Newfield News

GROTON -- Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen were put to work over the weekend as the Christmas season began in earnest at Moore's Tree Farm.

There are Americans going to bed hungry every night. There are Americans working at their computers constantly.

Thank you, to all the voters, who supported my bid for the District 8 seat, on the Tompkins County Legislature.

The H1N1 virus continues to circulate in Tompkins County, with absenteeism related to flu-like illnesses hovering high above the yearly average.

ITHACA -- The station, the desk, the road -- these are the worlds of New York State Trooper Ben Emery, and he handles them equally well, according to his superiors.

The results are finally in, officially. Two weeks after the Nov. 3 elections, all ballots have been counted and earlier leads have been confirmed, although some by even narrower margins.

The Tompkins County Health Department has begun in-school H1N1 flu vaccination clinics.

According to statistics provided to me by Lori Watkins and Duane Corbin of Ithaca College, there are 1,661 IC graduates living in Tompkins County, which is roughly only 3 percent of the college's 50,000 alumni.

LANSING -- Only eight votes stand between Tompkins County GOP leader Michael Sigler and former Ithaca City Common Council member Patricia Pryor in the race to represent District 6 on the Tompkins County Legislature, in an election that could be decided by military ballots.

By just seven votes, Richard Driscoll will be Newfield's next town supervisor. A count of absentee ballots Friday at the Tompkins County Board of Elections narrowed Driscoll's margin of victory from 15 votes to seven.

A Newfield man was acquitted of driving while intoxicated and vehicular assault in a hit-and-run case Wednesday, but was found guilty of leaving the scene of an accident.

Democrats will maintain their stronghold in Tompkins County Legislature next year, securing 12 of 15 seats in Tuesday's general election.

Three races are contested in Newfield's general election Nov. 3. Democrat Richard Driscoll, on the Better Newfield ticket, and Republican Jeffrey Hart are running for town supervisor.

ITHACA -- A hit-and-run case may rest on evidence of how much the defendant and the victim had been drinking, and whether the victim was in the road or on its shoulder when he was hit.

Have a safe and happy Halloween. Here are some fun family events for your consideration and everyone is welcome to all of them: * The Italian Carryout and Dolce Delight are holding a Halloween Eve Party from 5-7 p.m., Oct.

The Chemung County Human Relations Commission, struggling to meet the community's needs in these tough economic times, has taken on a new partner agency but 'we still face many challenges,' its chairman said Tuesday.

He's a fixture at the Ithaca Farmer's Market and spends his days among the trees at his Newfield orchard, but Dennis Hartley is secretly a meeting junkie.

Cass Park Ice Rink opens for the season Saturday, Oct. 24. Learn-to-skate lessons are available for children and adults.

When the Even Start Family Literacy Program at Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES was threatened by state cuts, program director Ruth Katz put out a call for help, but she wasn't too optimistic.

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