Category: News Archive

The American Red Cross in the Finger Lakes is closing the warming station in the Geneva Red Cross Chapter office located on 34 Castle St. in Geneva. At this time we have been notified that the number of residents that are currently without power in the towns of Geneva, Phelps, Gorham, and Seneca has been reduced to approximately 200. If... more

Two Wayne County men have been arrested and charged with breaking into caskets at the Marion Cemetery in February. Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 32 year old Raymond Roberts and 31 year old Richard Boutwell, both of Marion. They’ve been charged with felony burglary and cemetery desecration. Investigators say the men entered the Chapel at the cemetery and removed two caskets, including... more

Some Seneca Falls town residents woke up Sunday in the dark. A transformer explosion-just before 6am- near Goulds Pumps on East Bayard Street caused the power outage. Residents were without power for a couple of hours. When power came back on Sunday morning the power surge damaged the radio transmitters for both the WALL-WLLW 99.3 FM and WSFW-AM1110. Both stations... more

Call it “Eater-tainment” The Gould Hotel in Seneca Falls will be featured tonight on TV’s Food Network. The show “Unwrapped” will showcase the Gould Hotel and it’s owner-Psychic Phil Jordan.Jordan offers his psychic dinner floor shows which include psychic readings after a great dinner. “Unwrapped” can be seen at 9pm tonight on the food network.   more

Four men have been arrested in connection with a string of thefts from parked cars in Lyons and surrounding areas. 21 year old Delburt Cody, 26 year old Nathen Derr and 19 year old Justin Weeks, all of Lyons, were arrested along with 19 year old Evan Schetrompf of Newark. Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputies were on patrol, looking for the... more

Legendary rock and roll guitarist Bob Weir brings his solo jam band-Ratdog back to Upstate New York for three shows next month. Weir, a founding member of the Grateful Dead, will play theaters in Rochester, Syracuse and Albany. Ratdog last played two shows in Upstate New York last fall; one a three-hour concert at Geneva’s historic Smith Opera House, that... more

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Woopi 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

Four people were injured late Sunday night in what’s been discribed as a large fireworks accident. The accident happened just before 11 last night on Parker Road in Canoga. Two people reportedly suffered broken legs, another -more serious- injury was a victim with metal lodged in his back as a result of the explosion. The injuries suffered by the fourth... more

Meeting in a special session Tuesday night, the Seneca County Board of Supervisors voted in favor of one agreement to settle the Cayuga Indian Landclaim and voted against a second landclaim agreement. The two votes were unanimous among the 13-supervisors, Covert Supervisor Brayron Foster did not attend the meetiing.The supervisors approved a resolution that supports the agreement between the State... more

A Yates County boy was hurt yesterday afternoon when he was run over by a farm tractor. 11-year old Daniel Burkholder of Penn Yan was riding on a tractor being driven by his brother 13 year old Jonas. The boys were helping their father in a field off Phelps Road in Gorham. Ontario County Sheriffs Deputies say the tractor hit... more

Update – 7/16: Waterloo lost to Fredonia 13 – 10. Fredonia advances to the State Tournament in Staten Island this weekend. Waterloo Little League Major Girls Softball All-Stars captured District 5 Championship. Have advanced to Sectional Tournament defeating Greece Little League and Geddes Little League. Play tonight (7/15) in Fredonia at Ed Egan Sports Complex at 6:00pm vs. Fredonia for... more

This spring, Seneca Community Players invites you to where “Witness” meets “La Cage Aux Folles,” where ‘plain’ collides with ‘fabulous,’ and the old world of horse and buggies and hooks and eyes slams into the new world of laptop computers, sequined gowns and the electric light bulb.SCP presents Catherine Filloux’s “All Dressed Up And Nowhere To Go” at the Delavan... more

A second person has died following last Thursday’s collision between a car and a tractor trailer in Wayne County. The driver of the car-82 year old Catherine Riley of Seneca Falls died at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. A passenger-85 year old Rita Niccandri of Seneca Falls died at Newark Hospital. Investigators said that Ms. Riley failed to yield the... more

UPDATE 7/30 @ 6:32 am: A driver passing on a double yellow line was the cause of a two car head on collision on East Bayard Street in Seneca Falls last night. 54-year-old Lynn Calls had to be freed from her car after the collision when 24-year-old Justin Reynolds tried to pass another car. Both Reynolds and Calls had to... more

A Weedsport man is acting as his own lawyer, and yesterday he told the jury he did not kill his girlfriend. Darrell Adams told the jury that the prosecutions case is full of holes and he would prove his innocence. The 37-year old told the jury -“There is no way I could do this to somebody I love”. Adams is... more

Waterloo Firefighters need lots of help Thursday afternoon when two house fires occured at the same time- one on the Waterloo Geneva Road and the other on Fayette Street near River Road.Just before 4-yesterday- firefighters from Waterloo, Border City, Geneva, Seneca Falls , and Red Jacket were called to 1180 Waterloo – Geneva Road . The home is unoccupied. Seneca... more

Sheriff Rob Outhouse reports that at 11:10 am Monday morning Deputies recovered the body of a subject that was reported missing to the Cayuga County Sheriffs Office at 8:42 PM last night (Sunday 07-03-05). Sheriff’s Deputies and Homer Fire Department Rescue personnel recovered the body.The body of Robert D. McDonald was located approx. 20 yards off the east shore at... more