NEWS FROM March 2010

SavOn Stores Raise More Than $23,000 for MDA

Oneida Nation Homelands – The Oneida Nation’s SavOn stores collected $23,146 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s annual “Shamrocks for Dystrophy” fundraiser. The 2010 total was up more than $5,500 over last year. Customers were asked to purchase shamrocks for $1 or $5. The Verona store at Routes 31 and 365 led the fund-raising effort with [...]

Oneida Van Committee Dismantles

To the Editor: For clarification purposes, I want to finalize the decision of the Oneida Van Committee. On March 9th, we had a presentation for the public prepared by Brandon Lovett, Director of the Recreation Department, City of Oneida, and Scott Ingmire, Director of the County of Madison Planning Department. The past, present and future [...]

Thanks Community for Support

To the Editor: Hope Christian Fellowship recently sponsored a spaghetti dinner and talent show at the United Church of Canastota to benefit the Ride for Life Equine and Family Center, Inc. This Christian-based therapeutic horseback-riding organization is a Canastota Community Chest participant. It is owned and operated by Rick and Sandy Carrier of Canastota as [...]

Community Betterment Day Planned

(Chittenango, NY) Community Betterment Day will be held Saturday, April 24, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Chittenango Fire Department. Letters have been sent to various community groups who in the past have helped in this project; people are urged to stop in at the fire department and sign in, have a doughnut, coffee, [...]

From Here & Back Again: Wake Up; Your Country Needs You!

By Jim Coufal (Cazenovia) My dad was a Czech immigrant just prior to World War I. After a few years here, he joined the U.S. Army and was with the American Expeditionary Force in 1917 when it went to France to engage in that “war to end all wars.” He didn’t speak a lot about [...]

College to Host New York Teacher of Year

(Morrisville – April 2) Morrisville State College’s Teacher Education Transfer Program will host a presentation by Debra Calvino, 2010 New York State Teacher of the Year, on April 2, as part of its Professor Mary T. Brown Lecture Series. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in [...]

Morrisville Public Library News

Easter Basket Raffle Nearing End By Michelle A. Forward (Morrisville) Our fifth annual Easter basket raffle is almost over. Stop in and buy your tickets today to win a boy’s children’s basket, a girl’s children’s basket, both filled with goodies, or a flowering basket for the adults donated by Holly’s Garden in Morrisville. Tickets are [...]

Guest Column: Top Court Hears Tax Case

Submitted by S. John Campanie (Wampsville – March 25, 2010) Billions of dollars of legally due and collectable sales and excise taxes continue to be lost while New York state faces historic deficits and raises taxes and fees, and slashes programs and services. The state Court of Appeals today heard arguments regarding action taken by [...]

Colgate Softball Finishes 3-1 at Delaware State Tournament

By John Gilger, Assistant Director Athletic Communications (DOVER, DE – March 28, 2010) Jennifer Ortega (Aberdeen, N.J.) drove in three runs and Alana Dyson (Grovetown, Ga.) kept her lengthy hitting streak intact as Colgate downed North Carolina Central 7-5 in its third game at the Sean Savage Epilepsy Awareness Tournament, Sunday morning. The Raiders prevailed [...]

Madison County Habitat for Humanity News

Chittenango Build ’Rocks Workday Report Saturday, March 13: No sun or lucky stars today, but three Moons showed up. That’s the husband-and-wife duo of Joe and Beckie Moon, and their son Matt. Matt has been rehabbing his own property on Tipp Hill, but he took a break from that to lend a hand putting up [...]

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