Deposit News

WALTON _ Aspiring actors and actresses will have a chance this month to capture bit parts in a musical Christmas film, produced by two Walton men, which will be filmed in Hancock, Deposit and Walton.

Looking to help the less fortunate in their community, members of the Deposit Central School District's Alcohol Drug Student Information Program recently decided to put together a food drive for the local food pantry.

This past year was not kind to the majority of the island's businesses, especially those in retail, real estate and construction.

The plan, subject to a 30-day comment period, "has no implications for monetary policy decisions in the near term," the central bank said in a statement released in Washington.

President Obama met with community bankers Tuesday in the White House and absolved them of blame for the financial crisis.

The men - " all gone," she says in halting English. "All - " in Pakistan." They will be returning home soon.

The Wall Street Journal reports this week that U.S. investigators are discovering that more and more young Muslims are vanishing from mosques, madrassahs, and Islamic centers.

DEPOSIT -- With just 330 students, Deposit Middle/Senior may seem an unusual candidate as one of the nation's best schools.

Marcellus Shale gas will contribute to landmark changes to energy markets facing the age of global warming.

There's a pile of sneakers and boots at Emily and Caleb Mills' home in Deposit. Add their slippers and shoes, and they've got quite a collection -- like most American kids their age.

Fitch Ratings has assigned a rating of 'AAA/F1+' to the $2,581,000,000 New York Liberty Development Corporation multi-modal liberty revenue bonds, series 2009A .

Nearly 10 percent of New Yorkers do not have bank accounts - a rate that's above the national average, the Federal Deposit Insurance Co.

Story ideas can come from anywhere. They can be phoned in by a tipster, generated during local government coverage or plucked from the study of societal trends.

UNION -- Raymond Schaffer is running for Broome County Sheriff, again. Schaffer, who lost in 2002 and 2006 to Sheriff David E. Harder, e-mailed Broome County elected officials this week to announce his intention to seek the Democratic nomination for office in the November 2010 election.

State police in Deposit are looking for the owner of a black Labrador retriever found on County Road 19 Friday.

College student Janelle Olsen was looking for an apartment on Craig's List. She was shown a place in Harlem, on Hamilton Terrace and paid out $ 5,500, for first and last month's rent, including more money down for credit checks, because she was told she was a credit risk.

First Niagara Bank is opting out of a federal program meant to temporarily guarantee funds held in certain noninterest-bearing transaction accounts.

Dorlene F Shedd, age 75, of Afton Maria Incitti, age 98, of Endicott Joanne Brigham, of Binghamton M. Wilburta Wynant Dye, of Binghamton Audrey M. Ferguson, age 79, of Deposit D. Jeanne Frederickson, age 89, of South Bend, IN Anna M. Kabanek, age 93, of Binghamton Robert R. Oplinger, age 67, of Binghamton Charles ...

The Deposit High School Jazz Band has been chosen to perform at Disney World March 25.

State troopers charged three Broome County residents with stealing copper wire from the railroad tracks along Route 17 in Hancock.