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HEAL Schuyler works with local restaurants to offer healthy options

HEAL Schuyler works with local restaurants to offer healthy options
HEAL (Healthy Eating and Active Living) Schuyler is working with local restaurants on the new Choose HEALth program standards. The Choose HEALth, Healthy Food Choices in Schuyler County program was founded in 2015. The new standards tiers restaurants into the following categories: Member, Bronze, Silver and Gold. Participating restaurants submit recipes and are classified into a tier. The Member tier... more

Line, backfield among strengths for Watkins Glen/Odessa-Montour

Line, backfield among strengths for Watkins Glen/Odessa-Montour
Year four of Watkins Glen/Odessa-Montour combined football holds promise thanks to the returns of several key seniors from last year’s team. The Seneca Indians finished 2017 with a 2-7 record, dropping their final seven games after impressive victories against Greene and Spencer-Van Etten/Candor to open the season. Trevor Holland, in his third season as head coach, said the goals for... more

Major flooding shuts down roads in Schuyler County (full coverage)

Major flooding shuts down roads in Schuyler County (full coverage)
A state of emergency has been declared in Schuyler County due to flooding from extreme rainfall overnight into this morning. The following roads are closed and impassable due to damage: Shumway Road from State Route 414 to Satterly Hill Road; Dugue Road between Round School House & Fausold Rds; Covert Road from Satterly Hill to State Route 414; Robertson Road... more

Odessa man charged with DWI, open container in Watkins Glen

Odessa man charged with DWI, open container in Watkins Glen
Police say a 58-year-old Odessa man was arrested last week following a traffic stop on Decatur Street. Gary R. Cooper, 58, was charged with opoen container, driving while intoxicated, and for having a BAC of 0.08 percent or higher. Cooper was arraigned in Watkins Glen Village Court and committed to the Schuyler County Jail in lieu of $2,500 cash bail.... more

Odessa man faces felony charge, plus several others after Watkins Glen Walmart larceny

Odessa man faces felony charge, plus several others after Watkins Glen Walmart larceny
A 29-year-old Odessa man was arrested on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges following an investigation into a larceny complaint at the Watkins Glen Walmart. Watkins Glen Police say that Jedediah E. Bradford, 29, was charged with third-degree burglary, five counts of fourth-degree criminal mischief, petit larceny, reckless endangerment, and trespass. Bradford’s charges stem from an investigation into a specific larceny... more

Class C showdown: Odessa-Montour girls rally past rival Watkins Glen

Class C showdown: Odessa-Montour girls rally past rival Watkins Glen
Big game, big crowd and a big-time performance from the Odessa-Montour girls basketball team. O-M went on a 20-6 run over the third quarter to overcome a six-point halftime deficit and beat rival Watkins Glen, 57-46, in an Interscholastic Athletic Conference showdown Wednesday night in Odessa. Senior Gillian Clark scored 13 of her game-high 22 points in the second half... more

O-M girls unbeaten but focused on getting better

O-M girls unbeaten but focused on getting better
Odessa-Montour’s girls basketball team is sitting at 5-0 following a 49-39 victory at home Friday night against Tioga. As good as the Indians have been, head coach Greg Gavich is hoping better nights are still to come for the defending Interscholastic Athletic Conference South Division Small School champions. While O-M led by as much as 18 points in the third... more

ELECTION NIGHT LIVE 2017 (webcast replay)

ELECTION NIGHT LIVE 2017 (webcast replay)
Josh Durso, Jackie Augustine & Jim Sinicropi were live inside the all-new FingerLakes1.com Studio on Election Night for results, reaction, interviews and analysis from Tuesday’s vote in Cayuga, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Tompkins, Wayne and Yates Counties. Hear from Seneca Falls Town Supervisor Greg Lazzaro, successful Seneca Falls Town Council candidate Doug Avery, Geneva City Supervisor candidates Lou Guard &  Dom... more

