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While Seneca County bickers over where to place a corn-to-ethanol plant, plans are moving forward for an ethanol palnt in neighboring Cayuga County. The Auburn Citizen reports a King Ferry Company is looking to build an Ethanol plant on an 8-acre site in off the Genoa-Venice Townline road in Venice. Lake Distilling LLC is asking the Cayuga County IDA to... more

Seneca Falls rockers-Static Cling-will play many of their musical “treats” during tonight’s Halloween Party. The fun begins on the radio about 10:30pm , as WEOS 89.7FM&90.3FM in Geneva and 88.1FM in Ithaca, will broadcast the show live form Jellybeans in downtown Geneva. The show can also be heard on the web at www.weos.org.Since the mid-80’s, Static Cling has been performing... more

I felt a bit out of place as I stood in line at The Book Nook in Geneva. I was a twenty-six year old in a sea of seven-to-twelve-year-olds waiting to get a copy of Harry Potter Number Five. Let me tell you – I was prepared to budge in front of every single one of those kids if it... more

Quick work by Penn Yan police and firefighters early this morning helped to quickly bring a grocery store fire under control.Penn Yan firefighters were called to Morgan’s Grocery on Hamilton Street around 2am after village police, while on routine patrol, called in a report of heavy white smoke coming from the roof. The fire damaged the attic and ceiling and... more

The Geneva teenager that triggered a state-wide Amber Alert last month was sentenced to probation behind closed doors on Thursday morning. 16-year old Patricia Lynn Visco received the sentence from Geneva City Judge Timothy Buckley.Visco was reported missing by her parents shortly after 6 p.m. Dec. 1. An Amber Alert was issued and the ensuing search involved various police agencies,... more

Calling hours are this afternoon for former Seneca Falls Mayor Robert Freeland. Freeland-who was 64 years old- died Monday after suffering a heart attack. Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 11:30 at the United Methodist Church of Seneca Falls. Freeland was a village trustee and mayor of Seneca Falls for 18-years. He worked as a customer service representative... more

HS Football action returned to the Finger Lakes region on Friday night, Waterloo dropped a heartbreaker to Wayne, the Newark Reds came up 2 points short to Brighton, Mynderse lost to Pal-Mac 12-6 and Clyde-Savannah blew Dundee off their home field with a 53-0 victory. We’ve got all your results from Friday night and a full slate of games on... more

Local village elections were held Tuesday and the March elections usually feature many uncontested races and low voter turnout. That means every vote counts, and that is very true this morning in the Seneca County town of Lodi. The mayor’s race ended in a deadheat. Lloyd Brown and Harold Potts each picked up 14 votes. There are no absentee ballots... more

Special ticket prices for tonight Crosby, Stills, and Nash concert in Canandaigua. The price for seats under the shell at the Finger Lakes Preforming Arts Center has been reduced to $37.00.Tickets are on sale at all Ticketmaster Outlets and online at www. ticketmaster.com.The concert starts at 7:30.   more

Newark school district voters turned out in larger numbers yesterday, and this time they approved the revised 2004-2005 school budget. The 36.1 million dollar spending plan was approved by a vote of 1,500 to 1,021. Last month Newark residents voted down the budget by just 21-votes.   more

(Penn Yan) ? There are unconfirmed reports about a high-speed police chase in Yates County last night, in which a police car crashed into a tree. Dispatchers at the Sheriff’s office would only say it was not a Yates County Sheriff deputy who was operating the vehicle. The incident allegedly occurred on Outlet Road near Bell Road.   more

Dale Earnhardt Jr. outlasted a season-high 13 cautions — and overtime — to beat Matt Kenseth in a green-white-checkered flag finish Friday night at Bristol Motor Speedway.Waterloo native Mike McLaughlin-back behind the wheel of a Busch car for the first time in two years-finished the race 12th after a couple of crashes. McLaughlin was called to step in the #25... more

Hobart College Director of Athletics Mike Hanna ’68 and Eastern College Athletic Conference Commissioner Phil Buttafuoco ’83 announced this afternoon that beginning in 2005, the Statesmen, as well as Loyola (Md.) College and St. John’s University, will join the ECAC Lacrosse League. Hobart will compete in the Patriot League for the final time in 2004. The ECAC Lacrosse League includes... more

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has announced it will ax gun sales from 1,000 of its locations, and the Routes 5 and 20 store in Hopewell is one of them. Manager Kurt Spindler said Monday he was informed by company officials that firearms would be off the shelves by the end of July. Meanwhile, the Wal-Mart in Geneva, also on Routes 5... more

Sim Redmond Band Broadcast Live from Jellybeans in Geneva, N.Y.Sim Redmond Band’s music oozes over your brain like a comforting blanket with its sunny sound and earthy rhythms rooted in reggae, folk, and world music. The warm vocal harmonies and heartfelt lyrics are the extra flavor on top of their hypnotic musical dish. Bubbling bass and drums will put you... more

Less expensive gas and cigarettes will be available in Seneca County Monday morning. The Cayuga Indian Nation of New York on Friday purchased the Mobil gas station and convenience store on Route 89 in Seneca Falls adjacent to Cayuga Lake State Park. The tribe bought the store for $220,000. In April, the Cayuga’s opened their first gas station and store... more

(Waterloo) — A Seneca Falls woman was killed in a two car crash last evening at the intersection of Routes 5 & 20 and Rt 414 near Seneca Falls. 87 year old Viola Vancleef was a passenger in a car driven by Brenda Egan of Seneca Falls. Their car was struck by a pickup driven by Joseph Rice of Savannah.... more