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Sullivan Community Council’s Annual Foul Shooting Contest is Feb. 11

February 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment

(Town of Sullivan, NY – Feb. 2012) The town of Sullivan Parks & Recreation Department, combined with the Knights of Columbus will be holding their Annual Foul Shooting Contest on Saturday Feb. 11 at the Chittenango Middle School from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

This program is open to all boys and girls ages 7 to 18 as of Jan. 1.

Registration is onsite beginning at 10:30 a.m.  Try your luck and test your skill.

Trophies will be awarded to the top scoring boys and girls in their age groups.  Parents, come cheer on the children.

For additional information, contact the Parks & Recreation office at 687-3471.

 

 

Filed Under: Announcements, Calendar of Events, Chittenango, Sports, Sullivan, Youth Tagged With: , ,

PAC 99 Schedule Feb. 5-11

February 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Tuesday, February 7

9:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.: Town of Sullivan Board Meeting of February 1

9:14 a.m. 2:14 p.m. and 7:14 p.m.: Madison County Renewable Energy & the A.R.E. Park

9:25 a.m. 2:25 p.m. and 7:25 p.m.: CMS and You: Children’s Health

9:54 a.m. 2:54 p.m. and 7:54 p.m.: Oswego County Legislature Meeting of January 4

Wednesday, February 8

9:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.: Oneida Common Council Special Meeting of January 31

11:01a.m. 4:01 p.m. and 9:01 p.m.: Assembly Update with Bill Magee

Thursday, February 9

9:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.: Tomorrow’s World

9:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.: Tomorrow’s World

11:00 p.m.:  Ear to the Streets

Filed Under: Calendar of Events, Government & Politics, Health & Medicine, Madison County Agencies and Organizations, Oneida, Religion, Sullivan

Lions Contribute to Food Cupboard

February 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Steinbach

 

(Chittenango, NY – Jan. 2012) Dick Steinbach of the Chittenango Lions Club presents a check for $600 to the Midge Daviau of the Sullivan Food Cupboard.  This donation and others to other community organizations, including $400 to the local Boy Scout Troop and $100 to the Leo Club, are made possible by projects such as the Lions recent Christmas tree sale.

 

Filed Under: Chittenango, Sullivan Tagged With: , , ,

Canastota Man Dead after Truck Strikes Culvert

February 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment

(Town of Sullivan, NY – Feb. 2, 2012) Sullivan-based state police are investigating a one car fatal motor vehicle accident, which occurred on Lakeport Road in the Town of Sullivan at approximately 2:05 p.m. Feb. 2.

A 2000 Chevrolet pickup truck operated by Charles G. Stevens, 82, of Route 5, Canastota was southbound on Lakeport Road, south of Smith Ridge Road, when the truck travelled off the east side of the roadway, struck a culvert and some small trees and overturned into a stream.

Stevens was removed from the vehicle by fire personnel from the North Chittenango Fire Department and transported by Rural Metro Ambulance to SUNY Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, where he was pronounced deceased.

Anyone who may have witnessed this crash is asked to call the state police in Oneida at (315) 366-6000 or Sullivan at (315) 687-6050.

 

Filed Under: Canastota, Cops/Crime/Courts, Sullivan Tagged With: ,

Chittenango Bicentennial Presentation Planned

February 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment

(Chittenango, NY – Feb. 2012) This year, the village of Chittenango will celebrate its bicentennial. Town Historian Dick Sullivan, bicentennial committee chairman, and co-chairman Charlie Albee will be addressing the Greater Sullivan Area Chamber of Commerce to outline the many events that are planned to celebrate this historic occasion.

Chamber member and Ten Pin Restaurant owner Marrianne Finocchiaro will host the Chamber’s breakfast meeting Feb. 7 at 7:30 a.m.. This Chamber meeting is open to the public.

The breakfast buffet is $7. The Sullivan Chamber would like to invite everyone to attend this important informational bicentennial meeting.

