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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
ALBANY (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed at least $80 million in state aid Tuesday to help New York cities and counties escape a decades-long cycle of higher taxes and reduced services in the face ... [more...]
Contract talks with two unions that represent mostly employees in the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office have gone to the mediation stage — more than two years after the last contracts ran ... [more...]
Oneida County legislators are being asked to approve on Thursday legislation requesting the state to extend the 1 percent and 0.75 percent sales taxes. In order for the state Legislature to con... [more...]
The Federal Aviation Administration has spared the air traffic control tower at the county airport and 148 others that were set to lose funding under government-wide automatic spending cuts imposed... [more...]
County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. stoutly defended on Wednesday last year’s $8.4 million surplus. Picente made no apologies for his sixth straight budget surplus when he spoke to me... [more...]
The ongoing controversy about some homeless using county-issued vouchers to stay in motels are also sex offenders surfaced at Wednesday’s meeting of the Board of Legislators. Oneida Castl... [more...]