ELECTION GUIDE 2017: Looking at all of the candidates, issues in Schuyler County

ELECTION GUIDE 2017: Looking at all of the candidates, issues in Schuyler County
In Schuyler County there is no bigger issue than the ongoing debate around Crestwood Midstream. The Houston-based energy company has been pursuing a development, which would allow them to store LPG beneath the surface of Seneca Lake in abandoned salt caverns. While the issue itself has been polarizing — economic development has taken a back seat. However, the other major... more

O-M extends Stephens’ coaching career

O-M extends Stephens’ coaching career
With their head coach on the sidelines for his final home game, the Odessa-Montour boys soccer team came up with its most impressive performance of the season Wednesday at Odessa’s Charles Martin Field. The sixth-seeded Indians scored four goals in each half for an 8-0 victory over 11th-seeded Spencer-Van Etten/Candor (6-8) in a Section 4 Class C Tournament first-round game.... more

Odessa woman faces multiple felony charges after crash in Watkins Glen

Odessa woman faces multiple felony charges after crash in Watkins Glen
A property damage accident resulted in no injuries, but police say one woman faces multiple felony charges as result. Members of the Watkins Glen Police Department arrested 43-year-old Bridget K. Raymond, of Odessa after a property damage accident in Watkins Glen. Sgt. Steve Decker reports that Raymond was charged with first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation — a felony, as well as... more

Alpine man falls through Cayuta Lake ice on snow mobile in Schuyler Co.

Alpine man falls through Cayuta Lake ice on snow mobile in Schuyler Co.
On Sunday at approximately 11:07 am, a report was received by the Schuyler County 911 Center that a man had fallen through the ice on Cayuta Lake in Alpine. Odessa Fire Department, Schuyler Ambulance and the Schuyler County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched. It was discovered that a male subject, later identified as Wayne Simpkins, of Alpine, had driven a snowmobile... more

Honk! ends its 2-day Odessa-Montour run

Honk! ends its 2-day Odessa-Montour run
The Odessa-Montour production of Honk! completed its two-day run Saturday in the school’s Fetter-Brown Auditorium with matinee and evening performances. The musical, sponsored by the O-M Fine Arts Boosters and featuring a wide age-range of O-M students, was under the direction of Holly Campbell, Jennifer Kraemer and Ian MacDonald. Honk! tells the story of Ugly (portrayed by John Coates), a... more

Rotary Club plans 2 concerts at WGHS

Rotary Club plans 2 concerts at WGHS
The Watkins-Montour Rotary Club is hosting concerts to celebrate the international work of Rotary and to raise funds for local projects. On March 25 at 7 p.m. at the Watkins Glen High School auditorium, the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Rotary International Foundation will be observed with a concert of music representing each decade. The concert is free... more

LETTER: Underage drinking still a problem in Schuyler Co.

LETTER: Underage drinking still a problem in Schuyler Co.
To the Editor – As an employee of Schuyler County Public Health I am concerned about the underage drinking problem in Schuyler County. According to the most current data 47.6% of 7th through 12th grade students report using alcohol at some point in their life and 25.5% report using it in the past 30 days. Many young people in the... more

Odessa resident charged in meth lab bust

Odessa resident charged in meth lab bust
The Schuyler County Sheriff’s Office reports that a 40-year-old Odessa resident was arrested after deputies discovered materials to produce meth during a traffic stop. Torrie M. Savunen was charged with unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine — a Class D felony after allegedly possessing two or more items of laboratory equipment. He was arraigned in Montour Falls Village Court and remanded to... more

Police: Schuyler home health aide charged with grand larceny

Police: Schuyler home health aide charged with grand larceny
Delinda K. Buchanan, 41 years old of Savona, was arrested on Monday and charged with 12 counts Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the first degree, a class E felony and Grand Larceny in the third degree, a class D felony. It is alleged that Buchanan who is a home health aide submitted 12 time cards containing false information and... more
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