Parish News

Here's what we have for you in today's Post-Standard: Kids had a great time on opening day of the Oswego County Fair .

A historic church bell dating back to the 1860s has been returned to a Syracuse church after it was stolen Friday by two men planning to sell it as scrap metal, according to police.

When fire tore through the Parish Commons office complex in the Elmwood Village in November 2007, Dr.

Kicks Off Petition Drive To Bishop Cunningham Calling for Moratorium on Parish Reconfigurations July 2: The newly formed Council of Parishes Central New York mailed a letter to Bishop Cunningham along with the first batch of petitions calling for a moratorium on parish reconfigurations.

It was more than a fair day at the Oswego County Fair. It was a grand opening day, with the rainy weather holding off for the morning and into the afternoon.

MAHOPAC - Participants entered the sanctuary wearing colorful traditional costumes and bearing flags from around the world, including Poland, Italy, Ireland, Philippines, Portugal, Germany and Mexico.

Students begin the procession for the 2009 commencement exercises for Paul V. Moore H.S. at the OnCenter.

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The parishioners of St. Joseph Church in North Tonawanda regularly shipped food, clothes and furnishings to Nicaragua in support of a local woman's mission efforts in the impoverished nation.

HAVERSTRAW - Anthony Rinaldi can't bring himself to watch the video of his daughter's First Communion until her religious teachers admit they were wrong to charge him with harassment.

Oswego County's first case of the H1N1 virus reported this week was a baby who had four siblings attending Parish Elementary School.

Polly Jean Harvey stepped onto the stage slowly, gracefully, and barefoot, donning a silk dress that billowed in the draft coming through the large doors of the Beacon Theatre Tuesday night .

Hundreds poured into St. Mary's Church, Our Lady of the Falls to catch a glimpse of their newest religious leader.

Kathy M. McGee, 58, of 156 Melbourne Street, Vestal, NY, died Sunday evening, May 31, 2009 at her home.

Archbishop Timothy Dolan, who has developed a reputation of being charismatic and easygoing, visited Holy Name of Mary in the village yesterday to rededicate the Catholic church - and deliver a few one-liners. Pentecost Sunday's Mass carried a theme of renewal within the church and thanks to the parishioners who continue to come.

Investigator's with the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office are looking for a suspect who is believed to have robbed the Baskin Robbins Store in the 1100 block of E. Main Street.

Oswego County sheriff's deputies have arrested an Albion man in connection with a May 15 robbery outside the Key Bank in Parish.

Emergency service officials evacuated the Lafayette Parish Courthouse just before noon today after a commercial fire broke out on a roof at 202 W. Main Street in downtown Lafayette.

The Lincoln Parish Sheriff's Department says the suspect in a weekend killing is believed to have thrown the victim off a bridge in Richland Parish.

Advocates for immigrants in western New York held a prayer service Saturday afternoon in Buffalo.