Oneida County has been awarded more than $800,000 through the state Department of Labor to assist in efforts to remove debris from Sauquoit Creek and its tributaries as the result of damage from Hu... [more...]
The Ava Dorfman Senior Center, 305 E. Locust St., has a wide variety of offerings from composting to Zumba, with signup also under way for bocce leagues, a walking group and other activities. F... [more...]
The YMCA has received an annual contribution from Revere Copper Products in honor of Gregory Savage, who passed away on Feb. 11, 2011. The donation is a family membership, valued at $711 this y... [more...]
In what is looking to be a recent trend for the Smith Post American Legion baseball team, the Rome squad once again rallied back from another deficit. But this time the team kept the steam roll... [more...]
VERONA — Oneida Indian Nation officials announced today a three-year extension to host the Turning Stone Races. The second annual Turning Stone Races will consist of a half-marathon as we... [more...]
Area students named to the spring semester dean’s list at Niagara University are: Nicolas R. Angelicola, 1207 N. George St.; Carri S. Brooks, 5869 Bartlett Road; Ethan J. Froelich, 8521 Turin... [more...]
ORISKANY — AARP will offer a two-day Driver Safety Program, in the Oriskany Public Library, 621 Utica St., from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, June 28 and 29. Cost is $19 or... [more...]
A revised version of a controversial proposal regarding municipal ambulance service is now focusing on only Utica and Glens Falls, and Kunkel Ambulance is opposing it as strongly as the previous ve... [more...]
SYRACUSE — Dannible & McKee will add certified public accountant Brian W. Johnson as a partner on July 1, company officials announced. Johnson, a Rome Free Academy graduate, will be respo... [more...]
The Central New York Parkinson’s Support Group, Inc. meets at 12:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month except August at the Presbyterian Home for CNY, 4290 Middle Settlement Road, New Hartf... [more...]
A cut of three jobs through attrition and the creation of an instructional job, tenure denial for a teacher, plus tenure awards for 19 other teachers will be considered Wednesday night by the Board... [more...]
Area students who earned diplomas as part at Wells College Class are: ¿ Kevin Wilson, of Rome, earned a bachelor’s degree in history and minored in political science, receiving Wells... [more...]
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Koenig, Evans Road, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in the Adult Day Health Program at the Rome Center, 801 N. James St. Koenig and the former Joyce Bustos were marr... [more...]
Mr. and Mrs. Giuseppe Ripa, Frederick Street, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 10, 2012, at a party hosted by their children at the Franklin Hotel. Ripa and the former Viola D&... [more...]
TOWN OF LEE — An Ice Cream Social will be held Thursday from 7-9 p.m. at the Town Hall, 5808 Stokes-Lee Center Road, as part of the town’s bicentennial celebration. The event is fre... [more...]
The Rome school district is again seeking to compile a complete list of scholarships given to its graduating seniors by local businesses and community organizations, and is inviting businesses, com... [more...]
To report an emergency: 911 Monday 10:21 a.m. 215 W. Bloomfield St., first aid. 10:28 a.m. 400 N. James St., first aid. 10:36 a.m. 404 Park Drive, vehicle fire. 11:27 a.m. 7784 ... [more...]
To report an emergency: 911 Monday 7:33 a.m. Westernville, Whaley Road, investigate. 12:37 p.m. New York Mills, Aitken Avenue, Whitestown, investigate. 1:29 p.m. Clinton, College Hi... [more...]
The Paraclete Award was presented to Ryan Koscielniak at Rome Catholic School’s commencement for the Class of 2012 on Saturday. The year in Saturday’s paper was incorrect. [more...]
June 19, 2002 The Board of Education has settled on a man from Vermont as Rome’s new superintendent of schools. Appointment of Thomas F. Gallagher is on tonight’s meeting agenda. ... [more...]
ShelliAnn Jensen, daughter of Paul and Michelle Jensen, 207 W. Oak St., was named to the spring semester dean’s list at LeMoyne College, Syracuse. She is a sophomore majoring in biology. [more...]
A Lowville woman admitted to a felony charge related to cashing, but not processing, $14,372 in money orders in U.S. District Court in Syracuse. Erin Woolschlager, 35, pleaded guilty before Jud... [more...]
ONEIDA — A teen-ager was charged with several traffic infractions and driving under the influence following a crash on Seneca Street where he fled the scene Sunday. The 19-year-old was al... [more...]
BOWEN — Edwin (Red) Bowen, 85, of Remsen, on June 17, 2012. Services 10 a.m. Wednesday at Fairchild Cemetery, Remsen. Calling hours 3-7 p.m. today at Ackley-Mills Funeral Home, 9597 Main ... [more...]
