MORRISVILLE — After nearly a decade of planning and fundraising, the Morrisville State College Equine Rehabilitation Center has welcomed its first horses. A public open house is scheduled... [more...]
REMSEN — Didymus Thomas Library, 9639 Main St., presents a "Selecting and Caring For Your Award-Winning Annual Garden" by Linda Heywood from Heywoods Greenhouses at 7 p.m. Tuesday. ... [more...]
REMSEN — Volunteers from four fire departments doused an out-of-control brush fire on Muthig Road Thursday afternoon, one of several such fires caused by this week’s dry heat. Multi... [more...]
PROSPECT — The community celebrates Arbor (from Latin for tree) Day Celebration with several events Saturday, April 28. National Arbor Day (Friday, April 27) is "a time to celebrate ... [more...]
The IRS has some advice for taxpayers who missed the tax filing deadline. ¿ Don’t panic but file as soon as possible. If you owe money the quicker you file your return, the less pena... [more...]
HERKIMER — Herkimer County Community College will offer a free 32-hour cybersecurity training program for qualified individuals looking to augment their technology skills. Registration ca... [more...]
An important maintenance activity each gardener must perform is pruning of woody ornamental plants and trees. Pruning systematically removes plant parts to increase the value of a plant, by maintai... [more...]
Shortly we are going to be seeing landscape crews out and about maintaining the trees and shrubs around many major shopping centers. Homeowners may copy what they see the professionals doing, think... [more...]
ONEIDA — Two young men have been charged in Madison County with forcing their way into a Sconondoa Street home and attacking a man with a steel pipe. Police said Charles R. Tooke, 23, of ... [more...]
ONEIDA — A Rome man and women have both been charged after law enforcers said the man’s car crashed in Madison County Thursday afternoon and he tried to flee on foot. Police said Wi... [more...]
A 20-year-old man has been charged with a felony for snatching his girlfriend’s purse off her shoulder on West Court Street Thursday. Police said Joshua B. Sharon, of 416 W. Court St., gr... [more...]
To report an emergency: 911 Website: www.romepd.com Thursday 12:04 a.m. N. James St., domestic. 12:09 a.m. N. Madison St., peace officer. 12:38 a.m. Culverton Road, investigate.... [more...]
Thursday 10:37 a.m. 102 Expense St., first aid. 10:54 a.m. Wal-Mart, Rome-Taberg Road, first aid. 1:29 p.m 199 Mill St., automatic alarm. 2:35 p.m. Routes 26 and 365, accident. ... [more...]
To report an emergency: 911 Thursday 11:25 a.m. New York Mills, Burrstone Road, New Hartford, alarm. 12:33 p.m. Poland, Steuben Road W., Deerfield, grass fire. 2:12 p.m. New London,... [more...]
To report an emergency: 911 Thursday Midnight Oswego St., check welfare. 12:55 a.m. Oriskany Blvd., Whitestown, investigate. 2:30 a.m. Park Ave., Holland Patent, domestic. 3:04 ... [more...]
Thursday 2:30 a.m. Park Ave., Holland Patent, domestic. 2:31 a.m. Old Oneida Road, Verona, domestic. 6:19 a.m. N. Gage Road, Trenton, alarm. 7:16 a.m. Park Ave., Holland Patent, dom... [more...]
TOWN OF LINCOLN — The Madison County Department of Solid Waste and Sanitation is hosting two events on Saturday, April 28, A Safe Pill Collection being held in conjunction with the Drug... [more...]
A 37-year-old man charged with slashing a dog’s throat told investigators that the pit bull bit him on the arm first. Bail was set at $5,000 Wednesday and it was not immediately met for J... [more...]
Nick Bonanza scored four goals and added an assist to help lead the Rome Free Academy boys lacrosse team to an 18-2 rout over longtime rival Proctor High on Thursday night in Utica. Other offen... [more...]
The Rome Free Academy baseball squad dropped its second game of the week as the Black Knights were handed a 13-3 defeat by Central New York Counties League Liverpool on Thursday night in their firs... [more...]
