Category: News Archive

The Cayuga Indians are helping out in the wake of the recent hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Regular unleaded gas is now selling for $2.41 per gallon at the tribes’ Lake Side Trading Gas Station and Bingo Hall in Seneca Falls. In a full page ad in today Finger Lakes Times the Cayuga Nation says they “would like to give the... more

The Cayuga Nation of New York will one day close it’s gaming operations in Union Springs and Seneca Falls under the agreement signed today by thew tribe and Governor George Pataki.According to the agreement “The Nation would also agree to cease any Class II gaming operations other than at its gaming facility in Monticello within two years after such Monticello... more

Michelle Drake says she was stuck in an impossible situation. Drake, 20, of 2520 County Road 28, Apt. 1A, Canandaigua, is the nanny who was charged with unlawfully dealing with a child early Monday after Ontario County sheriff’s deputies said she allowed a 14-year-old to get drunk while in her care. Deputies said they went to a home on Silvernail... more

A Geneva teenager has been found alive and safe near Syracuse. An Amber Alert was issued last night for 16-year old Patricia Lynn Visco. Geneva Police said last night it was a confirmed child abduction that occured at 28 Sharon Street about 2:45 Thursday afternoon. Turns out that not the story. Trisha Visco had been corresponding with 22-year old Conard... more

Spring is here and you know what that means… warmer weather, the return of baseball. and streaking!! What was once just a fad popular on college campuses in seventies is coming to the Finger Lakes..Spring Streak 2005 is planned for this afternoon in Geneva. The event is being planned by two twin sisters and graduates from Cornell.Tiffany and Tabitha Kennedy... more

Getting the win for Max’s Custard was Jared LeBlanc pitching a complete game. LeBlanc, backed by a solid defense, pitched a 2 hitter only giving up 1 walk. The offense was led by Matt Kelley going (3/3) with a Double and a Triple, Josh Sember (2/2) with a Double and Josh Loucks (2/2) earning 2 Singles. For Peter Koch, Michael... more

The fifteenth annual Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance (GrassRoots) promises to be the most musically diverse one to date, ensuring that the event is unmatched in Upstate New York. Performances will range from Tinariwen, a group that formed in a rebel training camp in Libya, to Grammy Award winning Ricki Lee Jones, the premiere singer/songwriter of her... more

Just like King Kong takes Manhattan, the $55 million dollar winner of the one-time King Kong New York State Lottery Game purchased their winning ticket in Nassau County, but two of winning tickets for second place prizes were sold closer to home. Two tickets -each worth 1-MILLION dollars- were sold in Seneca and Steuben counties. The winning Seneca county ticket... more

Grab your tie-dye and strap on your sandals! It’s a night for jamming as the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir and RatDog join the String Cheese Incident at the the newly remodeled Constelllation Brands/Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center in Canandaigua. The “CheeseDog tour stops at the MAC on July 10thSince that beginning in 1995, RatDog has undergone many changes, both in... more

Auburn Police are helping Utica police look for a 17-year old girl who has been missing for 2-months. Ivory Green left her Utica home around 8pm on March 13th. Green has relatives in Auburn and might have been seen in Cayuga County within the last two weeks. Green is a black female, standing 4 feet 11 inches tall, weighs 110... more

Yesterday they said they would not discuss the landclaim. Not only did they discuss it, they voted to support it. The Cayuga County Legislature last night voted 13 to 2 in support of the state’s efforts to negotiate a settlement to the Cayuga Indian Landclaim. George Fearon of Springport and Raymond Lockwood of Aurelius voted against the plan. Cayuga County... more

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One of Gospel’s hottest artists, Dr. Norman Hutchins, will lead the Unity Festival 2003 Choir in a 6 p.m. Thursday workshop in preparation for its performance Sept. 6 at Unity Festival on Seneca Lake in Geneva. The choir is open to the public and provides a rare opportunity for Finger Lakes residents to perform with a national Gospel star. The... more

The Dean of Hobart College in Geneva is retiring after 27-years at the Liberal Arts College. Clarence Butler announced Monday he will step down following this school year. 66- year old Butler came to Hobart college in in 1979 and held several positions including acting dean , interim chaplain ,senior associate dean, associate professor to dean, and Dean of the... more

Sheriff Rob Outhouse reports that on Saturday July 23rd at 9:30 PM Deputies responded to a report of an armed robbery at Nino’s Pizzeria in the Village of Port Byron. Employees reported that a female entered the pizza shop, displayed a knife and demanded money from the cashier. The female left with an undisclosed amount of cash.The suspect was described... more

Last night around 4:30 pm, the town of Potter highway barn caught fire and was seriously damaged. This barn is in the hamlet of Potter Center on State Rt.364. From several witnesses there was first a loud explosion then the barn filled with black smoke. Several fire departments responded including Potter, Rushville, Middlesex, Penn Yan. When I first got there... more

Congressman Sherwood Boehlert will later today announce he’ll retire from politics at the end of this year. Boehlert has scheduled a press confrenece for 3-this afternoon in Utica to make the announcement. The Syracuse Post Standard reports that two Oneida County political bosses both say Boehlert will announce that he will not seek another term in Washington. Boehlert is current... more