Bridgewater News

"It was a magic carpet, bumping over rough roads when the ruts were deep and -whizzing along when they were smooth, dry and dusty." -Kansas City Star Sometime early in the last century a small black automobile slowly backs up the steep dirt road that leads into this remote country village.

The State Police in Waterville arrested two men subsequent to an incident that occurred on Bliven Road, in the town of Bridgewater, Oneida County.

Bridgewater, NY - A Madison County man who rammed his pickup truck into the truck of another man who had tried to steal his cousin's antique plow faces felony criminal mischief and other charges, state police said.

Oneida County sheriff's deputies say 58-year-old Jerry Schmidt was supposed to be taking care of several horses in Bridgewater, but they say he failed to properly feed them.

According to the Oneida County Sheriff's Office, 50-year old Barry Smaldone was observed driving erratically on Route 8 in Bridgewater.