Saturday’s Bounty, a free lunch offered to the community, will be held on Saturday, April 28, in the First United Methodist Church, 400 N. George St. The meal will be served from 11:30 a.m. -... [more...]
CAMDEN — Ever since returning from their spring break trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C. last week, the Camden baseball team has been showing its opposition what it learned after facing some of the t... [more...]
The Westmoreland junior varsity softball squad was handed a 31-2 loss by Adirondack on Thursday in Boonville. Hannah Bennett and Callie Cushman each had a hit for the Lady Bulldogs. [more...]
Indium Corp.’s plan to open a Rome plant has received a grant and tax credits worth $1 million from the state. Additionally, Rome is providing a $100,000 loan for the project. The com... [more...]
A legislative panel has put the kibosh on a proposal to consolidate the Board of Elections office and its voting machines in a county owned building in Whitestown. The measure attracted only fi... [more...]
From a crew member in a local McDonald’s fast-food restaurant to the corporation’s board room -- that’s been the path for Utica native Tim Fenton. The global fast-food giant h... [more...]
Here’s a look at how members of the Government Operations Committee came down on a proposal to hold a public referendum on allowing the county to move the Board of Elections out of Utica. ... [more...]
HERKIMER — An estimated 11,500 plastic bottles will be worn by graduates at Herkimer’s commencement May 18, but they won’t look like it. In an effort to go green on campus, Herkim... [more...]
Wednesday at 6 p.m. Opportunities in Energy Efficiency for Landlords will provide energy incentive information for landlords of 1-5 unit properties that serve low and moderate-income tenants. I... [more...]
County Legislator Harmony Speciale, D-22, Utica, and Utica Councilman James Zecca are holding a meeting at 5:30 p.m Monday at the Holy Trinity School cafeteria, 1214 Lincoln Ave., regarding the Moh... [more...]
Jervis Public Library, 613 N. Washington St., will host "Know Your Housing Rights." The free, public event will take place on Monday at 2:30 p.m. in the library’s wheelchair accessi... [more...]
The once-mighty American chestnut tree, which was virtually wiped out by a pathogenic fungus that arrived in New York City more than 100 years ago, will return April 18 to the area where it was fir... [more...]
BARRY — Mark E. Barry, 60, of Rome, on April 13, 2012. Services 7 p.m. today LaRobardiere Funeral Home, 109 Main St., Camden. Burial Forestlawn Cemetery. Calling hours 4-7 p.m. today. ... [more...]
LOZIPONE — To Daniel and Misty Sullivan Lozipone, of Canastota, on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, in Oneida Healthcare Center, a daughter, Kailyn Marie. REYNOLDS — To Gerry and Teri Loper... [more...]
Helen S. Reid, 88, of Rome, passed away on Friday, April 20, 2012, at the Colonial Park Rehabilitation Center. She was born on September 28, 1923, in Floyd, the daughter of Michael and Sophie Karcz... [more...]
Temperatures: 31 to 72 Normal Range: 34 to 55 Records: 18(1897), 79(1987) Rainfall: 0" Snow: 0" Monthly rainfall: 0.35" Rainfall for year: 6.03" Snow... [more...]
Paul A. Trnchik, Sr., 79, of Taberg, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, April 18, 2012, at Rome Memorial Hospital. He was born on December 6, 1932, in Annsville, the son of Adam and Mary Michel... [more...]
Jess W. Henderberg, 35, of Rome, passed away on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, in St. Joseph’s Hospital in Syracuse after a long illness. He was born November 21, 1976, in New Hartford, the son of ... [more...]
WHITESTOWN — The National Weather Service in Binghamton will be conducting a Basic SKYWARN — weather spotters — training class on Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Emergency ... [more...]
Tonight — Partly cloudy. A chance of showers after midnight. Lows around 50. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. Saturday — Showers. Highs in the upper 50s. Southwes... [more...]
ALBANY (AP) — Here are the winning numbers drawn Thursday Evening: Daily: 7, 3, 5, Lucky Sum: 15. WinFour: 2, 7, 8, 2, Lucky Sum: 19. Here are the winning numbers drawn Thursday Midday: D... [more...]
