Montezuma News

A bald eagle named Liberty took center stage last week at a special event where East Syracuse-based Honeywell, the Montezuma Audubon Center and the Onondaga Audubon Society announced the local launching of an exceptional eco-friendly program.

Wines made from fruits other than grapes a ' long considered overly sweet plonk a ' are taking a sophisticated turn as more small vintners experiment with wines crafted from pears, peaches, apples, cherries, blueberries, black currants and cranberries.

Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 5:09 p.m. 28 years after the disappearance and murder of Julie Monson, an Auburn man continues to prod authorities to solve the cold case.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is trying to obtain federal stimulus money for the Auburn Biodiesel Corp.

State police in Auburn, Monday accused a Cayuga woman of stealing beer and driving while intoxicated.

A five-course menu featuring cranberries and other seasonal foods will be served at Montezuma Winery this month.

As many as 50 volunteers from the area surrounding the Montezuma Wetlands Complex will be planting trees along the Seneca River as part of more than 200 TogetherGreen volunteer events occurring in more than 30 cities across the country throughout the year.

With cloudy skies and a light rain, rush hour traffic preceded thru the west bound lane of the New York State Thruway in Montezuma shortly before 7am Wednesday, September 23rd.

Canada geese fly over Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in this photo from fall 2008.

Montezuma Winery in Seneca Falls will hold a free Harvest Hoedown from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

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

The Montezuma Audubon Center and Seneca Meadows Environmental Education Center invite teachers to teacher workshops from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday.

On Oct. 26, 1825, New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton stepped aboard a boat in Buffalo's Erie Canal Harbor and set out with a small flotilla for New York City.

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 central New York village of Homer is one of those sleepy little places in rural America often described in books about the countryside.

The Greyhound Wine Tour & Friends event has extended an invitation to other breeds of dogs for its fourth annual edition.

Friends of Army Pfc. Patrick DeVoe II, who was killed in action in Afghanistan in March, are holding a fundraising party dubbed "DeVoe Day'' in Montezuma on Aug.

Charity motorcycle rides and a volunteer cleanup of the Seneca River are planned soon.

Finger Lakes wineries have brought home barrels full of medals at competitions recently.

The Greyhound Wine Tour & Friends event has extended an invitation to other breeds of dogs for its fourth annual edition.