Burdett News

We have continuing coverage tonight of P&C decision to possibly close it's stores in Hornell and Watkins Glen.

Plans for a 3 million gallon underground manure storage tank outside Perry City have been halted while state officials study claims by neighbors that the area is an ancient Indian burial ground.

Glenn R. Larison, a Republican incumbent from Odessa, was the top vote-getter in balloting Tuesday for three seats to represent District III in the Schuyler County Legislature.

A free yoga class is available at 6:15 p.m. every Tuesday in October at September Place, second floor, in Burdett.

The 2009 Schuyler County United Way Campaign officially gets under way Monday at the annual spaghetti dinner at the Montour Falls Moose Lodge.

WATKINS GLEN -- The Van Zandt Hollow Road bridge, flagged by the state Department of Transportation as unsafe, will be replaced by Silverline Construction of Burdett, low bidder for the project.

Down a gravel road and nestled deep in the woods, On Warren Pond Farm prospers with a small harvest and a couple of dedicated caretakers.

Distiller Steve Morse at Beak and Skiff Apple Farms in LaFayette hopes to be selling vodka made from apples in the next few weeks.

Ian Barry, winemaker at Swedish Hill Winery was studying English literature at SUNY New Paltz in 1997, when he answered a job posting placed by Adair Vineyards in the Hudson Valley.

The Cayuga Trails Club has planned a number of hikes in September. The following is a schedule of events: * Sept.

Arielle Bateman, a junior from Freeville, was honored with second place in the Thelma Baltz Morrow Award for English competition at the 2009 Recognition Convocation during Parents' Weekend festivities at Grove City College in May.

Three people were rescued this afternoon after their apartment house caught fire.

The wise man does not mix grape and grain. That old adage isn't holding much water anymore in Finger Lakes wine country with the July 17 opening of Finger Lakes Distilling in Burdett, Schuyler County.

The south end of Decatur Street in Watkins Glen has been a place of great activity in recent weeks, and it's all going to continue until around mid-October, when the new shared public works facility is expected to be completed.

Finger Lakes wine country is making way for stronger spirits. Finger Lakes Distilling, the first facility of its kind in the region dedicated specifically to distilled spirits, has opened its Seneca Lake tasting room earlier this month.

Another new business has opened up shop in Schuyler County. After more than a year in the making, Finger Lakes Distilling on Route 414 in Burdett opened this past weekend.

A beginning class in the needlework skill of tatting, a historic form of lace-making using cotton thread and a small shuttle, starts July 23 at Graceful Arts Fiber Studio, 4760 State Route 414 in Burdett.

Len Solomon likes working with his hands, so it's only fitting that he spends most days restoring everything from old cars to airplanes in a hangar about 100 feet from his house.

More than 40 teams are expected to participate in the third annual Relay for Life for Schuyler County from Friday evening through Saturday afternoon at the Watkins Glen High School track.

Finger Lakes Region All are invited to a Mother's Day weekend Fiber Tour in the heart of Finger Lakes Wine Country.