Freeville News

The following local residents were named to the President's List at SUNY Cortland for the spring 2009 semester: Tiffany Adams, a senior childhood education major from Ithaca.

Wells College's 141st Commencement exercises took place Saturday, May 23, at the Aurora Inn in Aurora.

You know it's a bumper year for strawberries when people start arriving early at local u-pick farms.

ITHACA - A Freeville woman with a drug-offense record has been sentenced to five years of probation and felony drug court for crack-cocaine trafficking.

All ages and skills are welcome for the Dryden Area Intergenerational Band and Chorus.

Several Tompkins County residents graduating in the Tompkins Cortland Community College Class of 2009 have been honored for academic achievement, community involvement, and personal success.

ITHACA - A 14-month-old boy in foster care died due to negligence by the Tompkins County Department of Social Services, according to his mother.

Freeville is now on the web, at http://freevilleny.org/ , with a village site that includes both the basic contact information you'd expect, as well as photos , history , a list of businesses , and more.

Community members of all ages joined in as the mayor and trustees led the way to spruce up the village in preparation for Dairy Day, which is scheduled for Saturday, June 13.

Individuals charged with criminal offenses noted in this column will face a court proceeding to determine whether they are guilty of the charges.

DRYDEN - Plans to save and replace a historic steel truss bridge may have to be abandoned after the project failed to get county backing.

Wells College's 141st Commencement exercises will take place at the Aurora Inn .

The first Freeville Family Fun Fair is being planned and will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 30, on Johnson Road in Freeville.

The Dryden Town Historical Society always dusts off such interesting information and brings beautiful remembrances to light.

The New York State Division of Housing has put a Freeville landlord on notice for vacate notices she recently gave some of her tenants.

Jeremy Slack of Dryden aced the par-3 third hole at Dryden Lake Golf Course on May 4, holing out a 6-iron from about 165 yards.

New books featuring upstate New York authors, people and places. Birds flying high Another member of the Freeville Dickinsons has a book coming out this year.

What better way to welcome the new season of warmth and growth than to celebrate those in our community who have lived lives of service among us? This past week, the gratitude has been overflowing from the cup of blessed community members.

The flow of member-item spending to Tompkins County has slowed significantly this year, largely because of the new Democratic majority in the state Senate.

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