Voters in the Oppenheim-Ephratah School District defeated the budget proposition Tuesday night by more than a two to one margin, sending district officials back to the drawing board.
Results showed 275 people voted no on the $8.5 million budget while 104 voted yes.
AARP Chapter No. 4367 donated two park benches to the city of Little Falls on Monday.
The benches were placed at Sabin Park next to St. Paul’s Universalist Church on Albany Street.
Julia Jaikin said she has witnessed drivers distracted with their cell phone or electronic device.
Jaikin said this was the inspiration behind her Gold Award project for Girl Scouts, as she arranged a safety course where students would be tested with their abilities to text while driving.
Mavrick Crews helped art teachers Tammy Roorda and Wendy Rockwell hang pieces of art by students in the Little Falls City School District on Monday in preparation for Tuesday’s show.
Crews, an eleventh grader, has two pieces that will be among the 500 works on display.
Manufacturing in Herkimer County is getting a jolt.
By mid-July, ELG Utica Alloys will occupy one of two former Herkimer Distribution buildings in the village, bringing its 85 employees from its Rome and Utica facilities to the county.
