MEETING MONDAY Rome Urban Renewal Agency, 3:30 p.m. City Hall, 198 N. Washington St. 2nd and 3rd Wards Neighborhood Watch, 6:30 p.m. South Rome Senior Center, 112 Ridge St. Clinton Vill... [more...]
WESTERNVILLE — The Westernville Family Café, 9251 Main St., offers country music by Whispering Pines from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday. The Cortland Country Music Hall of famers have visited b... [more...]
VERONA — The public is invited Tuesday for a Dickens Stroll along Main Street. Participants will sing carols as they stroll down Main Street. Meet at the Verona First Presbyterian Church ... [more...]
Adas Israel Synagogue, 706 Hickory St. 337-3170. Sabbath Service, Fri. 7:30 p.m. Beit Shalom, (Messianic Jewish Congregation), 49 Franklin Square (corner Genesee St. and Oriskany Blvd.), Utica.... [more...]
Celebrate Recovery, a community program intended for anyone and everyone with life issues, kicks off a new series Tuesday. Everyone is welcome. It has a series of 25 lessons. The group meet... [more...]
FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Date: November 24, 2008 Nichelle Billhardt, District Manager FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5274 Outer Stowe Street, Suite 1 COMMUNITY EVENT Lowville, NY 13367 (315)... [more...]
DEERFIELD — The second annual Live Nativity is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 7 from 4-6 p.m. at The Good News Center, 10475 Cosby Manor Road. "Cost of admission" is a non-perishabl... [more...]
ONEIDA CASTLE — The Cochran Memorial Presbyterian Church, Route 365, will welcome musician Phil Klein for a Christmas program at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6. The first half of the show will be ... [more...]
CANASTOTA — A Christmas Art & Craft Show, will be held Saturday, Dec. 6, from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the United Church of Canastota, 144 Center St. [more...]
One county legislator’s effort to ban cell phone text messaging while driving has been rebuffed by a legislative committee. Nontheless, prime sponsor Edward P. Welsh, R-21, Utica, may bri... [more...]
County legislators confirmed three new commissioners earlier this week, but not before verbal sparring preceded two of the votes. Approved at Wednesday’s meeting were: W. Vernon Gray, III... [more...]
Oneida and Madison counties and the state continue to challenge the federal government’s decision to put 13,004 acres in trust for the Oneida Indian Nation. A recent 73-page document ques... [more...]
KOZLOWSKI — To Jeremy and Nicole Davey Kozlowski, of Albany, on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008 at St. Peter’s Hospital, Albany, a daughter, Autumn Rose. Jeremy is the son of Tom and Dianne ... [more...]
CAMDEN — The Camden Food Pantry is well-stocked, thanks to the efforts of the Camden High School National Honor Society. The society held a food drive in light of difficult economic times... [more...]
TRENTON — A Utica man was charged with a fishing violation in Oneida County by the state Department of Environmental Conservation police. Husein Agic, 50, of Morris Street, was charged wi... [more...]
The Oriskany boys basketball squad had a strong season-opening on Friday night during the first round match up Remsen Tip-Off tournament. Oriskany went on to defeat Old Forge, 59-39, and will f... [more...]
The Rome Free Academy girls junior varsity basketball squad dropped their first game of the season to Proctor, 43-35, on Friday. Alana Quance had 14 points for the Lady Knights, while Jamie Mar... [more...]
A Rome teacher’s lawsuit against Rome school district officials has moved to state court, after a federal court dismissed her claims that free speech First Amendment rights were violated. ... [more...]
David P. Witchley, 46, of Verona, passed away Wednesday, November 26, 2008 in Hackettstown, NJ. Born June 28, 1962 in Oneida, he was a son of Frederick C. and Elaine Durant Witchley. David graduate... [more...]
BOONVILLE — Mildred May Champion, 83, a former resident of North St. in Madison for several years, and more recently of Oneida, and Boonville, passed away on Friday, November 28, 2008, at Sun... [more...]
Temperatures: 35 to 42 Normal Range: 27 to 41 Records: 5(1951), 72(1990) Rainfall: 0.01" Monthly rainfall: 3.76" Rainfall for year: 44.61" Snowfall: 0" ... [more...]
Sophie F. Bunal, 82, of 7792 Merrick Rd., Rome, passed away on Friday, November 28, 2008, at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, in Utica. She was born on July 12, 1926, in Boonville, the daughte... [more...]
If all goes according to plan, Mohawk Valley Community College’s Rome campus will be home to a new foreign exchange program for about 30 Chinese students next fall, according to campus Dean R... [more...]
Things have not moved as quickly as planned, on a housing project planned in south Rome. Developers of the proposed Canal Village housing project on South James Street will be in front of the P... [more...]
Mayor James F. Brown says Rome needs more of what China has: Discipline, personal accountability and economic growth. Those were among the mayor’s observations as he caught up on work at ... [more...]
The nutrition program for persons age 60 and over is funded by the county Office for the Aging, state and federal grants, and contributions from participants. Meals are served Monday through Friday... [more...]
