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Tompkins County was blanketed in a few inches of snow Wednesday as the first significant winter weather hit the region.

The Neighborhood Mini-Grants Program, organized by Sustainable Tompkins, has awarded five mini-grants totaling $2,110 for small-scale initiatives that encourage local self-reliance, strengthen neighborhood connections, and promote long-term community well-being. The program was established in 2008 with $5,500 in seed money.

Students earn a Valedictorian or Salutatorian Scholarship for graduating first or second in their secondary school class.

In our home, most girls still have cooties, so heads were hanging low around the dinner table as we discussed upcoming Scouting events.

Lately, I find myself less interested in candidates who talk the talk and more interested in legislators who do the work.

We're lucky in Dryden and Freeville to have a candidate for the Tompkins County Legislature with many years of experience serving in government that works.

Last spring, I decided not to run for re-election to represent the Dryden-Freeville area on the Tompkins County Legislature.

The world record for largest pumpkin stands at 1,725 pounds; a 1,089-pounder will be on display Saturday at the 11th Annual Norwich Pumpkin Festival.

The annual Girl Scout Cookie Sale began Friday and orders will be taken Friday, Oct.

Dryden had a full set of events from Friday night into Saturday evening. I started at the Sertoma Spaghetti Dinner and finished with a fine Turkey Dinner at the Freeville Methodist Church, but I think it's best to just tell this day in pictures.

Tompkins County The storm that brought an early snowfall to parts of the Ithaca area on Thursday and Friday set a record for the earliest snowfall of 1 inch or more.

A candle and clothing are being blamed for a fire that caused substantial damage to a bedroom in a two-story house in Groton Saturday.

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A resident of Tompkins Cortland Community College dormitory is accused of stabbing a Cortland Regional Medical Center nurse early Wednesday after being taken to the hospital for a drug overdose.

On Sunday afternoon, we took Sungiva to see the fire trucks! At 18 months, I'm not sure she quite knows how exciting they are, but it's never too soon to get started.

I'm finally catching up to Saturday's Ithaca Journal, which reported that Route 38 from Owego through Dryden and Freeville to Groton and up to Sterling, NY near Lake Ontario has been designated the New York State Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Highway of Valor.

DRYDEN -- With its rolling meadows and streamside location, the patch of undeveloped land on the southeast corner of the Lower Creek Road and Pinckney Road intersection is a haven for nature lovers.

This morning's Ithaca Journal has an article on Freeville resident Don Decker's escape from a swindle , and tells the story of a variety of ripoffs.

* Eva A. Simitch Warke of Freeville, a member of the Class of 2009, and Alex T. Salton of Ithaca, a member of the Class of 2011, have been named to the honor roll for the spring term at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass.

Laurel: From Jody Earle of Freeville to Freeville resident, Cathy Whalen, who each year plants and maintains the beautiful flower beds greeting everyone in front of the Freeville Post Office on Main Street.