Provided Photo The Waterville boys modified seventh grade basketball team went unbeaten this season at 13-0. Members of the team were Aiden Wilcox, Montez Jackson, Tyler Edick, Jackson Warner, Cuyler Ruane, Jonah Pasco, Hayden McNamara, Chase Carney, Armanii Morey, Ben Broedel. Tom Trevisani was the coach.

Provided Photo The Waterville Historical Society hosted a Jeopardy Night of local historical facts with participants playing in teams. This week WHS will celebrate its 60th year with a Gala.

The March 10 meeting of the Marshall Town Board opened with approval of the minutes of the February meeting. The meeting was chaired by Superintendent Colleen Baldwin. The floor was then opened to public comment. That time was mostly taken up with comment on the Blueberry Brook situation on Van Hyning Road and questions of permits which had been issued by former Codes Enforcer Officer Gary Shreppel but never filed nor revoked. There was no business before the Planning Board.

At the annual reorganizational meeting the Oriskany Falls Village Board passed next year’s budget, adjusted some policies and extended the time for a resident to fix a water leak. No members of the public attended the public hearing on the 2026-27 budget that begins June 1. Not much changed in spending from this year to next; in fact, expenses are projected to drop a little under $1,000, to $565,608. In revenue, next year the state funding for roads is expected to drop about

The 2026-27 budget for the Village of Waterville carries a 3.9 percent tax levy increase. Also at the meeting it was announced that the Village was awarded a grant of up to $1.3 million from the EFC Bond Act to continue Big Creek work from where creek work stopped last year near Stewart’s to just past the Sewer Plant. Work will be done in 2007 and 2028. The Village will need to provide a 10% match of the final amount spent. All expenses will need to paid up front by the Villa

From the beginning of forming their group, those involved with Kirkland Trails knew what they wanted to do. “Our mission was clear,’’ said now KT President Chip Bassett. “Since 2018 we’ve been moving in the same direction.’’ The goal of the volunteer group was to create a multi- use recreation trail from Deansboro to Clark Mills, giving the Town of Kirkland a path from the south end of the town to the north. The group also wanted to follow the history of transportation throug

Kids around the area took part in several Easter Egg hunts, finding thousands of brightly colored plastic eggs, and for the lucky few, the golden ones to win prizes. Cold weather on Palm Sunday weekend moved the hunts in Oriskany Falls inside to the Clark Memorial Library and in the Town of Augusta, in the Town Hall. More photos, Pages 6 and 7.