CLARK MILLS — A Christmas bazaar will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6, at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 19 White St. The bazaar will feature gift baskets, a White El... [more...]
STITTV ILLE — A Holiday bazaar will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6, in the Stittville United Methodist Church, Main Street. Light lunch items will be served. The church ... [more...]
VIENNA — The Historical Association of Vienna will meet at 7 p.m., Tuesday, at the Vienna United Methodist Church, Route 49. Jack Wallace of Oneida will present, "The Family Clock,&q... [more...]
George Flood, 78, of Worcester, Mass., died peacefully on Sunday, April 13, 2008 at the Hermitage Nursing Center, Worcester. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Florence A. (Anderson) Flood... [more...]
VERONA — The Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School Global Nexus Group will hold a winter coat drive through Feb. 2 at the school. Coats may be dropped off at the school, 5275 Route 31, Monday th... [more...]
Signups are under way for the annual St. Mary’s Church Christmas party, hosted by the Altar Rosary, Holy Name and Parish Fellowship societies. It will be held beginning at 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec... [more...]
BIENVENUE — Anthony Bienvenue, 4, of Camden, on Nov. 24, 2008. Services are 1:30 p.m. Monday at Nunn and Harper Funeral Home, 9464 Route 13, Camden. Burial Forest Lawn Cemetery. Calling h... [more...]
CLINTON — Margaret A. Grygiel, 57, of French Road, passed away Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at University Hospital, Syracuse. She was born December 28, 1950 in Geneva, to Thomas and Beverly D... [more...]
Pastor, Zion Episcopal Church, 140 W. Liberty St. Humans differentiate themselves from other forms of life by the ability to mark time. You could say that humans invented time as a way of order... [more...]
ALBANY (AP) — Here are the winning state Lottery numbers selected Friday in the midday drawing: Daily: 4, 7, 9; Lucky Sum: 20; WinFour: 1, 4, 8, 1; Lucky Sum: 14. Here are the winning num... [more...]
For decades, much of the Western world has gone about its affairs without giving much thought to Africa. How many Americans know, much less care, that since 1988, wars and related famine in the... [more...]
Tonight — Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. Light and variable winds. Sunday — Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow and rain in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 30s. East winds around... [more...]
May I suggest — to the city of Rome, about good government — about mutual respect and manners. So, Mayor Brown lost his cool. Haven’t we all got mad at things in life, when we are... [more...]
Tonight’s Schedule... Professional Hockey — American Hockey League: Syracuse at Albany, 5. College Basketball — UC Riverside at Colgate, 3:30. Football —... [more...]
(One in a series) WESTMORELAND It’s good to be a Bulldog these days. That’s the sentiment if you’re a Westmoreland sports fan nowadays. Coming off their Section ... [more...]
(One in a series) ORISKANY Longtime Oriskany basketball head coach Bob Reid said he feels refreshed for the new season for the first time since the Redskins coach can remember. Reid, ... [more...]
(One in a series) REMSEN Second year head basketball coach Scott Jones will be looking to prove that last years’ playoff run during his first season at the helm wasn’t just by... [more...]
To report an emergency: 911 Friday 2:57 a.m. Route 12, Trenton, alarm. 4:46 a.m. Springhouse Road, Westmoreland, larceny. 7:30 a.m. Nice-N-Easy, Turin Road, Lee, larceny. 8:24 a... [more...]
It will be 2009 before the 14-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting his sleeping father in Vernon will return to County Court. The case of Joseph J. Giacona III, of Whitesboro, was adjourned... [more...]
Two bullies stole a pedal-cart from a 15-year-old boy on South George Street Friday afternoon, and police are investigating. Capt. Scott R. Wittman said the teen-ager was pedaling in the 400 bl... [more...]
A Rome teen-ager accused of attacking and robbing two people in Utica early Thanksgiving morning is scheduled to appear in City Court. Police said Terrence D. Beckley, 17 , of Whitesboro Street... [more...]
To report an emergency: 911 Friday 1:44 a.m. Deerfield, Doyle Road, investigate. 8:32 a.m. Taberg, Carlisle Road E., Annsville, wires down. 9:43 a.m. Sauquoit, Butler Road, Paris, a... [more...]
To report an emergency: 911 Friday 12:10 a.m. Route 69, vehicle. 2:13 a.m. Route 365, check. 4:20 a.m. Route 5, Westmoreland, car/deer. 4:35 a.m. Soule Road, Floyd, car/deer. ... [more...]
To report an emergency: 911 Friday 12:16 a.m. Ringdahl Court, noise. 1:08 a.m. Erie Blvd. East, vehicle. 1:55 a.m. W. Liberty St., abandoned vehicle. 5:59 a.m. Erie Blvd. West, ... [more...]
To report an emergency: 911 Friday 10:31 a.m. Dewey Road, box alarm. 12:37 p.m. 324 Liberty Gardens, first aid. 12:58 p.m. 711 W. Bloomfield St., first aid. 5:34 p.m. 6446 Rome-... [more...]
