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Real estate transfers

The following real estate transactions have been filed in the County Clerk’s office. The purchase price is as listed on the cover sheet of the deed. Annsville, 9367 Taberg-Florence Road, ... [more...]

Published: 5/23/2013

Speakers rail against Oneida Nation deal

SHERRILL — None of the approximately 100 people assembled in the city courtroom Wednesday night had much positive to say about the deal reached between the Oneida Indian Nation, Oneida and Ma... [more...]

Published: 5/23/2013

Commencement Friday at MVCC

Mohawk Valley Community College will hold commencement Friday at 4 p.m. in the Utica Memorial Auditorium. Some 1,110 students have been invited to walk across the stage for conferral of associa... [more...]

Published: 5/23/2013

Lawmakers get $2M for Utica Aud

The new state budget includes $2 million for improvements at the Utica Memorial Auditorium. Renovations and improvements to the Aud are necessary to keep the 54-year-old facility an attractive ... [more...]

Published: 5/22/2013

County gets cash for summer job program for youth

Oneida County has received nearly $280,000 from the state to help low-income youth find summer jobs. Last summer’s program aided 395 teens in the county in obtaining work. The state Offic... [more...]

Published: 5/22/2013

Special meeting Tuesday on Indian deal

Oneida County lawmakers are being asked to approve next week the recently announced agreement giving the Oneidas exclusive casino territory in central New York while agreeing to share some revenue ... [more...]

Published: 5/22/2013

Tuition up $130 for MVCC

Mohawk Valley Community College trustees passed a budget plan Monday that increases tuition $130 a year and the overall budget by 2.5 percent Tuition for the fall and spring semesters is a comb... [more...]

Published: 5/21/2013

Hearing set on Oneidas deal

SHERRILL — The tentative agreement between the state, Oneida Indian Nation, and Oneida and Madison counties will get a public airing Wednesday at city hall, 377 Sherrill Road. The forum b... [more...]

Published: 5/21/2013

Food service inspections

County Health Department inspectors conduct unannounced and periodic checks of food service establishments to determine if they comply with the state codes, rules and regulations. Here are health d... [more...]

Published: 5/21/2013

Delta, Verona parks to share in funding

Two state parks in Oneida County are among those slated to share in NY Works funding. At Delta Lake, located on a peninsula extending from the southeast shore of Delta Lake in the Town of Weste... [more...]

Published: 5/20/2013

County farmers’ market gets $10,000 grant

Oneida County’s farmers’ market has received a $10,000 state grant. The award was made through New York’s FreshConnect farmers’ market program, that’s purpose is t... [more...]

Published: 5/20/2013

High count of non-medical examiner
cases brings contract into question

Non-medical examiner cases in Oneida County were higher than expected in the first quarter of the year and this may have financial implications if the trend continues. Nonetheless, the move by the ... [more...]

Published: 5/20/2013

Oriskany pupils release trout

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Published: 5/18/2013

County asks state OK
to renew sales taxes

The Oneida County Board of Legislators, meeting in special session Thursday, formally requested the enactment of state Senate and Assembly bills authorizing the county to extend two county sales ta... [more...]

Published: 5/18/2013

Comments on gaming deal

Here’s a sampling of what local and state officials, and others, are saying about the gaming agreement: ¿ "These issues have far too long been an obstacle to progress and econom... [more...]

Published: 5/17/2013

Lawmakers: Deal is no crap shoot

There’s millions of dollars on the table for Oneida County if the new proposed state gaming agreement with the Oneida Indian Nation goes through — though not everyone sees it as in the ... [more...]

Published: 5/17/2013

Highlights of agreement between governor, Oneidas

Here are highlights from the casino agreement announced Thursday by Gov, Andrew M. Cuomo, Oneida Indian Nation, and Oneida and Madison counties. ¿ No new casinos within a 10-county area th... [more...]

Published: 5/17/2013

Gov. unveils casino deal

Briefings were taking place today in Albany outlining the governor’s tentative deal with the Oneida Indian Nation for it to start sharing money from its casino. In return, the tribe would be ... [more...]

Published: 5/16/2013

Legislators seek mandate relief

The message is by no means new, but Oneida County legislators are calling on the state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to adopt legislation that would prevent any new laws requiring programs and se... [more...]

Published: 5/16/2013

Revenue sharing, exclusive gaming rights on table

The Cuomo administration is prepared to grant the Oneida Indian Nation exclusive gaming rights in Central New York if it agrees to share revenue from its casino with the state. Gov. Andrew M. C... [more...]

Published: 5/15/2013
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