Sterling News

You'd think it's the rare kid who'll get excited about a bunch of actors dressed up in Elizabethan costumes, pretending they live in Shakespeare's time as they stroll through an outdoor fair while musicians perform period music on period instruments.

Each summer, the town of Sterling, NY is transformed to a festival atmosphere of Elizabethan days gone by.

It's finally getting to be more like summer now, with temperatures inching up into the 80s and even high 80s.

Tioga County legislators want to see the state honor Vietnam veterans by naming state Route 38 after them.

The Sterling Renaissance Festival opens the weekend of July 4 and 5 this year, but will rock on an extra weekend with a music festival.

That "stay-cation" you were planning to take at a New York state park just got a little more complicated.

Many may remember Charley Orlando as the front-man for the psychedelic /folk groove acoustic duo Dexter Grove, who courageously played more than 250+ shows a year for almost ten years straight.

Ed Dodge hopped in the seat of his Suzuki four-wheeler and looked back at his passenger to make sure he was comfortable in his "geargo" one of two homemade two-wheel carts made out of old 55-gallon plastic ...

Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 5:32 p.m. SYRACUSE -- A young teacher who grew up in Sterling, New York is not asking for support for a school for poor children in Mombasa, Kenya.