The Waterville Historical Society announced reservations are being accepted for its 60th Anniversary Gala April 18 at The Stately on Main, Waterville. Tickets are $40 per person or $70 per couple and include a buffet dinner, one drink ticket per person and music provided by The Tweedlers. The event will include a program highlighting Waterville Historical Society’s history in the community, honor past presidents and a silent auction. A cash bar will be available for additiona

Waterville Village Board members agreed to repair the siren on the heavy rescue truck in the Waterville Fire Department. Also during the meeting last week Board members approved going over the state tax levy increase for the 2026- 27 budget if needed. No one spoke at the public hearing. WFD Chief Jarod Waufle said the siren on the five-year truck was damaged from road winter salt. Bids for the new siren came in at $3,600 and $4,500, from the same company, depending on which o

The Town of Kirkland Board met Monday evening to discuss new business. Kirkland Senior Center Director Sharleen Machold spoke to the Board about the Senior Center's schedule and plans through the summer. Town of Kirkland Supervisor Garry Colarusso thanked Machold for her efforts with the Senior Center. The Board received emails from residents about participating in a solar array program. "I'm a firm believer in our Planning Board," Colarusso said. "We'll let them sort out wha

When the movie version of Wicked came to the theaters, designated showings encouraged people to sing alone. In the latest musical by Clinton High School, it was impossible to sit there quietly and not join in with the cast on those classic songs from the musical Grease. Clinton Music Department students pulled out all the stops as they used their knowledge of teenagers in the 2020s to portray teens in the late 1950s. A simpler time, before things got messy with Vietnam and as

In 1998 Tom Firsching and his young family moved to Clinton, finding a house on Fountain Street. A few years later, Firsching attended a Clinton Village Board meeting. He had concerns about speeding on his street. His appearance generated a phone call from Board member John Crossley, who asked Firsching to serve on a new committee to look at speeding in the village. Firsching said yes. He said yes again in 2006 when Crossley asked him to fill a vacancy on the Clinton Historic

According to the Oneida County Sheriff’s Department, two teens have been arrested due to involvement in a burglary Nov. 28, 2025, at Waterville Junior-Senior High School. School officials called OCSO when they returned from Thanksgiving break Dec. 1 to find a classroom window had been broken and their concession stand had been damaged. Members of the Oneida County Sheriff's Office Patrol division, Forensic Identification Unit and Juvenile Aid Unit responded to the scene to in

The Madison boys varsity basketball season ended Wednesday night with a 72- 63 loss to Oriskany in the Class D Semifinals at Rome Free Academy. Madison finished the season at 18-5. OCS won the opening jump ball and made a layup. Noah Mudge assisted Lucas Neff on a layup. OCS made a three, leading to a MCS offensive foul. Mudge grabbed a defensive rebound before a MCS turnover out of bounds. Justin LaMunion grabbed a defensive rebound, and Neff assisted LaMunion on a layup. La