Since 1963 the Herkimer County BOCES School of Practical Nursing has been preparing students for a career as a licensed practical nurse. With a recent upgrade in its campus at 295 W. Main St., Ilion, the program is well on its way to continuing that tradition.

Little Falls High School has been removed from the New York State Education Department’s list of schools in need of improvement.
Under No Child Left Behind, schools receiving Title I funds that do not make adequate yearly progress for two consecutive years in the same subject and grade-level with one or more groups of students are designated as schools in need of improvement.
Little Falls High School had previously been identified as needing improvement because less than 95 percent of the entire student body took the required mathematics examinations and not because of low test scores.

One of the New York State Division of Parole’s most wanted fugitives was apprehended in Little Falls.

Former Little Falls City Court Judge Edward J. Rose was honored by the Common Council Tuesday, as Mayor Bob Peters presented the current city attorney a plaque naming the Little Falls City Court the Edward J. Rose Court Facility.

Last week’s initiative to clean the streets of the city of Little Falls was a success, so much so that Alderwoman Teresa Lee said that the program will continue this Friday and next, with the seventh and eighth grade students at Little Falls Middle School again participating.

With warmer temperatures and increased hours of daylight, more and more youth are utilizing the village of Dolgeville’s basketball court. And with the good of giving young adults a healthy outlet for physical activity, comes the bad of increased garbage and trash.