By Lorraine Kinney-Kitchen The Clark Mills Strong Coalition hosted their Clark Mills Open House Community Day on a beautiful sunny September day as a way to celebrate and thank the Clark Mills community. In the aftermath of the 2025 tornado, the people of the hamlet demonstrated strength, resiliency and neighborly comradery. Each of four nonprofit organizations within the hamlet opened their doors, encouraging people to visit each site and obtain a stamp on their "Clark Mills

Waterville’s defense shuts down the Edison runner during their game Saturday in Elmira. The Eagles won to remain unbeaten. Their playoff run starts Thursday. Sports, Pages 7, 12

The new pavilion recreation building at the Maple Avenue Park in Oriskany Falls will move into the bid stage. Oriskany Falls Village Board members last week reviewed the architect design for the building that will replace the pavilion at the Park. Board members discussed whether to put the construction of the new building out as one project or to break it down into the components. Mayor Colin Idzi said they would first search for a general contractor and see what happens. Boa

In the sixth episode of the Halloween Baking Championship, Waterville native Caleb King was eliminated. King entered last week’s show on the Food Network as one of five bakers left in the running for the $25,000 grand prize. The show began with 10 bakers from around the country vying for the title. King was one of the three bakers in the bottom category after the Haunted Heat where all five bakers competed. Those three had to make witch-themed desserts featuring three working

New York state approved adding a Community Center as one of the projects to receive funding under Waterville’s New York Forward grant. Waterville Village Clerk Gayle Barnes said at last week’s Village Board meeting the next step is to look into other grant funding. That will determine if the project moves forward, she said. The opportunity to have a Community Center reopened when Tom Eisenhut withdrew his project, releasing $1.8 million of the $4.5 million grant. The Center h

The Village of Clinton was awarded an $840,000 grant to develop a half-mile Village Extension Trail connecting the Village center to the 2-mile Kirkland North Section Trail under development. This was part of Gov. Kathy Hochul announcement of awards for the federal Transportation Alternative Program grants administered by the New York State Department of Transportation. Kirkland Trails assisted in planning the trail route and preparing the grant application. They will continu