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Friday, January 27, 2012

 

Rome News

Searson from Canada plays Halfway to GAIF Hooley

WHITESBORO — The Great American Irish Festival will be hosting its Halfway to GAIF Hooley on Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m., at Hart’s Hill Inn in Whitesboro. Tickets are $25 or $10 for th... [more...]

Published: 1/26/2012

Water, workforce economic initiative top mayor’s list

Rome Mayor Joseph R. Fusco Jr. will participate along with seven other local government representatives at the Genesis Group general meeting and sixth annual Regional Community Forum Friday, and is... [more...]

Published: 1/26/2012

County News

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: 1/27/2012

County gets carved 5 ways

Oneida County would be carved up into five Assembly districts under a proposal released Thursday by lawmakers to redraw state Legislature boundaries. Currently there are two. Two Senate districts w... [more...]

Published: 1/27/2012

Other Sports

Sports Calendar

Tonight’s Schedule... Professional Hockey — American Hockey League: Rochester at Syracuse, 7:30. College Hockey — Colgate at Cornell, 7:30. Scholastic boys ... [more...]

Published: 1/27/2012

Oneida native named offensive coordinator at St. John Fisher

ROCHESTER — St. John Fisher College announced on Wednesday that former Oneida High School football player Rob Kramer will be the new offensive coordinator for the football team. Kramer, w... [more...]

Published: 1/26/2012

School Sports

Lady Knights turn it up notch on defense

The Rome Free Academy girls basketball team got defensive against non-league foe Central Square as they held the Lady Redhawks to only nine field goals on their way to claiming a 54-32 home victory... [more...]

Published: 1/27/2012

Oriskany takes command late

Both teams knew coming in that the rematch between longtime Center State Conference crosstown arch rivals Rome Catholic School and Oriskany was going to be a defensive struggle, with both teams pre... [more...]

Published: 1/27/2012

Education

School forum

REMSEN — The Board of Education will hold a Community Forum at 7 p.m. Monday in the elementary school cafeteria. A state-aid planning official will speak.A question-and-answer session abo... [more...]

Published: 1/27/2012

VVS pre-registration
for pre-K and Kindergarten

Vernon-Verona-Sherrill pre-kindergarten and kindergarten registration will be held in the office of all three elementary school buildings on Friday, Feb. 3, from 1-3 p.m. and during the week of Feb... [more...]

Published: 1/27/2012

Other News

More bids sought for DPW storage building

TOWN OF LEE — The Town Board will consider seeking another round of bids for a new highway department storage building at a special meeting Tuesday, after rejecting a prior bid last July beca... [more...]

Published: 1/27/2012

DOT won’t reveal if Utica region is in squeeze

They are "studying it." That’s the state Department of Transportation commissioner’s response to several questions asked by a legislative committee Thursday during a testi... [more...]

Published: 1/27/2012

Public Safety

Driving lesson for 16-year-old without a permit

VERONA — When 16-year-old Dylan M. Loper eventually takes his driver’s test, if there is a question about what to do when law enforcers have a road blocked off, he’s going to know... [more...]

Published: 1/27/2012

Multiple charges filed, no bail in trailer park entry

TOWN OF TRENTON — A 41-year-old man is accused of forcing his way into his ex-companion’s residence at the Paradise Mountain trailer park late Thursday night, then fighting with law enf... [more...]

Published: 1/27/2012

Editorials

Buffetted III: Capital markets

What about those businesses that depend on the capital from stock purchases to fund their business expansions that create jobs? Obama-Buffett would sock it to the economy, all because Obama app... [more...]

Published: 1/27/2012

Buffetted II: Capital gains

So let’s stick it to those millionaires. Let’s double the capital gains tax from 15 percent to 30 percent. As Obama says, it’s only fair. Oops! We just stuck it to Warren Buff... [more...]

Published: 1/27/2012

Letters to the Editor

Thankful for what we have

In response to the letter from Julia Izzo which was printed on Jan. 17, I totally agree with her views. We are being led to believe that Social Security is going broke and therefore we will not... [more...]

Published: 1/26/2012

Wasteful spending abounds in D.C.

I certainly would agree with the recent Sentinel editorial criticizing Washington’s "wasteful spending habits that threaten to bankrupt the future of the American Dream." Similarly,... [more...]

Published: 1/24/2012

Births & Deaths

Funeral notices

COLEMAN — Allen A. Coleman, 80, of Rome, on Jan. 25, 2012. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday at Prince Boyd & Hyatt Funeral Home, 210 West Court St. Burial St. Mary’s Cemetery. Calling hours... [more...]

Published: 1/27/2012

Births

GRAY — Michael Gray and Vanessa Bacallao, of Rome, on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, in Rome Memorial Hospital, a daughter, Isabel Peyton. HEINIG — To Timothy and Christine Fasolino Heinig,... [more...]

Published: 1/27/2012
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