Oxford News

Niall Ferguson is one of those rare characters: a respected scholar who's also a successful popularizer.

The Oxford American Legion is hosting a benefit dinner from 4 to 8 p.m. July 11 for a local man undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy for esophageal cancer.

Stuart Low began as a violinist and linguist before defecting to journalism. He currently writes classical music reviews and covers theater and the visual arts.

The 120th Afton Fair will begin July 8 and continue through July 12, featuring a reduced admission price of $3 for ages 12 and older, and free for children ages 11 and younger.

Oxford sophomore Katie Woodford captured the Division II girls 400-meter title in the state track & field championships Friday at Cicero-North Syracuse High.

Five Chenango County teenagers are facing felony burglary charges following an investigation into an incident in the Town of Preston, according to the Chenango County Sheriff's Office.

In the latest of a disturbing series of cemetery vandalism over the last decade, two Walton teens were charged Sunday with desecrating a marble gravestone at the Walton Cemetery.

Andy Triebold won his fourth C-2 Pro race in a row, becoming only the second person to do so.

These Greater Binghamton residents have a birthday today. * Linda Crampton, 54, Binghamton.

ENDWELL - Ithaca's girls reclaimed the George Morris/Endwell Rotary Invitational team title Saturday at Maine-Endwell, with the top individual outing leading Sidney to a runner-up finish in the all-girls track & field meet.

The ``go local'' phenomenon has arrived in Sidney, said an organizer of the inaugural Friday River Fest that starts this week.

The Town of Lansing will be picking up spring brush through Thursday, May 4-7, and in the Village of Lansing Monday, May 11.

Oxford Dollars for Scholars will hold its annual benefit golf tournament May 16 at the Bluestone Golf Course in Oxford.

These Greater Binghamton residents have a birthday today. * Margaret Frederick, 69, Endicott.

LUNCH AND LEARN: Bring your lunch and attend a free seminar on "Self-Advocacy for the Disabled" at noon Tuesday, in the HUD offices, 465 Main St., sixth-floor conference room.

Libraries are magical, fun-filled places where you can "travel by book." There are books about oceans, deserts, ants, zebras, baseball, apple pie, scientists, silliness and more! As Yohannes Gebregeorgis, founder of "Ethiopia Reads," said recently, "Children can imagine everything when reading books - connections to other cultures, to other people, ...

Hancock scored twice in the sixth and seventh innings Tuesday to pull out a season-opening 5-4 baseball victory over visiting Greene in a non-league matchup of Midstate Athletic Conference squads.

MIDSTATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Afton at Unatego Oxford at Delhi Bainbridge-Guilford at Unadilla Valley Hancock at Sidney Harpursville at Greene Non-League Norwich at Sherburne-Earlville, 4:15 p.m. Non-League Liverpool at Binghamton, TBA Whintey Point at Jordan-Elbridge, 4:30 at TC3 SOUTHERN TIER ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Owego at Windsor ...

They didn't wantA other parents to be snookered. A former preschool director charged with bilking the government out of more than $500,000 to feed needy kids wanted to start a new summer camp.

ST. LOUIS - Cornell University's Troy Nickerson, a Chenango Forks graduate, will be wrestling for the 125-pound national championship tonight after advancing to the finals of the NCAA Division I Championships on Friday.