ORISKANY — The Board of Education has adopted a 2012-13 school budget that calls for a 3.92 percent increase in spending, but district officials said a shift in funding will hold the amount t... [more...]
The New Hartford Animal Hospital is holding a parasite control presentation for pets from 3:15 to 4 p.m. on Tuesday at Schuyler Commons, 1776 Independence Square, Utica. The presentation is fre... [more...]
Rome cheerleader heading to nationals Rome’s Tessa Hunziker will be one of 19 cheerleaders who will participate in The United States All Star Federation 2012 Cheerleading Worlds competiti... [more...]
A Herkimer County woman who rang up a more than $5,000 bill at the Sangertown Square Mall using another woman’s identity is scheduled for arraignment in County Court on May 1. Christina L... [more...]
The teen-ager accused of setting the fire that destroyed part of the Rome Cable Building has denied his charges in County Court. James R. Smith, 17, of 301 S. Jay St., pleaded not guilty before... [more...]
TOWN OF TRENTON — A domestic dispute between a boyfriend and girlfriend early Thursday morning ended with a cinder block being thrown through the windshield of a 2009 Chevy Cobalt. Remsen... [more...]
April 20, 2002 Today wasn’t a day to sleep in. Most people expecting to be able to snooze uninterrupted past 7 a.m. were yanked from their slumber around 6:50 when doors and windows began... [more...]
Indium Corp., 5836 Success Drive, $70,000, modification of the roof structure to increase the ceiling height to 21 feet in an area totaling 1,350 square feet. [more...]
The local job count rose again from February to March, according to state Department of Labor statistics released today. From March 2011 to March 2012, the Utica-Rome metro area’s total n... [more...]
Tonight’s Schedule... Professional Baseball — International League: Buffalo at Syracuse, 7. Hockey — American Hockey League first-round playoffs: St. John’s at S... [more...]
City Public Works crews will continue collecting green waste and brush until the leaf schedule begins in November. Crews will pick up green waste the day before the regular rubbish pickup day. ... [more...]
A Spaghetti Dinner will be held on Thursday, April 26 from 4-7 p.m. at the Upstate Cerebral Palsy Armory Campus, 1601 Armory Drive, Utica, to raise money for the annual Tradewinds Education Center ... [more...]
CHERRY VALLEY — The Glimmerglass Festival will hold auditions for those ages 8 to 14 for roles in Meredith Willson’s The Music Man and Maxwell Anderson and Kurt Weill’s Lost in th... [more...]
The books have been closed on last year and Oneida County reports a surplus of $6,044,000. When the county started 2011, it expected it would need to pull more than $5 million from its reserves... [more...]
The Adirondack Wildcats certainly had a wild game against Center State Conference Division I rival Canastota on Wednesday as they rallied back for a 13-10 victory in a slugfest at Adirondack High S... [more...]
Mariah Mays set a freshman record in the discus throw as the Rome Free Academy girls track and field team defeated Oneida, 97-44, at the Stadium on Wednesday. Mays threw for 113 feet, 8 inches ... [more...]
Rome golfer Campbell conference champion CONOVER, N.C. — Newberry College senior and Rome native Matthew Campbell won the 2012 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Championship with a 54-h... [more...]
While the Rome Catholic Redwings continue to suffer through some growing pains, the New York Mills baseball squad appears to be in midseason form. For the first three innings of their heated Ce... [more...]
Super Grover needs help — and it’s Elmo and the Fabulous Five to the rescue when the musical production "Elmo’s Super Heroes" takes the stage in the Stanley Theatre at 1... [more...]
Music, sketches, and films of 100 years ago are included in "The 1912 Revue" at 7 p.m. Friday in the Capitol Theatre, 220 W. Dominick St. Organizers said the public show is designed t... [more...]
The 1958 movie, "A Night to Remember" will be shown at 2:30 and 7 p.m. Saturday in the Capitol Theatre, 220 W. Dominick St.. Tickets for "A Night to Remember" are $5.50 for ... [more...]