Filed Under: Business & Finance, Calendar of Events, Chittenango, History, Sullivan Tagged With: , , , , ,

PAC 99 Schedule Jan. 29-Feb. 4

January 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment

 

 

Monday, January 30, 2012

2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.: Impact Committee – Madison County Promise January 17

3:02 p.m. and 8:02 p.m.: Oneida Rotary Club Meeting with Rich Vindigni “Ireland”

3:31 p.m. and 8:31 p.m.: Town of Sullivan Board Meeting of January 18

3:52 p.m. and 8:52 p.m.: Oneidas Club with Pat Albaugh – OPL Budget Vote

4:11 p.m. and 9:11 p.m.: Oneida Common Council Budget Meeting of January 17

Tuesday, January 31

2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.: Oneida Public Library Presents:  John Taibe “Oneida’s Third Rail”

3:29 p.m. and 8:29 p.m.: Oneida Public Library Presents:  Cheryl Pula “The Children’s Crusade”– The 8th Army Air Force in World War II

Wednesday, February 1

2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.: Canastota Central Schools Board of Education Meeting of  January 24

3:54 p.m. and 8:54 p.m.: Oneidas Club Meeting with Elise Allen: “The Market Place”

4:16 p.m. and 9:16 p.m.:  City of Sherrill Commission Meeting of January 23

Thursday, February 2

2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.: CAC Series:  Oneida County Office for the Aging: “ Services and Programs for Seniors”

2:51 p.m. and 7:51 p.m.: Oneida Rotary Club Meeting, with Mike Healy “Oneida   Healthcare Web Site”

3:10 p.m. and 8:10 p.m.: Village of Vernon Board Meeting of January 23

 

Filed Under: Canastota, Education, Libraries, Madison County Agencies and Organizations, Oneida, Sullivan, Wampsville, Youth Tagged With: , , , , , ,

Chittenango Landing Receives Grant

January 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Erie canal grant

The Erie Canalway Commission and Heritage Fund Board presented grant awards to Central New York recipients on Jan. 25. Pictured from left are

Christine O’Neil, Joan DiChristina of Chittenango Landing, Natalie Stetson and Dan Ward of the Erie Canal Museum, Judy Schmidt-Dean and Tom Blanchard from Erie Canalway and Liz Ayers of WCNY. 

(Jan. 2012) The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission, in partnership with the Erie Canalway Heritage Fund, awarded $43,700 in grants to assist organizations with canal-related education, preservation, and tourism projects.

Seven organizations from Albany to Buffalo received funding, including three in Central New York: Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum (Chittenango), Erie Canal Museum (Syracuse), and the Public Broadcasting Council of Central New York/WCNY (Syracuse). Other recipients include: Albany Institute of History and Art (Albany), The Buffalo Zoo (Buffalo), New York Folklore Society (Schenectady), and the Schenectady Museum & Suits–Bueche Planetarium (Schenectady).

Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum received $7,000 to complete a Cultural Landscape Report. The report will document critically-needed repairs and provide recommendations and strategies to preserve and improve Chittenango’s dry-docks and historic character.

The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor spans 524 miles across the full expanse of upstate New York, encompassing the Erie, Cayuga-Seneca, Oswego, and Champlain canals and their historic alignments, as well as more than 230 canal communities. Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission, in partnership with the National Park Service, collaborates with government agencies, communities and organizations to protect and promote the canal corridor for all to use and enjoy.  The Erie Canalway Heritage Fund is dedicated to charitable, educational, and civic purposes within the confines of the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor.

Filed Under: Announcements, Chittenango, Museums & Historical Societies, Sullivan, Top Stories Tagged With: , ,

Vernon Man Charged With Driving Under Influence Of Drugs in Lakeport

January 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment

(Lakeport, NY – Jan. 21, 2012) Sullivan-based state police charged a 30-year-old Vernon man with driving while impaired by drugs after his vehicle nearly struck a state police patrol vehicle on State Route 31 in the Town of Sullivan at approximately 2:55 p.m. Thursday afternoon.

Sergeant Matthew Navin was patrolling westbound on Route 31 when an eastbound 2002 Pontiac Sunfire drove across the center line of the road into the westbound lane, forcing the state police vehicle to swerve to the shoulder of the road to avoid a collision.

The Pontiac was stopped and the operator, Jonathan F. Lessels of Van Epps Street in Vernon, was found in possession of a large quantity of prescription medications and approximately 16 grams of marijuana.  Field sobriety tests were administered and Lessels was found to be in an impaired condition.

