its kind to be introduced at a chiropractic college in conjunction with a medical school. The MSCA program, operating in conjunction with the State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University in Syracuse and... more

Seneca County Sheriffs Deputies responded to a two car personal injury motor vehicle accident on County Road 105 in the Town of Tyre. A vehicle being operated by Michael C. Ball, 39, of 35 Pleasant Street Apt. 2 in Clifton Springs, was westbound on County Road 105 and failed to reduce speed for a vehicle that was traveling westbound in... more

Whoever thinks Ithaca College trains only its students’ brains should take a look at the most recent issue of Men’s Fitness magazine. After surveying more than 12,000 students at 115 campuses nationwide, Men’s Fitness rated Ithaca College among the top 25 schools in the nation in terms of physical fitness.The magazine based its rankings on student responses to questions about... more

Bob Weir and RatDog will play the Smith Opera House on Monday, October 30th and Geneva Mayor Don Cass has issued a proclamation:WHEREAS, The Smith Opera House’s impact on our community is immense. It is the center of the region’s cultural life, providing entertainment and education; and WHEREAS, for over 100 years people of all ages have enjoyed performing arts... more

The tours of the former Seneca Army Depot property organized by Seneca White Deer have sold out. Tour organizer Dennis Money says 18 hundred tickets have been sold for the tours this weekend and next weekend. The tours will give residents a rare chance to view the unique herd from inside the Depot fences. Money hopes the tours will increase... more

The first steps in creating an independent E-911 center were approved by the Seneca County Board of Supervisors Tuesday night. Supervisors, voting to endorse the Advisory panel’s recommendation to create an emergency call center separate from the Sheriff’s Department, also agreed that details of the plan would have to be approved by the Supervisors. Supervisors Dale Smith and Barry O’Neill... more

There will be an organizational meeting tonight for those opposed to the expansion of the Geneva Wal-Mart into a Supercenter. This is the first meeting of a group that is opposed to the rezoning of land in the Town of Geneva to allow for the planned expansion. The group will focus on possible issues such as the negative impact to... more

This meeting is open to the public. Everyone is encouraged to attend this informative meeting and learn the FACTS about the Kinney Drugs project and how it will benefit the community. – Ask questions about the proposed location for Kinney Drugs   on the Fall Street and Rumsey Street corner. – Learn why this building stays within the historical   and... more

Tutors and students were honored by the Directors ofLiteracy Volunteers of Seneca County at their annual dinner. PresidentDick Damaske saluted Executive Director Arline Marino and ProgramCoordinator Kaaaren Gerlach for their work during the past year. Boardmember Ann Cramer was honored as Volunteer of the Year.Gerlach presented certificates to 10 tutors and their students. ZacheryRamirez was recognized for his efforts as... more

The Seneca County Sheriff’s Department reports that at approximately 6:31 am Sheriff’s Deputies along with the Interlaken Fire Department responded to 8591 County Road 141A in the Town of Covert for the reported structure fire. Once on scene mutual aid was requested from Lodi Fire Department, Ovid Fire Department, Trumansburg Fire Department and Hector Valois Fire Department to assist in... more

A season-ticket package that includes 20 regular-season contests is on sale at the Carrier Dome Box Office. Season-ticket holders will also get to see the Orange play two exhibition games in 2006-07. Individual game tickets will go on sale October 18.Season-ticket renewals were mailed with a deadline of September 20.The 22 dates feature eight BIG EAST Conference matchups, nine non-conference... more

Early Tuesday afternoon Seneca County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Margaret E. Taylor, age 16, of Newark, NY at a Town of Junius business for Petit Larceny. It is alleged that Taylor stole an item valued at $19.50 from the business. Taylor was processed through the Seneca County Sheriff’s Office and released on an appearance ticket. Taylor is to appear before Judge... more

Not even a 24-hour deadline extension could prevent Sunday’s game between the Miami Dolphins and Buffalo Bills Sunday at Ralph Wilson Stadium from being blacked out on local television. About 5,000 tickets remained for the game at today’s 1 p.m. deadline. After selling out 27 of 28 games, the Bills have failed to sell out three straight home games. The... more

“Sketches of Frank Gehry” opens with architect Frank Gehry talking to Sydney Pollack (“Out Of Africa”), his friend and the documentary’s director, about the frightening terror of beginning a new project. As we listen to Gehry, the camera cuts from some of his freeform pencil sketches of who knows what to the crown jewel of Gehry’s architectural masterpieces, the Guggenheim... more

The Waterloo Business & Professional Association is sponsoring a meet the candidate night, tonight, October 29th at 6:30pm at the Waterloo fire house, Water St, Waterloo. There are 19 candidates running for the various Town of Waterloo positions, including Tax Collector; Judge, Councilman, Supervisor, as well as for County Supervisor representing Town of Waterloo, and the Seneca County Sheriff’s and... more

Hobart and William Smith Colleges 11th Annual Day of Service will be under way on Saturday, Oct. 4 (Sept. 26, 2003) GENEVA, N.Y.—Two years ago, Geneva residents Kim and Vincent Aliperti wanted to clean the trash out of Castle Creek and its banks, which were filling up with everything from old chairs and bed frames to pop cans and large... more

Seneca Falls Village officials have lifted the boil water advisory in effect since Thursday night. Seneca Falls Water Department Superintendent, Jeff Warick, says as of noon today, it’s safe to drink the water.A ten-inch delivery pipeline burst Thursday evening along route 89 in Canoga. It took crews a couple of hours to locate and isolate the leak, then make the... more