Henderson News

Jefferson Community College offers incoming students hundreds of course options and a reasonable price.

New York is following Pennsylvania and other northeastern states in their efforts to stem the proliferation of invasive species that can wipe out trees.

The 2009 Lyrics & Lyricists season at the 92nd Street Y - the first season under the guidance of new artistic director Deborah Grace Winer - will feature shows created by guest artistic directors Martin ...

A school administrator has filed a $1 million libel and defamation lawsuit against a weekly newspaper and one of its columnists, claiming the paper published "wild and malicious" accusations that he lies.

Voters in all but four north country school districts approved 2008-09 school budgets Tuesday night.

Remains found near an Illinois highway have been identified as those of a former central New York woman who was last seen three years ago in a Las Vegas suburb. via Press & Sun-Bulletin

The Second Annual Multi-Species Owasco Lake Charity Fishing Tournament, sponsored by Bass Pro Shops, will be held from sunrise to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 31. via Ithaca Journal

The Cornell Cooperative Extension will hold its 7th Annual Primitive Pursuits Day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday at 4-H Acres, 418 Lower Creek Road, Dryden. via Ithaca Journal

GM says it is investing in a company that makes ethanol economically out of nonfood plant matter. via BusinessWeek

“I just caught this light one day.”

Walking into the downtown studio of artist Lawrence C. Barone in this village is actually like taking a step outside. via Watertown Daily Times

Man faces gun charge after bail from city jail A Niagara Falls man is back behind bars after cops say they caught him with a gun just a day after he was released from jail on bail from drug and related charges. via Niagara Gazette

“The impacts from the loss of a unique habitat of regional importance and the potential for impact to resident and migratory bird and bat species of statewide importance will remain for the operational life of the project”

The potential environmental impacts from a wind farm on Galloo Island transcend municipal boundaries and have to be weighed on a broader basis in a review process better handled by the state Department of ... via Watertown Daily Times

A judge has ordered the defendants in a lawsuit stemming from a skinny-dipping outing on Grindstone Island to surrender the hard drives on their personal computers for inspection. via Watertown Daily Times

A state appellate court has unanimously upheld the convictions of a Henderson man who killed another man with a punch outside a bar and a Rodman man who killed an 84-year-old Brownville man by hitting him on ... via Watertown Daily Times

“Why yes, my father is Bonanza star Lorne Greene”

My most humbling moment leaving my journal in my 9th grade math class, having it read aloud by students the following period Favorite on-screen sex scene in 'Deconstrucing Harry', where the couple finishes in ... via New York Magazine

“You're committing $1 billion in capital in the hope the cost recovery will come, and that's a tough proposition”

A proposed wind farm with 77 turbines on Galloo Island has brought to the fore an often overlooked discussion of the need for new transmission lines to get the power from the turbines into the electrical grid ... via Watertown Daily Times

“The Communist regime kept [Romanians] closed from the West”

In Romania, bodies are said to be taken to gravesites in trucks, altered vehicles, wagons pulled by horses or by family members on foot. via Fox News

“I was comforted by the meeting”

On a day usually reserved for sweethearts, area residents and farmers packed the Henderson Fire District building, Route 178, to hear about Upstate NY Power Corp.'s plans for an electric transmission line from ... via Watertown Daily Times

“I think we thought it was fairly well known”

Plans to run power from a wind turbine project in Lake Ontario through Oswego County are meeting surprise and resistance. via The Post-Standard

Belleville-Henderson came from behind to beat Sackets Harbor Tuesday night 48-42 and take the Frontier League 'D' division title in boys' basketball. via WWNY-TV Watertown