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Antipe earned $2,000 as the co-angler winner thanks to five bass weighing 20 pounds even.

SENECA FALLS - From what the winners of the annual carp derby were saying, Marcy Benjamin of Elmira just might arm herself with a can of creamed corn for next year's derby in place of a garden worm.

Plans like this have a lot of steps and one of the things that has to happen is there has to be a study of whether a change would have an impact on the environment.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 11:24 p.m. Wednesday night's hearing was the final one at this stage of federal officials deciding whether to put almost 130 acres of land into trust for the Cayuga Indian Nation.

Two Auburn women are in jail today on charges they stole more than $1,100 worth of clothing, accessories and tools during an alleged shoplifting spree at the Waterloo outlet mall.

Before heading out to that cookout or picnic next Monday, May 25, Memorial Day, please take time to remember why most of us will be free to have a day off of work.

Even small children know why we celebrate Thanksgiving. And almost everyone can explain the real reason Christmas is set aside as a holiday.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Memorial Day became an official holiday in 1967. A year earlier, President Lyndon B. Johnson wrote the following proclamation that historians point to as being important because it marked the official birthplace of the holiday as being Waterloo, N.Y., in 1866 in honor of those lost during the Civil War.

Every May we take the time through two separate holidays to recognize both the men and women serving in our military, and those who have given the ultimate sacrifice to defend our freedom.

"Memorial Day is a day when we pause as a nation to give thanks to the more than one million brave men and women who have given their lives for their country.

There are many stories as to its actual beginnings, with over two dozen cities and towns laying claim to being the birthplace of Memorial Day.

The town of Waterloo's court clerk was arrested last week for allegedly tipping off a friend who was wanted by police.

Back in 1865, Henry C. Wells, a druggist in Waterloo, New York thought that honoring all American soldiers who died in a war was a fitting gesture.

Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day because it was a time set aside to honor the nation's Civil War dead by decorating their graves.

Memorial Day in the 21st century has come to mean a day off from work, but the holiday is deserving of this nation's respect in ways more important than simply grilling hot dogs and watching sports.

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INTERLAKEN - Covert Town Supervisor Michael Reynolds announced that Seneca County officials have tentatively agreed to restore funding to the county's public libraries.

To many people, especially the nation's thousands of combat veterans, this day has a history stretching all the way back to the Civil War and is an important reminder of those who died in the service of their country.

Gharana Industries, LLC plans to invest more than $1.7 million in the former Cadbury Schweppes/RealLemon plant in Waterloo.

The Seneca County Industrial Development Agency has given the go-ahead on an incentive package for a startup company to manufacture and distribute ethnic flours and cheeses in the former Cadbury plant in Waterloo.