Category: News Archive

Area hospitals say they would lose millions of dollars under proposals in Governor George Pataki’s proposed budget. Officials from four health care companies in the Finger Lakes tell the Finger Lakes Times they’re urging the legislature to overturn a proposed tax on hospital revenues, an increase in the tax on nursing home revenues and a cut in Medicaid funding for... more

It looks like Geico Inc. and its 2,500 jobs aren’t headed for Wayne County or the Rochester area.According to today’s Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Geico will open a service center in Amherst, Erie County, a suburb of Buffalo, according to Amherst Supervisor Susan Grelick.Grelick’s announcement, which she also posted on her Web site Monday, ends four months of uncertainty about... more

Confusion in Seneca Falls. Late last week supporters of a proposed ethanol plant announced a non-biding straw poll to be held tomorrow March 22nd. That group mailed fliers to every home in the village and town. Yesterday a second flier arrived in the mail from those opposed to the ethanol plant being built on the Auburn Road just northeast of... more

An arrest has been made inconnection with a 2001 murder in Clifton Springs. Ontario County Sheriffs Deputies and State Police report they have charged 26-year old David Traas with second degree murder for the murder of Michael Jewell in November 2001. Jewell was stabbed to death when he was working at the Pal-Mart Convenience Store. Police and the Ontario County... more

It’s the largest jump in gas prices in the Finger Lakes-ever. Since late last week the price at the pump has jumped almost 20-cents per gallon. In Geneva, Seneca Falls, and Waterloo regular unleaded gas is selling for $2.65 per gallon, up from $2.46 per gallon just last Thursday. Almost two-thirds of the people surveyed for an Associated Press-America On... more

The State’s Canal System opens for the season tomorrow, but they’re not celebrating the waterway in Seneca Falls. There will be no Seneca Falls Canal Festival this year. Organizers of the annual Canal Festival- held in June-say they could not recruit enough volunteers and did not want to fight the village government over open container rules. Village officials wanted to... more

Whoopi Goldberg better go easy on that Barbeque Chicken. Remember a couple of weeks ago, Woopi-who reportly has a home near Ithaca on Cayuga Lake-stopped at a firemen’s barbeque near Seneca Falls. Well, The Slim-Fast diet drink company has dumped Whoopi Goldberg from its advertising because its executives were unhappy with her recent remarks mocking President Bush. Goldberg participated at... more

Below are the pairing for the second round of the Geneva City Golf Tournament. The first round was held at Big Oak with this weekend’s rounds being played at Geneva C.C. and Seneca Lake C.C.2005 GENEVA CITY TOURNAMENT2ND ROUND PAIRINGSMIKE MORACCO 75GRAHAM SHARMAN 76STEVE ACQUILANO 76CHRIS CARROLL 78 JOHN CARROLL JR. 78PETE MASLYN 79JIM BOEFF 79JOE ACQUILANO 79SCOTT BURDEN 79MATT... more

Seneca Falls Incumbent Democratic Supervisor Peter Same had to wait an extra week before claiming victory in his re-election bid.After 7-hours of counting the absentee ballots, Seneca County Election officials announced Tuesday evening that Same totaled 1172 votes to Republican challenger Dawn Dyson’s 1160. Dyson lead after the polls were closed on election night by 42-votes. Also in Seneca Falls,... more

16-year old Lamon McKoy is the Geneva teeanger that police believe killed both Ashley Vincent and his own cousin Monique McKoy. He has not yet been charged and is being held in Monroe County on unrelated felony charges.Ontario County District Attorney Michael Tantillo says the sealed indictment will be made public Thursday at 2pm at the Ontario County Courthouse in... more

The Nucor Bar Mill Central New York All-American Soap Box Derby has scheduled its big race day for Saturday, May 29 at Hoopes Park and the East Genesee Street eastbound lane in Auburn with special events scheduled throughout the day, including auto shows, childdren’s games and live music.Nearly 40 racers will try their luck in the Stock and Super Stock... more

When George Steinbrenner talks, Joe Torre and Brian Cashman listen. The Yankees principal owner is not exactly satisfied with the play of his team as it approaches the end of May. Neither are his manager and general manager. Steinbrenner thinks Jose Contreras should be in the starting rotation instead of Jeff Weaver. He is perplexed by the lack of power... more

Mike McLaughlin drove the #25 Team Marines Ford to a 10th place finish Saturday afternoon in the Target House 300 at the California Speedway.The Waterloo native started the race in 17th place and except for a late race bump from Kyle Busch, McLaughlin ran a clean race leading to the 10th place finish. It’s the second race for McLaughlin driving... more

Snow covered roads are causing school delays:Auburn-One Hour DelayBradford – Two Hour DelayCato-Meridian-One Hour DelayChemung Valley Montessori School – Two Hour DelayDundee Central Schools – One Hour DelayMoravia-Two Hour Delay No Morning KindergartenOdessa-Montour-Two Hour DelaySkaneateles-One Hour DelaySouthern Cayuga -One Hour DelayUnion Springs-One Hour DelayWatkins Glen -Two Hour DelayWeedsport-One Hour Delay   more

A tractor-trailer accident near the intersection of Lake-to-Lake Road and Route 14A in the Town of Seneca has closed that area to traffic for several hours. Ontario County Sheriff’s say 40-year old David O’Brien of Groton was hauling a tanker truck filled with 1600 gallons of ashphalt emulson when he lost control on a sharp curve at the intersection of... more

An Auburn woman-afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease-has been found after she was missing Wednesday. Auburn Police say 59-year old Gloria Bradshaw of Garrow Street in the city was last seen leaving her home Wednesday morning to walk her dog. Cayuga County Sheriffs Deputies and State Police found Bradshaw and her dog walking on Honoco Road in Aurora about 11:45-last night. She... more

Seneca Falls – One hundred and twenty cars, trucks, tractors, even a Fayette fire truck took part in Saturday’s motorcade demonstration in support of New York State collecting taxes from Indian businesses that sell to non-Indian customers. UpState Citizens for Equality organized the motorcade demonstration which started at Cayuga Lake State Park and traveled for two hours, back and forth,... more

An early morning fire at a warehouse at the former Seneca Army Depot has destroyed the building and equipment stored there by the Seneca County Sheriff’s Department.Lost in the fire were the Seneca County Sheriff’s Department’s patrol boat, dive trailer, underwater equipment, and an RV used as the department’s mobile command post. A complete inventory of the items lost in... more