Happy Sunshine Week!

The Madison County Courier has partnered with Madison County libraries to bring the public free newspapers in honor of Sunshine Week this week.
The Canastota Public Library, Cazenovia Public Library, DeRuyter Free Library, Hamilton Public Library, Morrisville Public Library, New Woodstock Free Library, Oneida Public Library and the Chittenango or Bridgeport branches of the Sullivan Free [...]

Madison County Courier To Be Used As Movie Prop

M3P Media, LLC, has signed a release for its new publication, Madison County Courier, to be used as prop or set dressing for the highly anticipated movie “Knockout.”
“We are thrilled to be a very small part of a very big movie,” said Mike Bova, publisher of M3P Media, LLC.
According to promoters, the film stars mixed martial [...]

Three Non-Profits to Benefit Saturday

Signing Event to Help Pantry, CAP and Bookstore
(Hamilton) Readers and collectors alike who missed receiving a copy of the inaugural edition of the Madison County Courier will now have the opportunity to get one, signed by the publisher, editors and some contributors of Madison County’s newest publication.
On Saturday, Feb. 20, from 1 to 3 p.m., [...]

Bouckville Resident Makes Dean’s List at SUNY Oneonta

Oneonta, NY (02/05/2010)(readMedia)—Sara Ford of Bouckville was among 1,357 students from the State University of New York College at Oneonta who earned Dean’s List honors for the Fall 2009 semester.

Local Radio Listeners Now Have a New Option

(Oneida, NY – Feb. 11) Effective today WMCR AM 1600 is part of the CNY Talk Radio network.  Along with sister station WFBL AM 1390 in Syracuse, WMCR AM 1600 now carries a fresh alternative of national and local talk and news programming.
Weekday program highlights on WMCR AM 1600 CNY Talk Radio include First Light [...]

County Fair to Expand

New midway planned with mechanical rides
(Brookfield) The Directors of the Madison County Fair are pleased to announce that the 2010 Madison County Fair will feature a new expanded midway. Arrangements have been made with Main Event Amusements of Solvay that will bring at least a dozen mechanical and inflatable rides to the 2010 Fair July [...]

Newspaper Decision Made

Board Dispenses with Routine Resolutions
By Martha E. Conway
(County Seat – Jan. 5, 2009) Supervisors took up unfinished business after taking their oaths of office and selecting Supervisor John M. Becker (R,C,I – Sullivan) as chairman of the Madison County Board of Supervisors Jan. 5.
The first order of business was take up unfinished business from the [...]

County Campaigns for Pension Reform

Becker says Regulations Apply to Locals, not State
By Martha E. Conway
(County Seat – Dec. 29, 2009) Madison County Vice Chairman Richard O. Bargabos announced at the Dec. 29 meeting of the county’s Government Operations Committee that Albany passed regulation in August that each municipality must pass resolutions establishing work hours for each elected official’s position.
According [...]

Becker Announces Committee Assignments for 2010-11

Government Operations
(Madison County, NY) Chairman Richard O. Bargabos (R – Smithfield), Vice Chairman John A. Reinhardt (Oneida Wards 1-3), Priscilla Suits (R – Eaton), Ron Bono (R – Madison) and Ralph Monforte (R – Cazenovia)
The Government Operations Committee is responsible for Personnel, Civil Service, Labor Relations, Insurance, County Attorney, Ethics Law, Office of the Clerk [...]

Central New York Dairy History, A Call for Your Stories!

By Karen Baase
(Morrisville, NY) Central New York was once the premier dairy region of the nation, especially for Holsteins. Gerrit Smith Miller of Peterboro, Madison County, kept the oldest purebred Holstein herd in the United States from 1869 to 1937. Many other notable dairymen called Central New York home at one time, including such pioneers [...]

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