Wanting kids to be safe is understandable. But shutting down the farms of the people who care most about those children -- their families -- goes way too far. That, perhaps not surprisingly, is... [more...]
The New York Times got it wrong, saying Dick Clark got his start working in his father’s radio station. Other retrospectives gloss over Dick Clark’s Rome connection relating that he beg... [more...]
ALBANY (AP) — Here are the winning numbers drawn Wednesday Evening: Daily: 5, 2, 9, Lucky Sum: 16. WinFour: 3, 4, 5, 3, Lucky Sum: 15. Lotto: 11, 27, 30, 36, 46, 49, Bonus: 57. Here a... [more...]
Tonight — Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. West winds 5 to 10 mph — Becoming south. Friday — Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Friday night &... [more...]
CLINTON — Friday at 8 p.m. the Kirkland Art Center Coffeehouse presents Galant, Tu Perds Ton Temps, Quebec’s "unique and irresistible" female a cappella quintet. Admission... [more...]
VERONA — An approximately 1 percent local tax levy increase and no program deletions are in the Vernon-Verona-Sherrill school district’s tentative 2012-13 budget that Superintendent Nor... [more...]
The Whitesboro Central School Music Department starts the Richard C. Robinson Concert Series, featuring the Central New York Jazz Orchestra with guest Whitesboro graduate Mark Kellogg on trombone. ... [more...]
BARNEVELD — Unity Hall, 101 Vanderkemp Ave., presents Colleeen Kattau & Some Guys at 8 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $8 in advance. Tickets at the door will be $10 or $8 for Unity Hall Foundat... [more...]
Midair USA President William Moore says his firm could add upwards of 125 employees by moving into the east bay of the main airport building. He currently has nearly 300 at Griffiss spread among se... [more...]
REMINDERS: Tonight, 6:30 The Licorice Sticks Clarinet Quartet concert, Oriskany Public Library, 621 Utica St. Reservations 736-2532. Friday, 4:30-7 p.m. Pork Roast Dinner, United Methodist ... [more...]
Jess W. Henderberg, 35, of Rome, passed away on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, in St. Joseph’s Hospital in Syracuse after a long illness. He was born November 21, 1976, in New Hartford, the son of ... [more...]
Kaitlyn Irene Tennant, infant daughter of Heather Larsen and Ricky Tennant, Sr. of Rome, passed away, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. She was born May 21, 2011 in Rome. Surviving are her parents; ... [more...]
Temperatures: 30 to 55 Normal Range: 34 to 55 Records: 21(1962), 82(1894) Rainfall: 0" Snow: 0" Monthly rainfall: 0.35" Rainfall for year: 6.03" Snow... [more...]
John A. Rodriguez Sr., 82, of Rome, passed away on Tuesday April 17, 2012 at Rome Memorial Hospital. He was born in Rome, NY on May 23, 1929 son of the late Antonio and Stella Consilio Rodriguez. J... [more...]
The Oneida County Board of Elections office will be open from 9 a.m. noon Saturday to accommodate voters in need of absentee ballots for the Tuesday, April 24, Republican presidential primary. ... [more...]
A vendor event to benefit the Humane Society of Rome will take place Saturday from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Wingate Hotel at Griffiss Park. Vendors include MaryKay products, Scentsy, Miche Bags, P... [more...]
CLINTON — The Hamilton College Department of Music presents the 1920 silent film Way Down East with orchestration on Saturday at 8 p.m., in Wellin Hall. Admission is free and the event is... [more...]
BARRY — Mark E. Barry, 60, of Rome, on April 13, 2012. Services 7 p.m. Friday LaRobardiere Funeral Home, 109 Main St., Camden. Burial Forestlawn Cemetery. Calling hours 4-7 p.m. Friday. ... [more...]
VERONA — Turning Stone Resort & Casino unveiled a new $5.5 million hotel renovation Wednesday that included work by central New York contractors and businesses from Oneida, Madison and Ononda... [more...]
