Union Springs News

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer restated his long-held opposition to allowing the Cayuga Indian Nation to put 129 acres it owns into federal trust.

Students face trials and tribulations to get through high school. How about adding a serious illness to the mix? Or drug abuse and jail? What about a father going off to war? Then there are those with disabilities to work through.

Cayuga County is about to go "cold turkey," in a manner of speaking. The Cayuga County Tobacco Free Partnership has lost it's $145,000 state grant and will close its doors July 31, program coordinator Anne E. McCarthy said.

Kimberle Ward, who has been principal at Union Springs High School for four years, is leaving by July 1 to become superintendent in the Naples school district in Ontario County.

" Over 1,000 people were at a public hearing Wednesday night regarding the Cayuga Indian Nation's request to place 129 acres of land into a federal trust.

A Cayuga County sheriff's deputy loads cigarettes seized at the Cayuga Indian Nation's Lake Side Trading store outside Union Springs in this picture from Nov.

For some, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's trip to Auburn was much-anticipated. "Definitely, we're excited to see her," said Julie Casler of Marietta.

Two Union Springs residents are in critical condition today at University Hospital, Syracuse, with injuries they suffered overnight in a one-car accident in the Cayuga County town of Fleming.

CANDOR - Top-seeded Candor was knocked off by No. 4 Seton Catholic, 7-5, in 12 innings on Tuesday in the Section 4 Class C semifinals.

Winning pitcher Justin Flannery struck out eight in a complete-game effort that led Chenango Forks past seventh-seeded Waverly, 5-1, in a Section 4 Class B baseball quarterfinal on Saturday.

A Bath man is among six men who will be ordained as permanent diaconate at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Cathedral, 296 Flower City Park in Rochester.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 6:11 p.m. AUBURN -- Last Sunday, someone spotted a group of boys throwing rocks at a mother duck and herA twelveA ducklings at Hoopes park in Auburn.

Horseheads and Notre Dame received the No. 1 seeds in the Section 4 Class AA and Class C tournaments, respectively.

Dryden's Matt Colbert didn't allow a hit and struck out 11 through five innings before he was pulled so Pat Perkins could get some work in the Purple Lions' 11-6 win over visiting Moravia.

Brett Conger birdied the par-4 15th hole on his way to shooting a 41 to help Groton defeat visiting Marathon 215-219 on Friday at Stonehedges Golf Course.

Michael L. Dopko, employed as a code enforcement officer by the villages of Union Springs and Port Byron and the Town of Montezuma in Cayuga County and the Borough of New Milford in Pennsylvania, has completed the Advanced Floodplain Management Concepts II course.

Matt blogs about the thrust of achievement felt during lift-off of the shuttle Atlantis.A The missions are numbered for the shuttle.

Experts say one of the best ways to get a job is by networking. But there are right and wrong ways to network.

WHITESBORO - Katie McCann shot a 95 at the par-71 Hidden Valley Golf Course to lead Horseheads girls golf team to a runner-up finish in the four-team Warrior Classic on Saturday.

Cameron Coffin birdied the par-5 13th hole on his way to a 41 and medalist honors, and the Newark Valley golf team bested visiting Candor, 224-288, on the back nine of Grandview Farms Golf Course on Thursday.