Lessels was evaluated by a state police drug recognition expert at the SP Sullivan barracks and charged with Operating a Motor Vehicle While Impaired by Drugs, seventh-degree Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance, Unlawful Possession of Marijuana and Possession of a Controlled Substance Outside Its Original Container.

Lessels is scheduled to appear in the Town of Sullivan Court on Feb. 7, 2012.

 

Filed Under: Bridgeport-Lakeport, Cops/Crime/Courts, Sullivan

PAC 99 Schedule Jan. 22-28

January 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Monday, January 23, 2012

2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.: Oneida Common Council Meeting of November 15

3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.: Town of Sullivan Board Meeting of November 15

3:23 p.m. and 8:23 p.m.: Oneida Rotary Club Meeting of November 15

3:45 p.m. and 8:45 p.m.: Madison County Board of Supervisors Meeting of November 29

4:05 p.m. and 9:05 p.m.: Oneida Common Council Budget Meeting of November 29

Tuesday, January 24

2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.: City of Oneida and Madison County Inductions of January 1

2:14 p.m. and 7:14 p.m.: Town of Vernon Officer Inductions of  January 1

2:18 p.m. and 7:18 p.m.: Town of Vernon Board Meeting of January 2

3:56 p.m. and 8:56 p.m.: City of Sherrill Officer Inductions of January 2

4:04 p.m. and 9:04 p.m.: Oneida Common Council Meeting of January 3

Wednesday, January 25

2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.: Madison County State of the County Address of January 3

3:15 p.m. and 8:15 p.m.: Town of Sullivan Board Meeting of January 4

3:47 p.m. and 8:47 p.m.:  City of Sherrill Commission Meeting of January 9

4:01 p.m. and 9:01 p.m.: Town of Lebanon Board Meeting of January 9

5:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.: Congressman Bill Owens’ Town Hall Meeting of January 9

Thursday, January 26

2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.: Oneida rotary Club Meeting of November 29

2:20 p.m. and 7:20 p.m.: Canastota Schools Board Meeting of January 10

3:02 p.m. and 8:02 p.m.: Oneida Rotary Club Meeting of January 10

3:36 p.m. and 8:36 p.m.: Oneidas Club Meeting with PSC Doug Lippert, January 12

 

Filed Under: Calendar of Events, Canastota, Education, Government & Politics, Lebanon, Madison County Agencies and Organizations, Oneida, Sullivan, Wampsville Tagged With: , , , , , , , ,

Sullivan Food Cupboard Served more than 8,200 in 2011

January 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment

To the Editor:

(Town of Sullivan, NY – Jan. 2012) The Sullivan Food Cupboard, an outreach program of the Greater Sullivan Area Association of Churches, served 8,258 people in 2011. This past Christmas, we prepared 155 family and 105 senior Christmas baskets. In addition to food, we were able to provide gifts, thanks to Chittenango Central School, the churches and many individuals.

We were able to do this thanks to the continued support of the churches, the school, letter carriers, Scouts, businesses, organizations and individuals in the community. Christmas baskets were delivered or picked up at the American Legion or the North Chittenango Firehouse Saturday, Dec. 17.

We are staffed by 38 volunteers who work one three-hour shift a month. This allows the Cupboard to be open daily Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. In addition, 14 volunteers substitute for those who are unable to work their assigned day or on days where there are five days of the month (example, five Mondays and Tuesdays in January)

Fyler Cupboard is open the first and last Saturday of each month.

The breakdown of service was 1,446 families; 6,830 adults and 1,619 children.

The Food Cupboard received substantial financial assistance from area churches, individuals, organizations, the Food Bank of Central New York and the CrossRoads Concert for Hunger.

The largest single donation was received from the benefit dinner held by Ted Field and his staff at Delphia’s Restaurant. This resulted in more than $6,600 that was not budgeted or expected.

For the first time in several years, the cupboard finished the fiscal year with income exceeding expenses.

Area churches regularly collected food for the cupboard. In addition, the Scouts and the postal workers collected significant amounts of food. Individuals provided regular contributions.

Greyrock Farms donated eggs and fresh vegetables throughout the growing season, providing fresh produce that the cupboard would otherwise not have been able to maintain. Price Chopper has donated fresh bread and rolls for the past several months.

