Cayuga News

The Cayuga Museum of History and Art will exhibit "Heroic Measures: Fire Fighting in Cayuga County" through Sunday, Aug.

Norman E. Wheeler Sr., of Lansing, was honored by the Baden-Powell Council Boy Scouts of America with the James E. West Fellow Award in appreciation for his many contributions to the movement.

It's been viewed as romantic, extravagant and even snooty. But for many people, wine is no different from veggies on your dinner plate.

LANSING - The pile of old logs stacked near the town highway department may not look like much now, but Ed LaVigne has a vision of a beautifully restored relic of the area's past.

While AES Somerset is the most efficient of the international corporation's seven power plants in the state, there is concern that higher taxes, lower demand and more regulations could force the coal-burning facility to close.

U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer's appearance today in Auburn to discuss the Cayuga Indian Nation land trust issue has been rescheduled for 2 p.m. Schumer spokesman Max Young said the senator will be at the Cayuga County Chamber of Commerce office, 35 South St.

Students face trials and tribulations to get through high school. How about adding a serious illness to the mix? Or drug abuse and jail? What about a father going off to war? Then there are those with disabilities to work through.

The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Tompkins County, southeastern Seneca County, southern Cayuga and northeastern Schuyler counties from 4:45 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. today.

Cayuga County is about to go "cold turkey," in a manner of speaking. The Cayuga County Tobacco Free Partnership has lost it's $145,000 state grant and will close its doors July 31, program coordinator Anne E. McCarthy said.

BUFFALO, N.Y. Press release - All Post Offices will be open Friday, July 3, but many will shorten retail lobby hours and close at noon.

SENECA FALLS - From what the winners of the Waterloo Rotary Club carp derby were saying, Marcy Benjamin of Elmira just might arm herself with a can of creamed corn for next year's derby in place of the garden worm.

A survey out today by the Niagara Health Quality Coalition shows that New Yorkers who stay overnight in hospitals are less satisfied with their care than patients in the rest of the country.

Plans like this have a lot of steps and one of the things that has to happen is there has to be a study of whether a change would have an impact on the environment.

Hundreds of people were at a public hearing Wednesday night regarding the Cayuga Indian Nation's request to place 129 acres of land into a federal trust.

A real estate development firm based in Cincinnati, which is already involved in an apartment complex project in downtown Ithaca, could become the new developer of the stalled $8 million project to redevelop the Rosenbaum/Harold's Marvin's building in Elmira's downtown.

Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 11:02 a.m. Among the stories Action News will be watching this week: Monday ~Albany doings, in the courts and the legislative chambers, as the Senate power struggle continues ~MegaMillions winners come forward to claim their $35-million dollar prize ~Community information on elder abuse Tuesday ~Fayetteville votes on ...

Officials in Seneca and Cayuga counties are calling for concerned citizens to voice opposition to the Cayuga Nation's application to regain sovereignty over its original lands when the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs holds a hearing on the application's draft environmental statement Wednesday.

Cayuga County officials today urged county residents to "stand up and make a statement'' at next week's hearing on the Cayuga Indian Nation's bid to place its Finger Lakes land into federal trust.

The Post-Standard will honor the 2009 Teens of Achievement -- 12 teens who represent the best of the class of 2009 in Central New York.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin continues her visit to Auburn on to help the Cayuga County city celebrate its inaugural Founder's Day and 50 years of Alaska statehood.