Interviews are scheduled for next month as the county looks to land a new chief pilot for Griffiss International Airport. Three persons have been asked to interview in May as a possible replace... [more...]
A June 26 Republican primary is in the offing in Oneida County’s new congressional district. First-term incumbent Richard L. Hanna of Barneveld, and Michael J. Kicinski Sr. of Earlville f... [more...]
The Rome Free Academy junior varsity softball team dropped an 8-2 decision to West Genesee on Wednesday. Annika Guiliano and Alicia Swavely each scored a run, as Alyssa Fazio recorded the losin... [more...]
MARCY — SUNYIT will present the free, public fourth annual "Global Warming and What You Can Do" program on Thursday, April 26, in Kunsela Lecture Hall. The day-long exploration ... [more...]
A 37-year-old man is accused of slashing a dog across the throat with a box-cutter on Floyd Avenue. The animal, named ‘Lexi’, survived after she was rushed to a veterinarian, law en... [more...]
A Lee man charged in a triple-stabbing at an early morning house party has pled guilty to reduced charges in City Court. James A. Powell, 38, of 5441 Lee Valley Road, pleaded guilty before Judg... [more...]
To report an emergency: 911 Website: www.romepd.com Wednesday 12:34 a.m. Muck Road, suspicious activity. 1:18 a.m. S. Jay St., suspicious activity. 2:02 a.m. N. James St., drunk... [more...]
The Capitol Theatre, 220 W. Dominick St., presents the Glenn Miller Orchestra in concert on the Capitol stage at 7 p.m. Monday with John Paul at the Capitol Grand Organ providing pre-show music aft... [more...]
To report an emergency: 911 Wednesday 8:48 a.m. 801 N. James St., first aid. 8:50 a.m. 100 W. Court St., first aid. 10:27 a.m. N. Washington St., first aid. 1:12 p.m. 701 W. Cou... [more...]
To report an emergency: 911 Wednesday 7:30 a.m. COCVAC Ambulance, Creaser Road, Westmoreland, accident/injury. 8:17 a.m. Westmoreland and COCVAC Ambulance, Thruway, accident. 12:58 ... [more...]
To report an emergency: 911 Wednesday 12:17 a.m. Route 12, Sangerfield, check welfare. 12:18 a.m. Route 49, Marcy, car/deer. 12:34 a.m. Randel Road, Verona, assist. 3:50 a.m. Ro... [more...]
To report an emergency: 911 Wednesday 12:17 a.m. Bielby Road, suspicious activity. 6:45 a.m. Lowell Road, Westmoreland, peace officer. 7:30 a.m. Creaser Road, Westmoreland, accident... [more...]
New federal requirements for pools to be handicapped accessible shouldn’t pose a problem for the City of Rome, according to Parks Director Richard A. Miller. While some owners of swimming... [more...]
April 19, 2002 The city and Rome Clean & Green will hold a free tree-planting seminar at 7 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall. Residents are encouraged to help plant Rome’s future by planting a fr... [more...]
Dick Clark, a national entertainment icon, died Wednesday from a heart attack at age 82. Clark got his start in show business as an announcer and disc jockey for the Rome Sentinel’s radio... [more...]
CAMDEN — The Mark Twain American Classic, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" takes the stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the High School Auditorium. Admission is $5 for stud... [more...]
UTICA — Rome Free Academy will be one of the 10 baseball teams that will be featured in the inaugural DWI High School Baseball Classic on Friday and Saturday at Murnane Field. The event w... [more...]
Tonight’s Schedule... Scholastic boys Baseball — RFA at Liverpool, 5. Lacrosse — RFA at Proctor, 6. Friday’s Schedule... Professional Baseball —... [more...]
The City of Rome is now accepting applications for summer employment. Positions available include summer program staff, park attendants, park counselors, program counselors, general seasonal ma... [more...]
The spring turkey season opens on May 1 in all of upstate New York, and the annual Youth Turkey Hunting Weekend is set for this weekend on Saturday and Sunday. Hunters ages 12-15 are eligible to pa... [more...]
