Provided Photo Former NBA player Carmelo Anthony, who led Syracuse University to its only men’s basketball championship in 2003, bought a 58-acre property in Brookfield. Yes, that Brookfield. Anthony posted a video of himself riding around the property on a four-wheeler and saying he bought what he named Stay Me7O Farm as a sanctuary for his family. Anthony paid $680,000, according to his Facebook page. The property includes a small pond, where in his video Anthony wraps up h

Waterville Central School District again received the top ranking in its annual audit by an outside firm. Tricia Lucas from D’Arcangelo and Co. reviewed the audit by her firm at last week’s WCS Board of Education meeting. Lucas said new government standard changed the definition of major funds. Three of Waterville’s, including debt service and the lunch fund, are now considered non-major. “You have an unmodified opinion,” Lucas said, “which is the highest level. It’s a nice c

Last week’s Town of Kirkland Board meeting saw residents come with concerns for Board members to address. Kellogg Street resident Scott Murray outlined his concerns on the Town’s zoning process. (Murray’s statement in detail can be found on Page 3.) After neighbors opposed his idea to put used fire trucks for sale on his land, Murray said he tried to withdraw his application given to the Town’s Zoning Board of Appeals. “I was told I couldn’t withdraw it,’’ Murray said. Since

Join the Waterville Historical Society on Saturday, October 24th for their annual Spirits & Specters of Waterville program. Meet at the Waterville Historical Society, 220 E. Main Street, for this guided luminary lit walking tour of the Waterville Cemetery, where you will meet spirits of Waterville’s past such as David Edwards, Alonzo King, Harry N. Candee, Nathan Chesebro and Charlemagne and Nellie Tower. Tours start every half hour beginning at 6 p.m. with the last tour leav

With people filling all the chairs, standing along the walls and crowding in the hallway at Lumbard Hall, the Clinton Village Board again heard how a study on options for the Wastewater Treatment Plant has opposition. Before the public spoke Mayor Elizabeth Tantillo reviewed some facts about the WW Treatment Plant, which is almost 50 years old. Some of the sewage treated becomes clean enough water to go into the creek, while the sludge is taken to the landfill in Ava. Tantill

Provided Photo Down to five, he’s still alive. Waterville graduate Caleb King not only is one of five bakers still going in the Food Network’s Halloween Baking Championship, but last week his Haunted Heat creation was one of two rated High by the judges. This week’s Episode Six theme is Masters of the Macabre.