Mottville News

The superintendent of the Carpenter's Brook Fish Hatchery oversees and directly participates in the stocking of 20 Onondaga County streams and several lakes and ponds It's an endeavor he knows will bring fun, joy and good will from local anglers - particularly those planning to get out Monday for the opening day of trout fishing season.

However, someone has to speak up about irresponsible and lazy folks who take their dogs out on outdoor trails used by others for cross country skiing, snowshoeing or hiking, and then allow their pet to poop in the middle of the trail and do nothing about it.

Ken Aubin readies Jade, his Harris's hawk, for a morning of hunting along the Charlie Major Nature Trail in Mottville.

The fire appears to have started in the center of the farm in the old milking house, said Rick Wise, district fire chief for the town of Spafford.