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The Syracuse man accused of engaging in an illegal sexual relationship with a Geneva teenage girl was briefly taken back into custody yesterday over a dispute about his release status. An Onondaga County judge ordered 22-year old Connor Izard sent to jail on $50-THOUSAND dollars bail after prosecutors claimed Izard was violating a requirement of his electronic home confinement. Defense... more

(Geneva)-Senator Charles Schumer will visit Geneva on Monday, December 22, and discuss issues of local concern including recently announced plans to keep open the Canandaigua V.A. Hospital.Blake Zeff, a spokesman for Sen. Charles Schumer, said late Thursday that representatives of the CARES commission announced earlier in the day that they plan to recommend keeping the center open. Schumer will speak... more

Veterans Affairs Secretary James Nicholson will tour the Canandaigua VA hospital and campus on Monday. Congressman John Randy Kuhl this morning announced the itinerary for Monday’s visit.The visit includes a walking tour of the campus and a round table -stakeholder meeting. Kuhl says the visit is planned to give the Secretary a sense of how Canandaigua is taking excellent care... more

Seneca Falls firefighters recovered two bodies late Friday night in rubble left after a fire at 121 Cayuga Street. The fire,at the home owned by Ed and Diane Shanken, was reported just before 6:30am by a passerby that called 911. The victims are believed to be the Shankens, their bodies were recovered in the basement of the home. The fire... more

Honors are on the way for some Ontario county World War II Veterans Bob Green has more…=————————- Canandaigua WWII Vets.:23=————————-   more

In celebration of its third anniversary, Ithaca Fine Chocolates, creator of Art Bars, is promoting new artists in a new location for the holidays: 124 State Street on the Commons. Art Bars are exquisite, organic, Fair Trade certified chocolate bars that feature an art reproduction by an adult or international child artist on a collectible card inside the wrapper. A... more

Residents of Cayuga and Seneca Counties tonight have their chance to comment on plans for a proposed settlement to the 24-year old landclaim. A public meeting will be held -starting at 5-at the Seneca County Board of Supervisors room in the Seneca County Office Building in Waterloo. The meeting was organized after two meetings earlier this month when respresentatives from... more

Bass Pro is the big fish in the local retail market. The new store in the Finger Lakes Mall continues it record-breaking sales streak, as last Saturday was more people shopped at the store than any day during it’s grand opening earlier this month. Bass Pro officials will not disclose sales or shopper numbers, but store manager Greg Bulkley says... more

Getting the win for Max’s Custard was Matt Kelley pitching a complete game. Max’s Custard jumped out to an early lead scoring three runs in the 1st inning and was able to keep the lead for the rest of the game. The offense was led by Matt Kelley going (2/2) with 2 Doubles and was assisted by Jarred LeBlanc (1/3)... more

Seneca Community Players is throwing a “wild, wild party” this summer and you’re invited.Adapted from a book-length poem written in and about the Roaring Twenties, Andrew Lippa’s “The Wild Party” tells the story of one wild evening in the Manhattan apartment shared by Queenie and Burrs, a vaudeville dancer and a vaudeville clown. In a relationship marked by vicious behavior... more

(Dresden) — A Pennsylvania man pulled out into the path of a tractor trailer at the corner of Rt 14 & Rt 54 in the Yates County Town of Dresden Wednesday afternoon. The 78-year-old man was treated and released at Soldiers & Sailors Hospital for a minor head injury. His 68-year-old wife suffered a minor leg injury. The driver of... more

Sheriff Rob Outhouse reports that the Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of a serious motor vehicle accident on Route 31 in the Village of Weedsport at the western line with the town of Brutus. The cellular 911 call was received by the Cayuga County 911 Center at 6:14 PM. Upon arrival personnel found that two vehicles had... more

The Cayuga Indians said they would resist efforts by Seneca and Cayuga County officials to test gas pumps at their Lakeside Trading Gas Stations and Bingo Halls in Seneca Falls and Union Springs and they doing just that. On Friday, Seneca County Director of Weights and Measures Sue Sauvageau was not allowed to test the gasoline pumps. She was turned... more

Three-time winner John Korir of Kenya will return to defend his title Sunday in the Boilermaker in Utica. Korir won the Boilermaker in 1999, 2001 and 2003 and placed in the top five the other three times he’s competed in what has become the nation’s largest 15-kilometer road race. He’s coming off a second-place finish in the 10-k Peachtree Road... more

Pagan fete planned for Canandaigua’s Baker Park Organizers feel they’ve been stigmatized by the city because they’re Pagans. By E.W. BRADSHAW II / ebradshaw@mpnewspapers.com CANANDAIGUA – Pagans who want to hold a festival in Baker Park in August say they’ve been spellbound by the city, which is taking its time reviewing an event application submitted last winter. “I don’t think... more

As part of the town and village of Seneca Falls’ Comprehensive Planning process, community members are invited to share their thoughts and ideas about the future of Seneca Falls at a special Community Planning Workshop on Monday, September 27th. For the convenience of community members, two workshop times are offered: 2:00 to 4:00 pm or 7:00 to 9:00 pm. Both... more

President George Bush’s attempt to gain votes from Native Americans is a set back for local residents opposed to Indian Landclaims. Officials from the Oneida Indian Nation were among a group of American Indian leaders who met with President George Bush at the White House yesterday. Oneida Representative Ray Halbritter was in Washington for this week’s opening of the Smithsonian’s... more

Two people were injured in a serious car crash Tuesday afternoon in Waterloo, The accident occured just after 4 at the intersection of Brewer and Hecker Roads. 18-year old Cassandra Daeffler of Geneva was westbound on Hecker Road when she was struck by a car driven by 42-year old Darryl Conley of Seneca Falls. Conley was heading south on Brewer... more