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Individuals charged with criminal offenses noted in this column will face a court proceeding to determine whether they are guilty of the charges.

The monthly First Friday Gallery Night, which showcases visual media scattered throughout downtown Ithaca, will partner with three other programs this week.

Remembrance of lives lost Updated: Thursday, 25 Jun 2009, 12:22 PM EDT Published : Thursday, 25 Jun 2009, 12:22 PM EDT Vic Baker EAST AURORA, N.Y. - Installers are putting the finishing touches on the American Veterans Traveling Wall and Tribute Thursday morning.

Wells College's 141st Commencement exercises took place Saturday, May 23, at the Aurora Inn in Aurora.

Wells College in Aurora has offered an 87-acre parcel to a group looking for a site on which to build a Finger Lakes museum.

On the Record features birth announcements on Page 2B on Mondays and announcements about local residents in college and the armed services on Page 3B throughout the week.

Rosa Carlini was all set to go to Wells College in Aurora. She loved the place and had chosen her classes and dormitory.

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These chairs are for sale in the MacKenzie-Childs barn sale this weekend at 3260 state Route 90, near the village of Aurora.

Any plans this weekend? Looking for a road trip? Fans ofMacKenzie-Childs' handcraftedceramic tableware and moremight be interested to know that the Finger Lakescompany is having a Barn Salethis weekend at its headquarters, a 65-acre farm one mile north of thevillage of Aurora, N.Y. That is Aurora, mind you.

A decade ago, if you wanted a pair of Aurora Shoe Co. shoes, you went to the pole barn factory on Route 90 south of this Cayuga County village.

Alaska governor Sarah Palin let loose Wednesday on the Obama administration for enacting fiscal policies that "fly in the face of principles" and "defy Economics 101." In a speech introducing Michael Reagan - the son of former President Ronald Reagan - to an audience in Anchorage, Palin warned that the government is planning to "bail out debt ...

After a little over a month, Aurora sibling Emporio has received its beer-and-wine license - good-bye to that absurd limbo of not being able to serve, yet not being able to let folks bring their own ! We're told Emporio's wine program will focus on Italian and New York bottles starting at $23 to $28. Below is the list of wines by the glass and ...

OSSINING - A decision to hire the village's attorney as a special counsel for the town is drawing fire from critics.

New books featuring Upstate NY authors, people and places. Ithaca resident and Cornell professor Patty Alessi has written 'Rrreggie T. Rex's Vacation on Maui' . The book tells the story of 8-year-old Reggie Wrecks who imagines he is a dinosaur called Rrreggi T. Rex when he puts on his magical hat.

Find a scissors, because you are going to have to clip this list and tape it to your front door, or your fridge, or somewhere else where you are sure to see it.

Wells College's 141st Commencement exercises will take place at the Aurora Inn .

HISTORY COME ALIVE: The Cheektowaga Historical Association will present Patrick Weissend's free talk, Measuring Western New York from the files of Surveyor Joseph Elliot, at 7 p. m. today in Alexander Community Center, 275 Alexander St., Cheektowaga.

Recently retired Ithaca College President Peggy Williams will be the speaker at the Wells College commencement, the college announced.

At an otherwise uneventful Royal Ballet news conference here two weeks ago, the company's artistic director, Monica Mason, suddenly dropped a quiet bombshell.