Dryden News

Most people don't talk about electrolysis. After all usually they seek it out because they are embarrassed about unwanted hair.

In our home, most girls still have cooties, so heads were hanging low around the dinner table as we discussed upcoming Scouting events.

TRUMANSBURG -- A year after rejecting third-party emergency medical services billing because of vocal opposition from residents and volunteer emergency responders, Trumansburg's Board of Trustees has decided to vote on the issue at its next scheduled meeting on Dec.

The New York State Department of Transportation will conduct a public information meeting on the design of a bridge replacement project on State Route 13 over Fall Creek in the town of Dryden.

DRYDEN -- Students at Dryden High School could have fewer study halls as well as more classroom and elective opportunities if enrollment continues to trend downward, the board of education was told.

This Sunday afternoon, the Dryden Town Historical Society will be celebrating the accomplishments of the Bethel Grove community: In 19th century Bethel Grove, the local school was the heart of the community.

By the time readers lay eyes on Dryden Town Talk this week, the results of our county and town elections will be in, save the absentee ballots.

A Dryden man and Richford teenager are in Cortland County Jail today on charges they broke into a Marathon bowling alley and stole beer and money and also damaged several vending machines, Cortland County sheriff's deputies said.

Long-time legislator Michael Lane will be returning to the table after a count of absentee ballots on Thursday put him 104 votes ahead of Republican challenger Jim Crawford in the race to represent District 14 in the Tompkins County Legislature.

Yesterday's elections were close . Mike Lane has a 39-vote lead over Jim Crawford in unofficial returns for County Legislature District 14, 746-707, with 106 absentee ballots out there.

Most Dryden residents are voting in the same places that they used to vote, but if you voted at the Dryden Village Hall or the Dryden Baptist Church, you now vote at the Dryden Fire Station.

The Tompkins County Soil & Water Conservation District will host a Water Workshop for Real Estate Professionals from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Nov.

I've been annoyed that the Ithaca Journal web site seems to have descended into a chaotic and sometimes repetitive mix of news from the Ithaca, Elmira, and Binghamton papers.

Two suspected heroin dealers in Groton were arrested Wednesday after a multi-agency investigation of heroin trafficking in Tompkins County.

We're lucky in Dryden and Freeville to have a candidate for the Tompkins County Legislature with many years of experience serving in government that works.

I'm not yet sure how much of the Town they visited, but Google Maps seems to have added street views of a variety of places.

I urge the voters of the Town of Dryden to support the Democratic slate on Nov. 3. Mike Lane has served his constituents well for 12 years on the Tompkins County Legislature and needs to be elected again.

Tompkins County Sheriff Peter Meskill fought a legislator's recommendation Wednesday to chop nearly $90,000 earmarked for vehicle replacement from the county budget.

I encourage fellow residents of the Town of Dryden to support Jim Crawford's candidacy for the Tompkins County Legislature.

DRYDEN -- Four candidates are vying to fill two town board seats in Dryden on Nov.