Category: News Archive

Geneva Police last night were searching for a man that fired a rifle in the air several times on East North Street. Police say the Hispanic male could have been injured because blood was found at the scene. The man reportedly left the scene in a dark colored vehicle. No other details were released on the incident.   more

The Red Jacket Redskins won the coin toss and drove immediately down the field for their first score led by running back Parker Ross. It was his first of three scores for the day. Quarterbacks Trevor Sanders and Bobby Ryan kept the Red Jacket offense moving throughout the game with Sanders converting a quarterback keeper in the 3rd quarter.The Redskins’... more

A Seneca Falls village police officer has been fired and another has been suspended for three days for misconduct and violating department rules and regulations. The village Board of Trustees met in a special excutive session last Thursday and voted to terminate the service of officier Robert Noone and suspend for three day without pay officer Jamie Buffone.The actions were... more

FingerLakes1.com has learned that the Geneva Branch of the Seneca Falls Savings Bank was robbed around noon Friday. At approximately 11:55 am Friday at the Seneca Falls Savings Bank, 342 Hamilton Street, Geneva, a white male described as being approximately 35-40 years of age, 6′-6’2″, thin build, wearing a dark colored flight type jacket, white baseball hat with the initials... more

Local village elections were held Tuesday. Here are the result from the area’s contested races.In Cayuga County the only contested races were in Aurora. Incumbent Mayor Tom Gunderson held off a challege from write-in candidate Karen Hinderlang. The vote count was 104 to 31. In the Auroura Trustees race both incumbents Ken Zabriske and James Chase were re-elected.In Ontario County-... more

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton collapsed during an appearance Monday before delivering a speech on Social Security, a radio station reported.Colleen DiPirro, president of the Amherst Chamber of Commerce, told WBEN-AM radio that Clinton told the crowd she was feeling weak and had had a stomach virus. Clinton started to speak then collapsed, DiPirro told the radio station.The station said she... more

As a continuation of the canal revitalization project started in 1998, New York State Senator Michael F. Nozzolio (R-Fayette) announced today that he has secured an additional $350,000 in state funding for the Seneca Falls Canal Harbor project. In 1998, Senator Nozzolio worked to secure over $1 million in state funds for the opening of the first significant project on... more

A large crowd is expected tonight for the Seneca Falls Town Board meeting, as both supporters and opponents of the corn-to-ethanol plant plan to try and sway town board members. Twenty-two people have signed up to speak at the meeting, including Empire Biofuel’s Chairman Ed Primrose. Last month, Empire Biofuels announced it is forming a task force of its partners,... more

And Action! The cameras are rolling again for the Glenara Productions motion picture, “Vineyards Of Death.” George Boyce, the films writer and director, said, “Since mid March we have been shooting roughly a scene a week.” We have filmed in Watkins Glen at the International Motor Racing Research Library and two shoots in Dundee, at the Glenora Winery. A very... more

Herbert Thomas plans to be a member of the Cato-Meridian School Board when he’s 84. The 79 year old Thomas has announced he will run for re-election. He says he gave the matter several weeks thought about making the commitment to another five year term. Thomas cites a projected 700 thousand dollar budget deficit as one reason he’s seeking another... more

Seneca County Supervisors Tuesday took a closer look at plans for the Cayuga-Seneca Canal Trail project. Some supervisors, County Manger Keith Ashby and others took a boat ride on the Cayuga-Seneca Canal to better understand how the statewide trail will cross Seneca County from Seneca Lake to the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge. Last month, county officials met with farmers and... more

Wednesday, September 24th at 11 A.M. the dedication of a bronze sculpture, depicting an uprooted olive tree, by internationally renowned Arab-American artist Khalil Bendib will take place at One Mile Point, Geneva, New York.”We are dedicating the first memorial in the United States in remembrance of the victims of the massacre, which occurred on April 9, 1948 at Deir Yassin,... more

Hobart and William Smith Colleges Sailing Head Coach Scott Iklé led the U.S. Sailing team to a pair of gold medals at the XIV Pan American Games. The head coach of the American sailors oversaw victories in the J/24 and women’s mistral events.In the J/24, the Americans finished four points ahead of Brazil, winning five of the 12 races contested.... more

Police agenices in Seneca County are currently looking for a missing 3-year old Waterloo boy. The boy and his family live on Hecker Road. The boy was last seen between 5pm and 6pm tonight.He is discribed as 2-and-a-half feet tall, with blonde-brownish hair and blue eyes.Anyone with information is asked to call 911.   more

(Albany) Governor Pataki paid the State of New York $ 2,600 for use of state aircraft during his campaign last year. According to Gannet News the amount is more than legally required, but less than exactly fair. Pataki staffers say typically the Governor pays half of the federal air mileage reimbursement rate around 97 cents a mile.   more

The Niagara Frontier Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society is sponsoring a special train excursion aboard the Finger Lakes Railway on Saturday, September 27, 2003. Traveling from Geneva to Canandaigua, the charter will be the 1st passenger train to travel this entire route since regular passenger service was discontinued on what was then the New York Central Railroad. Included... more

  A 19-year-old Waterloo man has drowned tonight in the Cayuga-Seneca Canal near Hyatt Road in Seneca Falls. The teen and his friends were jumping off the railroad bridge that spans the waterway.   According to the teen’s friends, he had jumped from the bridge and swam to the shoreline before slipping back in and disappearing under the water. His friends called... more

(Syracuse) — Police are looking for clues in the discovery of a badly decomposed body inside a storage facility near Syracuse. Onondaga County Sheriff’s deputies found the body inside a U-Haul storage room in Cicero yesterday. Detectives believe the corpse has been stored there for a long time. Reportedly the body is that of 32 year old Peg Reome a... more