Facing a steadily declining in-home services’ client list, county Public Health Department officials recently decided to layoff almost a quarter of the program’s home health aides.

The job fair Saturday at Herkimer County Community College opened at 9 a.m., and people began showing up a half hour early, wanting to stand out to local employers.
But with almost one in ten Herkimer County residents unemployed, it would take more than just being the first in line to land a job from a handful of area companies and agencies offering work.

Chris Maine made his own snowmaker for the science fair at Herkimer County Community College Saturday.
What did he learn?
“I figured out snowmaking is not as easy as it looks,” said Maine, who is a 8th grader at Mohawk Valley Christian Academy in Little Falls.

The Frankfort-Schuyler Central School Board of Education moved the location of tonight's meeting  to Reese Road Elementary School. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m.

A 25-year-old Jamestown man was injured Monday when he lost control of his snowmobile and struck a tree outside of the town of Boonville, according to state police reports.

A 22-year-old Oriskany woman died in an accident Saturday when her snowmobile sank in the Fulton Chain of Lakes, according to Webb police.