Mecklenburg News

'What are you writing about this weekend?" a friend asked. Dogs, I replied. "No, seriously, is it the Middle East? Is it the Vancouver Olympics?" Well, if you put it this way, it's both and neither.

ULYSSES -- Firefighters doused a fire in a two-story family dwelling in Ulysses Monday afternoon, rescuing several pets in the process.

All post offices will be open Dec. 31, but some will shorten lobby hours for New Year's Eve, while regular mail delivery for the day will be unaffected by the change, the U.S. Postal Service announced.

Lansing town justice William Burin will retire from public duty today due to ongoing health issues after serving since 1994.

ENFIELD -- A family of three has been displaced following a fire which gutted the second floor of their two-story residence in Enfield on Wednesday evening.

The ads on the radio promised money for gold at Perry's jewelry store, and Vatogna Steward didn't want to miss out.

Former CMS student-athlete 17-year-old Adrian Powell is now named in federal court documents as a suspect in the murder of Tiffany Wright.

Thank you for a great article about the Trumansburg Community Thanksgiving Dinner.

A federal judge sent Royce Mitchell back to prison for 30 months Wednesday, a day after hearing taped testimony that Mitchell twice had sex with his adopted teenage sister, who was fatally shot in September.

It's surely true that many hands make light work. They also make for fun work if Darren and Beth McGee are in charge.

In a corner of Germany cloaked from the West for 40 years lies a fairy-tale land of lakes and castles.

Rita Kellogg is a tiny slip of a woman, probably no more than 100 pounds soaking wet.

Several Finger Lakes Farmstead Cheese makers will open their doors to the public from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

Faced with layoffs at the city's big banks and the potential loss of Bank of America's headquarters to New York, Mecklenburg leaders have been quietly recruiting energy-related firms to the region.

Standing in front of jurors Monday, Glenn Cole turned away and pointed at Seyi Odueso.

Four years ago, Christy Ann Galvin was found slain in her bed. The 26-year-old former UNC Charlotte volleyball star had been strangled and her left wrist cut.

Bel Canto alpaca farm is hosting a fall festival from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday on Buck Hill Road in Trumansburg.

CHARLOTTE Federal prosecutors are preparing documents to revoke Royce Mitchell's probation, which means he'll stay in the Mecklenburg jail until state charges of raping his 15-year-old adopted sister are dealt with, authorities said.

As dusk settled around a tidy suburban house one recent evening, an unexpected sound spilled from the front door: the smooth, soulful notes of a gospel song, spiraling into the steamy, late-summer air.

Wine and cheese in the Finger Lakes? Increasingly, yes, thanks to family dairy farms in the region that are finding a way to meet growing demand for all foods local.