HAMMONDSPORT - Faced with sharply declining enrollment at Hammondsport Central School, district officials will close the Glenn H. Curtiss Middle School in September 2010. More...

An estimated three to four million cats and dogs are euthanized in shelters each year. That's one every eight seconds. It costs U.S. taxpayers and estimated 2 billion each year to round up, house, euthanize, and dispose of homeless animals. More...

Trespassing Steuben County Sheriff's deputies last week charged Adam Hosmer, 19, of County Route 8, Wheeler, with second degree criminal trespassing, unlawfully dealing with a child and fourth degree unlawfully dealing with a child. More...

Bath Rams places seventh in conference meet THE LEADER BATH - Hornell posted two event wins to finish third and Bath Haverling placed seventh in Saturday's, Feb 2, conference meet. Avon won overall, beating Honeoye Falls-Lima by 71 points. More...

• Several weeks ago I started an article on how to save your Thanksgiving-Christmas cactus for another holiday season. Well, finally, here's the rest! One can save a Christmas cactus for years, according to a story I read. Marty Hair of the Detroit Free Press revealed the secrets of Ara Bash... More...

CANANDAIGUA - Andrew Root loves birds. He has seven at his Irondequoit home and likes to watch the wild ones. Come Feb. 15, the sixth-grader will have his eyes peeled on the sky for downy woodpeckers, tufted titmice and whatever else flies by. More...

While the weather outside is definitely frightful, it is the environment inside your home that can affect the health of your family. More...

• Trista Partridge daughter, of Bill and Laurie Partridge, of Bath has been named to the Dean's List at Keuka College in Keuka Park. Partridge, a junior is studying Childhood Education. More...

BATH - Betty L. Button, 70, of Bath, passed away Sunday, Feb. 3, in the Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pennsylvania. Betty was born in Big Flats, the daughter of Howard L. and Bertha A. Brought Archer. Betty attended Big Flats and Corning area schools. She was married to Donald L. Button who pred... More...

When it comes to planning your wedding, you're no different. From your bridal registry to your wedding favors, you want to buck tradition. All you need are a few suggestions to point you in the right direction. More...

PEKIN, Ill. - Thousands of people see Mariam Graff's street murals every day. The whimsical style of her public tableaux, with ironic insight and layers of meaning, echoes in her private environment as well, with one notable shift in accent. More...