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The Seneca-Cayuga tribe wants to build more than a Bingo hall on land in Aurelius. According to published reports, the tribe’s offer to Cayuga County and the towns of Aurelius and Montezuma to settle its dispute over the Bingo hall includes having Cayuga County help the tribe gain financial and political support for a Class 3 gaming facility. Aurelius officials... more

Syracuse Basketball fans in the Finger Lakes and Western New York will be able cheer on the National Champions from the comfort of their living room couch, thanks to a Rochester TV station and Time Warner Cable. Current published schedules have shown the Orangemen to be televised locally just 11 times during their regular season 27-game schedule. That’s where Rochester’s... more

Citing a recent federal court ruling that States have the right to collect sales taxes on Native American lands, New York State Senator Michael F. Nozzolio (R-Fayette) continued his fight for the enforcement of a new law he sponsored that requires the State Taxation and Finance Department to collect sales taxes at Native American owned businesses.According to the Federal District... more

Geneva Town Supervisor Mary Luckern will attend the Democratic National Convention scheduled to take place July 26-29 in Boston. Luckern said she received a phone call from the Washington, D.C., campaign headquarters of Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. A Kerry staffer called her and said, “Congratulations, you are an alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention,” Luckern has been Geneva town... more

* The Geneva Theatre Guild will be holding auditions on May 29th at 7 pm at the Smith Opera House in downtown Geneva for its upcoming musical production, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Those auditioning are asked to wear comfortable clothes and bring a prepared song to sing. The Guild is also looking for people... more

Syracuse men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim has named Kent State assistant Robert Murphy to replace Troy Weaver. Weaver was hired as a scout by the N-B-A’s Utah Jazz following a four-year tenure with the Orange. He announced his resignation on Friday. Murphy spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach on Jim Christian’s staff at Kent State. The Golden... more

Our friends Ron and Harriet Booth have a daughter, Daphne, housed along with many other soldiers at Baghdad Airport, who reports that our military would greatly appreciate reading material. Ron and Harriet and another daughter, Suzanne of Duvall Jewelers, are collecting paperbacks to send to the soldiers in Iraq. Anyone wishing to donate paperbacks may drop them off at Duvall... more

Waterloo Native Mike McLaughlin has bene hired to drive the #25 Team Marines Ford in this Friday night’s Food City 250 Busch NASCAR race at the Bristol Motor Speedway.The Rensi Motorsports ride is vacant because Bobby Hamilton Jr., who drove the car this season has jumped to an open seat in the Nextel Cup Series. Jeff Green had been driving... more

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By Paul Farhi and Reilly CappsWashington Post Staff WritersThursday, November 6, 2003; Page A01National Public Radio will announce today the largest donation in its history, a cash bequest from the will of the late philanthropist Joan Kroc of about $200 million.WEOS-89.7 FM /90.3 FM in Geneva and 88.1FM in Ithaca is the Figner Lakes’ affiliate of NPR.The bequest from the... more

Breaking news this morning – Several Fire departments has been called to battle a fire at the Seneca Falls Town Office Building. The town office buidling houses the town offices, meeting room , Seneca Falls town court, assessors’s office and other town offices. The fire is believed to have started on the first floor of the two story building. Ambulances... more

An Auburn Doctor has been placed on probation for practicing negligently. Among other things, the state Board of Professional Medical conduct accuses gynecologist Dr. Ayodeji Lukula of preforming a hysterectomy on a patient a day after her innital visit to his office without trying nonsurgical options first. The Syracuse Post Standard reports Lukula- who operates a private practice at 143... more

Call it “Marked Down Music”. Lawn tickets for almost all the Darien Lake shows this summer go on sale this Saturday for just $15 dollars per Ticket. The sale -this Saturday- is from 9am to midnight. The shows with a special sale price are Kid Rock-Sting-Kiss-Josh Groban-The Tragically Hip-Project Revolution Tour-The DEAD-John Mayer-Rush-the Vans Warped Tour-Hall and Oates- and Slipknot.... more

There’s a new King and Queen to reign over Mardi Gras Celebration 2005. The Mardi Gras planning committee has selected Unity House Board member Fred Atkins and Auburn City Planner Jennifer Haines, both of Auburn. Their coronation is set for Friday, March 4, 2005 at the Auburn Holiday Inn. Tickets are $20 each and include two hours of free hor... more

A citizens group, determined to roll back the controversial Waterloo School District tax increase of 31.5%, will hold it’s organizational meeting Tuesday, July 20th at the Waterloo Recreation Center beginning at 7:30pm.The Waterloo School board approved the increase following a overwhelming defeat of the school district budget.Dick Berger of Junius-who is organizing the meeting, says an important announcement will be... more

The Seneca Falls Town Hall and Town Court facilities will be rebuilt following last Friday’s fire. Meanwhile the town court facilities will be moved into the old Mynderse Library building at 31 Fall Street.The Seneca Falls Town board last night voted to entered into a 6 month lease for the old library building. The old library will undergo minor rennovations... more

Kristin Butler will be in Boston next week, but she will not be attending the Democratic National Convention.The 24-year old former Geneva resident lives in Boston and is a graduate student at Harvard University. Kirstin was one of 10-national finalists in the MTV “Choose or Lose” contest. Contestants were asked to write an essay about why politics should matter to... more