The Internal Revenue Service has announced a sweeping office space and rent reduction initiative that over the next two years will close 43 smaller offices — including three in Upstate New Yo... [more...]
A jury of six men and six women acquitted a Mid-state corrections officer accused of using excessive force on an inmate back in January 2010 on two counts against him, but was hung on the third. ... [more...]
HERZOG — To Travis and Amber Lanz Herzog, of Munnsville, on Sunday, June 17, 2012, in Oneida Healthcare Center, a son, Carter Russell. HILL — To Chad Hill and Ashley Warren, of Munn... [more...]
TOWN OF MARCY — A man faces felony charges after randomly attacking his neighbor Monday morning and chasing her into her house while apparently high on bath salts. At about 7:30 a.m. Depu... [more...]
VILLAGE OF CROGHAN — A woman was charged Monday with damaging multiple items belonging to two men when she was involved in several disputes with her boyfriend over a 15-hour period. Lewis... [more...]
To report an emergency: 911 Monday 12:25 a.m. Route 26, Lee, check. 12:31 a.m. Kenwood Avenue, Sylvan Beach, welfare. 1:24 a.m. West Lake Street, Vienna, check. 1:42 a.m. Kilbou... [more...]
Michael J. "Mike" Slaga, 89, of Floyd, passed away on Monday, June 18, 2012, at Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare in New Hartford. He was born on September 1, 1922, in Rome, the son of W... [more...]
To report an emergency: 911 Monday 12:38 a.m. Annsville Youth Center, assault. 2:33 a.m. Spruce Lane, Annsville, check. 3:47 a.m. Kenwood Avenue, Sylvan Beach, suspicious activity. ... [more...]
To report an emergency: 911 Monday 12:02 a.m. W. Thomas St., mischief. 12:27 a.m. E. Bloomfield St., welfare. 12:58 a.m. Black River Blvd., arrest. 3:23 a.m. McKinley Ave., citi... [more...]
Temperatures: 61 to 73 Normal Range: 52 to 75 Records: 38(1958), 96(1994) Rainfall: 0" Monthly rainfall: 1.47" Rainfall for year: 15.78" Sunset today: 8:45 ... [more...]
TONIGHT Floyd Town Board, 7. Special meeting on updating rules and regulations on town properties. Town Hall, 8299 Old Floyd Road. WEDNESDAY Board of Education, 6:30 p.m. Rome Free Acad... [more...]
The state Department of Environmental Conservation has achieved a long-awaited milestone in its efforts to restore lake sturgeon in the Oneida Lake system. According to a statement released on ... [more...]
ORISKANY — The population in the pond at 1310 Utica St. has now doubled. The two mute swans that live there have produced two young birds. According to James Kernan, the family has been r... [more...]
Visit Rome area "hams" — amateur radio operators — this weekend from 2 p.m. Saturday to 2 p.m. Sunday at 584 Phoenix Drive as they join thousands of others practicing and demo... [more...]
Tonight’s Schedule... Professional Baseball — International League: Pawtucket at Syracuse, 7. Amateur Baseball — District V American Legion: Roberts at Whitestown,... [more...]
Oneida County’s largest employee union has narrowly ratified — 53 to 47 percent — a three-year tentative agreement. Voting ended Monday and the outcome was 254 in favor and 22... [more...]
The local unemployment rate veered away from recent trends and rose from April to May, according to state Labor Department statistics released today. The Utica-Rome metro area’s rate for ... [more...]
Myles Higby, 618 Canal St., $75,000, construct a 48-by-44-foot pole barn. [more...]
Good teachers make a difference. That hardly qualifies as news. But combined with a serious statistical analysis of how much difference the best teachers can make in the future earnings capacit... [more...]
UTICA — This year’s Utica Boilermaker Expo will have a new address as the event will leave its regular home for the past 15 years, the Masonic Care Community, and will move to the state... [more...]
LEE CENTER — The Lee Soccer Club got a late goal by Frank Mellace assisted by Rick Loreto in a 2-1 victory over the Copper City Soccer Club during a Central New York State Soccer League B Div... [more...]
Tonight — Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. Wednesday — Mostly sunn... [more...]
ALBANY (AP) — Here are the winning numbers drawn Monday Evening: Daily: 8, 4, 3, Lucky Sum: 15. WinFour: 5, 9, 1, 2, Lucky Sum: 17. Here are the winning numbers drawn Monday Midday: Daily... [more...]
Kevin Wilson, of Rome, a member of the Class of 2012 at Wells College in Aurora, has been inducted in the national honor society Phi Beta Kappa. He is a history major with a minor in political scie... [more...]
