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Cornell Offers Spring Gardening Classes

(Oriskany, NY) Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County Master Gardeners presents Spring Gardening classes on Thursday, March 18, 2010. Classes will be held at the Farm & Home Center, 121 Second Street, Oriskany, NY 13424.
Power point presentations will be featured. Come and learn about Native Wildflowers, instructed by Bruce Mero. Linda Sturtevant will speak on [...]

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 [...]

Local Utica College Student Runs for Oriskany Village Trustee

(Oriskany, NY – March 2, 2010) While driving through the Village of Oriskany, it is not uncommon to see political signs this time of year; but not often are they in support of a 20-year-old candidate.
Shaun J. Kaleta, a junior government and politics major at Utica College, is running for village trustee in Oriskany. [...]

Registration Planned for Tri-Valley Thunder Girls AAU Basketball Program

(Rome, NY) The YMCA of the Greater Tri-Valley will be holding registration and tryouts for the Tri-Valley Thunder Girls AAU Basketball Program. Anyone can register and tryout.
Tryouts and registration will be March 7, from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm for the 15U, and 16U teams at the Rome YMCA. There will be a $20 registration [...]

Statement on ABC News Nightline story on animal abuse within the dairy industry

Submitted by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County
On January 26, 2010, ABC News Nightline aired an investigative report that focused on animal abuse within the dairy industry. The report was based primarily upon an undercover video produced by a group called Mercy for Animals, which is outspoken with regard to its pursuit of a pro-vegan [...]

Remsen woman arrested for stealing from an Oneida County store

Arrested for Stealing between $3,000 and $50,000
(Remsen, NY – Feb. 4, 2010) State Police in Marcy and Remsen have arrested a Remsen woman for third-degree grand larceny.
In December 2009, the owners of the Remsen General Store and Soda Fountain Restaurant contacted the state police. They began to discover a large money discrepancy in sales and A.T.M. [...]

Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Certification

(Oriskany, NY) CCE of Oneida County is hosting a question and answer session with Betsy Bihn of Cornell on the topic of good agricultural practice certification. This is a certification that many local vegetable and small fruit producers will have to obtain to sell their products at local grocery stores. This Q/A session will be [...]

Cash register scanner and bar-coding Q/A session offered

(Oriskany, NY) CCE of Oneida County is hosting a question and answer session with a local vendor of cash register scanner devices as a technology that can be employed by local agricultural producers for tracking sales and inventory. This Q/A session will be held on Thursday, February 18th at 12:30pm at the Farm and Home [...]

AAU Registration and Tryout Date Feb. 6

(Rome, NY) The YMCA of the Greater Tri-Valley will be holding registration and tryouts for the Tri-Valley Playaz Boys AAU Basketball Program. Anyone can register and tryout. Tryouts and registration will be February 6, from 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm for the 11&12U, 13U, 14U, 15U and 16U teams at the old RFA located on [...]

Herb and Flower Festival Scheduled for June

Attracting Birds, Garden Habitat Focus of Festival
(Whitestown, NY) The Master Gardeners of Cornell Cooperative Extension, Oneida County have announced that the Herb and Flower Festival will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 26th in the Parker Scripture Botanical Gardens at 121 Second Street, Oriskany, NY. Attracting birds to your garden [...]

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