NEW HARTFORD Candle lighting service | to honor memory of children Every year since 1997 on the sec¬ ond Sunday in December The Com¬ passionate Friends host a Worldwide Candle Lighting in memory of all children of any age who have died too soon. Full Story »
A winter storm that has been making its way across the country arrived in Central New York overnight, bringing with it a forecast for the most snowfall our region has seen so far this season. Full Story »
Thomas R. Proctor standout junior point guard Brianna Kiesel, the leading scorer on the Raiders’ girls basketball team, is apparently out for the season with a broken bone in her left wrist. Full Story »
Frustrated that so many people hunt deer illegally by shining lights at them at night, the state cracked down on the practice this fall in a concerted investigative effort that resulted in dozens of people facing charges. Full Story »
REGION Al Dorantes heads Herkimer area ‘Light Up A Life’ campaign The Hospice & Palliative Care Development Council is conducting its annual “Light Up A Life” fundraiser and has selected Al Dorantes of Country Marketing, Ltd as the Honorary Chairperson for the Herkimer County area. Full Story »
SOUTH EDMESTON _ Agro-Farma Inc. plans to remain in its 67,300-square-foot plant in South Edmeston, even if it acquires a Procter and Gamble Co.facility in Norwich, according to Columbus town Supervisor George Coates. Full Story »
DELHI " The Delaware County Board of Supervisors voted to support drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale on the condition that the DEC Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement addresses environmental concerns with sound science and regulatory safeguards. Full Story »
Local school officials are waiting to see what the latest proposal by Gov. David Paterson to cut aid payments will mean for them. Despite the recent passage of deficit-reduction legislation by the legislature, Paterson said Wednesday that he was directing budget officials to reduce state aid payments to schools, as well as local governments and non-profit providers until things improve. Full Story »
A former professional actor who now lives in England is returning to Oneonta for a starring role in "The Producers." Steve Sweet, who cut his teeth on Oneonta High School drama productions four decades ago, will play Max Bialystock in the musical presented this weekend by Orpheus Theater. Show times are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the State University College at Oneonta's ... Full Story »
At least two candidates are vying to chair the Otsego County Board of Representatives, and three to be county attorney in 2010. Full Story »
As negotiations between the city of Little Falls and a real estate development company with interest in turning the former stone quarry into a commercial center press on, residents continue to question if the center’s arrival will bring the demise of Main Street. Full Story »
The Herkimer County Sheriff’s Office has a new tool at its disposal to speed up the pistol permitting process. Full Story »
Starting with tonight’s girls’ varsity basketball contest, two sets of entrances will be open to spectators at Little Falls Middle and High School. Full Story »
Proponents of the formation of a waterfront district in the city of Little Falls will have to wait until next month before the proposed local law is brought to a vote. Full Story »
Little Falls Mayor Robert Peters presented First Ward Alderman Rocco Scarano and Second Ward Alderman Kurt Ackerman with proclamations in honor of their service to the citizens of the city of Little Falls. Full Story »
Richard Abbate, the Village of Cooperstown Democratic Committee Chairman, has set the date for the party’s caucus to select candidates for the annual March election. Full Story »
The board of trustees spent almost two hours Monday morning looking at health care benefit options for employees and trying to figure out how to handle escalating costs. Full Story »
Next week, participants in Design- Connect, an initiative of the Cornell University Design and Planning Club that seeks to facilitate volunteer student design work for the surrounding New York State community, will present a concept for the Cooperstown Corridor, The Cooperstown Corridor is the stretch of Chestnut Street from the intersection of Beaver Street to the south trolley lot with ... Full Story »
Cooperstown’s minor league baseball team has a name — Hawkeyes. Team owner Tom Hickey, of Fly Creek, said Tuesday afternoon that the name was selected from more than 60 entries — some coming from as far away as Austin, Texas and Dearborn, Mich. Full Story »
Cooperstown first-graders took their first field trip away from the comfort of a classroom...sort of. Full Story »
MARCY, N.Y. (WKTV) - A new state data center was supposed to be Oneida County's consolation prize for losing out on an Advanced Micro Devices Inc. chip fab plant that instead went to Saratoga County. Over 200 jobs were supposed to come to the area with the new data center following an announcement in 2006. However, new reports have surfaced claiming the data center, like the chip fab plant, may ... Full Story »
UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - The Colonial Square Community in North Utica is growing. On Thursday, a ribbon cutting on twin homes and single family homes was held. Full Story »
UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - Advocates at the YWCA in Utica who work with victims of domestic violence say at one time, orders of protection were worth little more than the paper on which they were printed. Full Story »
UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - A film crew from the nationally-syndicated show "America's Most Wanted" was in Utica on Thursday, taping a piece on the 24-year-old murder of Kimberly Simon, who was 16 when she was murdered back in 1985. Full Story »
MARCY, N.Y. (WKTV) - The snow is forcing most people to fire up their snowblowers for the first this winter, and if you have ever owned a snowblower, you know just how dangerous they can be. Full Story »
Christmas....... English Bulldog Puppies Available For adoption .they are very lovely and playful with kids, Our puppies are raised with love in our home and are a part of our family. Full Story »
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A Garden of Dreams program puts children from low-income areas in a Madison Square Garden “classroom,” teaching them about jobs in television while making sure they look the part. Full Story »
Three people at the Lower Manhattan building were decontaminated, the police said, and the powder was to be tested. Full Story »
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The agency’s $6.3 billion budget for 2010 was approved by its commissioners. It also plans to hire fewer consultants. Full Story »
The New York Police Department’s peddler units are always on the lookout for those selling goods illegally. The sales often develop into more serious crimes. Full Story »
A deeply apologetic judge officially dropped all charges Thursday against an innocent man he had sent to prison for rape. Full Story »
The city is lifting restrictions on free H1N1 flu vaccines this weekend, offering them to any New Yorker over the age of 4 at five clinics. Full Story »
Manhattan's Cafe Habana is being sued by four waitresses who balked at spicing up the celebrity hotspot's sex appeal by refusing to show more skin. The women claim there was a "sexually charged environment" at the Elizabeth St. eatery in a new federal law. Full Story »
Attorney General Eric Holder made an unannounced visit to a Manhattan courthouse Wednesday to inspect security for the pending trial of the professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks. Full Story »
Erasing a bike lane will not stop nubiles from pedaling down Bedford Ave. and offending our pious Hasidic brethren. The only difference is the nubiles and their fellow bicyclists will be in greater peril from motorists. Full Story »
An unmanned drone aircraft killed a "high-ranking" al-Qaeda operative today in northwest Pakistan, according to a news report. Officials did not identify who was killed other than to say that it was not terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. Authorities ... Full Story »
NEW YORK -- Google and Yahoo have agreed to check the memberships of their social networking sites against New York state's list of registered sex offenders. The agreement was announced Thursday. It comes a week after Facebook and MySpace agreed to u... Full Story »
CHICAGO -- Hundreds of Chicago firefighters worked to put out a high-rise fire that left one person dead and 12 people injured. The fire broke out shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday, shooting flames out of the condo building. More than 200 residents ran o... Full Story »
MANILA, Philippines -- Government-armed former militiamen wanted for murder and banditry took more than 70 villagers and children hostage Thursday from a southern Philippines village, demanding charges be dropped against them before they would free t... Full Story »
More than 120 people will partake in tonight's dreidel spinning competition. Meanwhile, Hanukkah metal band Gods of Fire and air guitar act Category Sixx will also perform. Admission is $10 in advance and $15 at the door. For more information, cal... Full Story »
The gunman fled without any jewelry, and police soon arrested the couple and a lookout stationed outside the store, officials said. Full Story »
The East Hills leaching pit that kept Mario Flores captive for nearly five hours earlier this week should be filled in Friday. Full Story »
A gym teacher from Deer Park pleaded guilty last month to slugging Nicole Polizzi, a cast member of MTV's new reality show "Jersey Shore" after he swiped a beer Polizzi had placed on a bar, New Jersey police said Thursday. Full Story »
As Hanukkah begins Friday night, rabbis across Long Island say the eight-day holiday marking an ancient miracle has resonance today, as communities rally in response to anti-Semitic acts. Full Story »
When Suffolk County Police Det. John A. McLeer entered the interview room in the Fifth Precinct where Jeffrey Conroy was detained, the teenager had one initial question. Full Story »
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