We are most fortunate to live in a community that provides for the least fortunate of those among us.

Sullivan Food Cupboard President Barbara Schwitter

Filed Under: Chittenango, North Chittenango, Opinion-Editorial, Sullivan Tagged With: , , , ,

Two Canastota Men Arrested for Manufacturing Meth

January 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
clifford congdon for web

 

 

Pictured from top are Congdon and Whitmeyer.

(Sullivan, NY – Jan. 20, 2012)  State Police in Sullivan along with the NYSP Community Narcotics Enforcement Unit (CNET) have arrested two individuals for manufacturing Methamphetamine in a garage behind a residence in the Town of Lenox, Madison County.

Investigators arrested 32 year-old, Clifford J. Congdon from 8283 North Main Street Canastota and 28 year-old, Henry L. Whitmeyer 8764 Lewis Point Road Canastota for one count of Unlawful Manufacture of Methamphetamine, a class “D” felony.

On Jan. 18, 2012 at approximately 11:30pm, Trooper Miles Robertson was driving on North Main Street in the Town of Lenox when he observed a large fire with black smoke coming from an area behind a residence located at 8283 North Main St. The resident, Clifford Congdon stated that he was burning household trash in a burn barrel, which is a violation of the Town of Lenox local ordinance.  While interviewing Congdon, Trooper Robertson then observed items in the garage known in manufacturing methamphetamine and subsequently arrested both individuals in the garage for manufacturing meth.

Both subjects were arraigned before the Town of Lenox Court and committed to the Madison County Jail.

 

Filed Under: Canastota, Cops/Crime/Courts, Lenox, Sullivan, Top Stories

USDA Farm Service Agency holds Elections, Announces Programs

January 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Laurie Fuess

(Madison County, NY – Jan. 2012) Congratulations to Myron Smith of Munnsville, who was re-elected to represent farmers from Lenox, Lincoln, Oneida, Stockbridge and Sullivan on the County Committee. FSA thanks the producers who voted in this year’s election.

The county committee system works only because of your participation. The committee held its organizational meeting immediately after the election; Smith was elected chairman; Donna Griffin of Cazenovia, vice chairwoman and Charles Blood of Hubbardsville as regular member.

Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments

SURE provides crop disaster assistance payments to eligible producers on farms that have incurred crop revenue losses due to natural disaster during crop year 2010. The program takes into consideration crop losses on all crops grown by a producer nationwide.

SURE provides assistance in an amount equal to 60 percent of the difference between the SURE farm guarantee and total farm revenue.

Signup ends June 1; if you suffered any crop losses in 2010 call (315) 824-9076 ext. 2 for more information.

2011 Commodity Loans Available

If you grew corn, wheat, oats, barley or soybeans in 2011 and still have them stored on your farm, you could be eligible for a marketing assistance loan with us. These loans are a great marketing tool for you.

These are nine-month loans with very low interest rates: 1.125 percent for a loan obtained in January. Loan rates are per bushel: $2.11 for corn, $4.99 for soybeans, $1.35 for oats, $1.73 for barley and $2.54.

Give us a call for more information.

Foreign Buyers Notification

The Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Actrequires all foreign owners of U.S. agricultural land to report their holdings to the Secretary of Agriculture. FSA administers this program for USDA.

All individuals who are not U.S. citizens and have purchased or sold agricultural land in the county are required to report the transaction to FSA within 90 days of closing. Failure to submit AFIDA Form FSA-153 could result in civil penalties of up to 25 percent of the fair market value of the property.

County government offices, realtors, attorneys and others involved in real estate transactions are reminded to notify foreign investors of these reporting requirements.

DCP Signup Begins Jan. 23 and Ends June 1

FSA will compute the 2012 Direct and Counter-Cyclical Payment Program payments using base acres and payment yields established for each farm. Payments on these contracts will be made after Oct. 1. Signup is beginning later this year, and we have almost 600 contracts to enroll in this program, so don’t wait until the last minute; call now for an appointment.

Laurie Fuess is county executive director, USDA Farm Service Agency.

Filed Under: Agriculture, Cazenovia, Hamilton, Hubbardsville, Lenox, Lincoln, Munnsville, Oneida, Stockbridge, Sullivan Tagged With: , ,
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