Firefighters every day risk their lives to save our lives. That reality was never more evident than it was in the early hours last Dec. 31 at 5999 Route 31 in the Town of Verona. About 1:2 ... [more...]
Another of the many services that Jervis Public Library provides is the semiannual Recycling Day. This year it will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at the 613 N. Washington St. facility&rsq... [more...]
Preparation, volunteers and plain hard work — combined with lots of luck with great weather — made for a successful Canalfest this year. Rotary can be congratulated for putting together... [more...]
Our region should be proud that our local community college is in the vanguard of the battle to preserve our cyber security. Mohawk Valley Community College has received a $2.8 million federal ... [more...]
Honor America Days has just begun. Our city’s annual festival kicked off over the weekend with the Honor America Days parade and the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra concert on the lawn at For... [more...]
It was a day of connections at Franklyn’s Field. The first of its type for Rome police, and by all accounts, a complete success. Law Enforcement Day last week attracted hundreds of people... [more...]
It’s impossible to overstate how important the dairy industry is to our state and county. With pride in their work, our farmers go about their tasks assuring a steady, healthy and plentiful s... [more...]
The Rome Sand Plains is one-of-a-kind. To make sure it survives in its wild beauty for future generations, volunteers are making a special effort to preserve this work of art. Chris Lajewsk... [more...]
Now comes the hard part. Our graduates, who for the past four years have hit the books while enjoying sports, activities, dances and friendships in their beloved high schools, are out on their ... [more...]
Welcome to summer! Today’s Summer Solstice results in the longest day and the shortest night of the year. But it is more than a celestial event; the official arrival of summer calls to mi... [more...]
Mark June 26 on your calendar. It’s an important date for the Rome Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. And, you’re invited. On that day the Hall of Fame and Museum will cut a ribbon... [more...]
Mohawk Valley Community College and its athletes are celebrating a "huge honor." Rome Free Academy graduate and MVCC sophomore Kyle Richardson has been selected as the male scholar-athlet... [more...]
We’ve said before it’s always nice when a local person "makes good." Steve Evans, a Rome native who is head men’s basketball coach at LeMoyne College, is a great exa... [more...]
It’s a 90-mile bicycle ride that’s as emotionally draining as it is physically challenging. Yet, participants say it’s one of the most worthwhile things they’ve ever done. ... [more...]
The Rome community showed how much it cares for the needy among us by donating 8,547 pounds of food on May 8, the date of the National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. ... [more...]
"Now that you are retired, are you in a transitional life-style change? Do you miss the intellectual challenges that were a daily part of your working years? Do you miss the interpersonal rela... [more...]
We’re always grateful for the presence of police cars in our city, serving and protecting us as they cruise the streets. The only better way to fight crime is to have feet on the street: ... [more...]
Forty years ago there was no "green movement" and little talk of global warming. The original Earth Day stressed words like "ecology." But one thing hasn’t changed: Cl... [more...]
Spring is here and the itch to go outdoors is felt by many Central New Yorkers after winter’s chill, but it needn’t be only for chores. This past weekend two venerable entertainment ven... [more...]
TOWN OF LEE — Welcome to the Lee Center Volunteer Fire Department. That was the message Saturday as the unpaid firefighters rolled out the red carpet for local visitors to the department&... [more...]
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