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The fifth annual Mohawk Valley Tattoo Expo will kick-off this Friday and will run through the weekend at Herkimer County Fairgrounds in Frankfort.
Over 35 tattoo artists and body piercers will be present at the event.
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.
A Michigan couple were driving on the freeway in Dearborn, Mich., when they saw a kitten tossed from a speeding car. Ronald Haas and Niel Rishoi quickly stopped and picked up the kitten, who surprisingly was OK other than being “scared and panicked.” The couple then adopted her and named her Dora.
Six months ago, Griffiss Utility Services Corp. said it might pull the plug on its $18 million biofuel project for tenants of Griffiss Business and Technology Park.
Now the project is going full steam ahead.
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.
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A man says he was bitten by a rattlesnake at a Wal-Mart in eastern Washington state. The man was in the outdoor gardening area and said he bent down to pick up a stick, but it turned out to be a rattlesnake. The snake wasn’t happy about being picked up and so bit the man, who was rushed to a hospital. The man survived but might have permanent damage to his hand.
For the school budget to pass in West Canada Valley, 60 percent of voters who go to the polls today have to say “Yes” to the proposed $14.2 million budget. That's because of the new so-called two percent tax cap law.
In the confusing calculation of the tax levy with the new law, anything over .82 percent, not two percent, needs a supermajority of West Canada Valley voters to approve.
On May 15, voters around the region will vote on their school districts' proposed budgets for 2012 - 2013. Here are the highlights of those plans and school board candidates.
For information on poll hours and locations, contact your local board of education office.
Assistant District Attorney Jeffrey Carpenter says he has been living his dream since joining the Herkimer County District Attorney’s Office in 2002.
But now, Carpenter hopes to take that dream to the next level: securing a spot as Herkimer County’s top prosecutor. The 10-year veteran of the DA’s Office officially announced his campaign for the position Monday. And since Carpenter says there’s no room for “on-the-job training” in this position, he believes his experience makes him most qualified to fill that role.
There once was talk of Oneida and Herkimer county jails merging.
Apparently, it’s not going to happen.
Residents, visitors and business owners soon will have access at their fingertips for the closest restaurant, auto repair shop or park among other Herkimer County hotspots.
Yes, there is an app for that.
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.
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A man who wishes to remain anonymous won a $1 million Powerball prize six times. He purchased six tickets using the same number and won the second prize of $1 million each time.
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