Category: News Archive

(Albany) ? Governor Pataki announced Wednesday that State Police Superintendent James McMahon is leaving to head another agency. First Deputy Superintendent Wayne Bennett has been nominated to replace McMahon. McMahon will lead the office of Public Security.   more

The area wide power outage may have created an emergency at community water systems if water pressure was lost. If you are responsible for a water system serving an apartment building, a mobile home park, or a campground you had an emergency if your system lost pressure for four(4) or more hours. If water was not available for 4 or... more

March is National Red Cross Month. With the callof the cardinal ringing in the air, it’s also a time for spring cleaning. American Red Cross in the Finger Lakes invites you to celebrate Red Cross Month and Spring For Family Preparedness!Spring cleaning means mopping up, tossing out, and giving your home a good once over. This year, while you make... more

Three Geneva teenagers were arrested this week after they broke into the Geneva High School on June 10th. They are accused of placing a dead skunk and opossum above ceiling tiles in the hallway outside a classroom. Three tiles were damaged as fluids seeped from the animals. 19-year old Robert Freeman, 18-year old Peter Kirchhausen,and 17-year old Christopher Ritter were... more

Space travel was not a problem for Captain Kirk, but a light-Labor Day rain kept William Shatner from a motorcycle ride around Seneca Lake. Shanter, his wife Elizabeth, and Chicago D.J. Mancow Muller were to lead the charity ride around Seneca Lake which was to include a stop at the Geneva Chamber of Commerce.The group never made it to Geneva... more

A Seneca Falls man died late Wednesday night when his apartment house caught fire. The fire damaged a two family apartment home at 21 -and – 25 Walnut Street in Seneca Falls. Neighbors say flames were shooting out of the home as firefighters arrived on the scene. The flames were quickly knocked down, but the structure was full of smoke.Police... more

Wednesday nights at the Crooked Rooster Brewpub in Watkins Glen used to be known as Wing night. Chicken and Pickin’ became the name when Jess from the band, Los Finsteros, offered to add an Acoustic Jam to the Wednesday night menu. Each week musicians come in and casually set up in the window with all sorts of instruments including guitars,... more

Generosity runs rampant in the Finger Lakes region but sometimes certain people go above and beyond the call. After constructing a new orthodontic office, Dr. Rod Littlejohn, an orthodontist in Waterloo and a native of Seneca Falls, donated everything from his previous office to the Geneva Community Health Center, a sub-division of Finger Lakes Migrant Health Care Project, Inc.When we... more

A bone marrow drive will be held on behalf of Dan Wright of Waterloo at St. Mary’s Gymnasium on Saturday, September 13, 2003 from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM. For more information call 315-539-5315.For more information on the National Marrow Donor Program log on to their website at http://www.marrow.org or call 1-800-MARROW-2.   more

An Ontario County woman was killed Wednesday morning when she ran a stop sign and her minivan was struck by another van.According to the Ontario County Sheriff’s Department, Susan M. Beal, 53, of Middlesex failed to stop for the sign on Smith Road at County Road 46. The other vehicle was driven by Richard C. Foringer, 52, of Canandaigua.Beal was... more

The 3rd annual Canal Cup Matches between the top 12 golfers at the Seneca Falls Country Club and Silver Creek G.C. were held Sunday in Seneca County. The matches consist of four 9-hole, Ryder Cup style matches with 18 holes being played at both golf courses. Each match is worth one point and all ties result in 1/2 point for... more

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* The American Red Cross will be holding a blood drive at the Ontario County Human Resource Office on May 29th from 9 am to 3 pm. Appointments are accepted but not required. Call (585) 394-2260 for additional information. * The Center for Sustainable Living presents an educational series, “Living Lightly on the Earth”. The next program in the series... more

The Sennet fire department was first on the scene Tuesday afternoon at about 2:20 pm at the Lowe’s on Route 5 & 20 in Auburn. Three cars were ablaze. The first car, a Pontiac Grand Am was the first to catch fire and then the fire spread to a 1995 Mercury Sable. Both cars were fully engulfed in flames when... more

Gregory Cotterill has joined the staff of Hobart and William Smith Colleges’ radio station, WEOS-FM, as assistant station manager for membership and underwriting. The position entails coordinating and executing the fundraising plan for WEOS. This includes underwriting solicitation, membership, outreach, promotion, and other support efforts with both volunteer student and community assistants. Before joining the staff at WEOS, Cotterill was... more

You don’t need to have your eyes checked if that cauliflower in the supermarket produce section looks orange.After its discovery in a Canadian marsh more than 30 years ago, orange cauliflower is finally hitting the U-S market.The cauliflower hybrid now being sold in garden catalogs was developed by breeders at Cornell University’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva.... more

A Texas man was stabbed to death in the parking lot of TGI Friday’s Wednesday night, and two co-workers were arrested today on murder charges. Ontario County Sheriff Philip Povero said the victim, 50-year-old Daniel Alvarado of LaGrange, Texas, was among a group of four men who are employed by a Houston-based company called Instal-Lite. The company was hired as... more

National Park Service (NPS) northeast regionaldirector Marie Rust has appointed 16-year veteran of the National Park Service (NPS) Tina Orcutt superintendent of Women’s Rights NationalHistorical Park in Seneca Falls (NY). Slated to arrive for duty on September 20, she succeeds Josie Fernandez who became superintendent of Hot Springs National Park (AR) last spring.”Tina Orcutt is the right choice for Women’s... more