During a short meeting last week the Waterville Central School Board of Education heard the final review of the 2026-27 budget. District residents voted Tuesday, May 19, on the proposed budget. They also voted for up to three members of the BOE; write-in candidate Jacob Richards attended the meeting. WCS Superintendent Zach Abbe reviewed during the budget hearing and 25-minute meeting the steps should the budget be voted down. If a second vote is needed, it will be June 16. T

The Town of Kirkland is moving forward on updating its 33-year old Comprehensive Plan. Sam Gordon of EDR, a Syracuse-based company that helps municipalities with long-range planning, outlined to the Town Board at last week’s meeting the process for the update. EDR is familiar with the town, Gordon said, through its work on the Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant. Gordon said the process for the Comp Plan will take about 18 months. “Our job is to listen and organize the s

While redoing the Village Green in Clinton will eliminate a few parking spaces on East Park Row, the Village contends that enough public parking remains. Six people at last week’s Village Board meeting said they were upset to learn that spaces in front of the Kirkland Art Center and adjacent businesses could be gone under the plan to redesign the Village Green. The parking spaces would be needed for a driving lane, as a third left-turn lane would be created to enter the new t

Assemblyman Brian Miller congratulates Whitey Brown of Waterville for reaching his 65th year as an active member of the Waterville Fire Department. Brown joined the department April 3, 1961. He also received the Rick Gaiser Memorial Award for the second time during the department’s annual banquet at Skenandoa Club in Clinton. Other photos, awards, Page 12.

Area communities have planned ceremonies and parades to observe Memorial Day, Monday, May 25. In Waterville events begin with a parade at 9 a.m. from the Waterville firehouse to Soldiers and Sailors Monument Park. Retired Waterville teacher Andrew Sabol is the guest speaker. In Clinton the Memorial Day Parade will start at 9 a.m. at the Oriskany Creek bridge on College Street and proceed east to the Village Green. A ceremony at the Green will honor deceased veterans. Johnson-

After two years of work by Village of Waterville officials and volunteers, the list of projects that will develop was released last Friday. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the following projects will be funded by the $4.5 million New York Forward grant won by the Village and Waterville First in Spring 2025. *Stately on Main ($388,000): Renovate a historic 1872 church in downtown Waterville to become a premier wedding and event venue. The venue will serve as an economic driver, at

Provided Photo Cornell Cooperative Extension of Herkimer County announced the promotion of Jennifer Collins to the position of Association Issue Leader/Assistant Director. Collins, who lives on the family farm in Waterville, is a respected leader within the Cornell Cooperative Extension system and has served the youth of Herkimer County for 28 years, particularly through her work in youth development. Her contributions to the 4-H program have earned recognition not only acros