Franklin News

Step Back in Time features community news items from The Daily Star from 25 and 50 years ago.

DELHI _ When the votes were being tallied in Delaware County on election night, there was speculation that there might be large write-in campaigns in Franklin, Meredith and Walton.

All Unatego Central Schools will be closed Thursday and Friday because of staff illness, school business manager Nicholas Rosas said tonight.

DELHI _ The Delaware County Board of Elections completed the re-canvassing of the votes in Middletown, Sidney and Bovina on Monday and announced winners in three close races.

The following births have recently been announced by A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital in Oneonta: Oct.

A 67-year-old man was charged with felony reckless endangerment Oct. 25 after he fired a gun twice during a dispute in Franklin.

A fatal crash in Franklin, New York Friday. It happened on Route 3 just before noon.

Abigail Pruitt, a 19-year-old Pittsford resident, was killed Friday in a head-on motor vehicle collision in the town of Franklin, Delaware County.

Kicking It Old School at the Red Rose 315 Smith Street, Carroll Gardens; 625-0963 Who Goes There? , our favorite Eater feature, takes Lost City's Brooks of Sheffield to the Red Rose on Smith Street, where he shares a glimpse of the friends-and-family clientele: "Men with ponderous guts perch at the bar and watch the tube, keeping up a running ...

A 67-year-old Franklin man is facing felony reckless endangerment charges following an incident outside his home Sunday, Oct.

ONEONTA _ According to a news release from Jett Industries, Pine Street between Potter Avenue and Main Street will be closed today and Monday for repair work to Oneonta Creek.

HARPERSFIELD _ An early-morning fire on state Route 23 in Delaware County on Tuesday damaged an apartment building.

An 8 year-old stopped a home invasion in Franklin, New York. Police say the little girl used a cell phone to call 911 after two men -- Brian Taylor and Shawn Hopseker -- broke into her home, cut the phone line and confronted the girl's mother.

Nazareth Borough Council members applaud new police Chief Thomas M. Trachta after he is sworn in by Mayor Earl C. Keller during a borough council meeting.

A Great Bend man faces a pair of charges, including aggravated driving while intoxicated, according to Watertown police.

Three Delaware County senior citizens will be recognized by the county Office for the Aging at the Delaware County Senior Council's annual meeting and dinner at the Delhi American Legion at 4 p.m. Tuesday.

FRANKLIN _ An attempt to put the town of Franklin's moist-town status to the test on Election Day has apparently failed.

DELHI _ A New Lisbon man charged with forgery and grand larceny was sentenced to a year in jail in Delaware County Court on Monday.

Step Back in Time features community news items from The Daily Star 25 and 50 years ago.

Accompanied by a banner marking 175 years of schooling, Franklin Central School staff and students gathered Wednesday to take a group photo _ the first of several events to commemorate the milestone during the coming year.