Cayuga County News

Another special session set for July 4th, though Democrats claim progress on a plan to break stalemate Update:Motorcycle crash kills 1, seriously injures 1 By Laura Hand Friday, July 03, 2009 at 11:13 PM Husband & wife were riding on Sky High Road in Fabius on Friday night.

A Moravia teenager was arrested Wednesday night and charged with the knifepoint robbery of the Kwik Fill gas and convenience store on State Street in Auburn this week, Auburn police said today.

Honest as the day is long. Gentle giant. Man of integrity. Mr. Public Service. Earl Lamphere in 2001 Those were some of the words family and friends voiced on Thursday to describe former Cayuga County Legislator Earl Lamphere, who died of congestive heart failure on Tuesday.

Cicero-North Syracuse High School graduates Nisa King and Mecaila Tolone check their gowns prior to their commencement Friday at the War Memorial in Syracuse.

U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer's appearance today in Auburn to discuss the Cayuga Indian Nation land trust issue has been rescheduled for 2 p.m. Schumer spokesman Max Young said the senator will be at the Cayuga County Chamber of Commerce office, 35 South St.

Gov. David Paterson talks to the media this morning after speaking at the New York Conference of Mayors meeting in Saratoga Springs.

Wells College in Aurora has offered an 87-acre parcel to a group looking for a site on which to build a Finger Lakes museum.

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.

A 28-year-old man who contacted a 15-year-old girl only through the Internet and by telephone before they met and had sex was not a "stranger" under New York's Sex Offender Registration Act , a state appellate panel has ruled.

A Saturday night power failure that affected some businesses in downtown Syracuse delayed the production and delivery of Sunday's Post-Standard. How did it happen? Heavy rains over the past few days overwhelmed the drainage system near the Ash Street power station downtown, which allowed water to get into the breakers.

Syracuse-based Child Care Solutions will provide child care resources and referrals in Cayuga County after an Auburn child care agency closes June 30.

U.S. Rep. Michael A. Arcuri, D-Utica, has earmarked $300,000 for Cayuga County's 911 upgrade.

For twenty four years, questions about Kristin Oa Connella s murder have been on Cayuga County Sheriff David Goulda s mind.

John Chick, who was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for his role in Cayuga County's asbestos scandal, is back home.

Operations at the New Process Gear plant in DeWitt are winding down, but this may not be the end if a Washington D.C. group takes over.

Monday, Central New Yorkers will find out who holds the winning Mega Millions Jackpot ticket bought at Chase's Cigar Store on James Street on May 29th, and who will be $35 million richer.

David Dempsey, whose 2007 Auburn mayoral campaign was snubbed by his own Democratic Party, is now a Republican.

Officials in Seneca and Cayuga counties are calling for concerned citizens to voice opposition to the Cayuga Nation's application to regain sovereignty over its original lands when the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs holds a hearing on the application's draft environmental statement Wednesday.

Cayuga County officials today urged county residents to "stand up and make a statement'' at next week's hearing on the Cayuga Indian Nation's bid to place its Finger Lakes land into federal trust.

Tioga County legislators want to see the state honor Vietnam veterans by naming state Route 38 after them.