Category: Auburn

The Auburn Fire Department is urging electric bike and scooter owners to take precautions when charging and storing their devices, warning that damaged or defective lithium-ion batteries can overheat, catch fire or … more

Voters in the Seymour Public Library District will decide Oct. 21 whether to approve a $1,209,783 operating budget for 2027. The proposal would raise $1,150,183 through property taxes, up $54,770, or 5%, … more

Auburn City Council approved new stop controls at three intersections and a ban on parking unhitched trailers on city streets Thursday, while a downtown business owner returned to press for changes to the … more

A Cayuga County jury has convicted a former Auburn Correctional Facility inmate of four counts of second-degree assault for attacking two correction officers in the prison hospital. Nashane Peterkin was found … more

Auburn residents pressed City Council on Thursday to make information about rental properties easier to find, saying prospective tenants need a clearer way to check a building’s condition and a landlord’s history … more

Two recent Auburn City Council decisions returned to the center of Thursday’s meeting. A nearly $1 million police technology agreement that some council members now want to examine more closely, and a … more

A Cayuga County jury convicted a former Auburn Correctional Facility inmate Thursday of four counts of second-degree assault for injuring two correction officers in the prison hospital. Nashane Peterkin bit a correction … more

Chemung Canal Trust Company plans to adopt the name Canal Bank & Trust, N.A., bringing its branches and its Capital Bank and Canal Bank divisions under one name. The change will affect … more

On Thursday, Auburn City Council held it's first regularly scheduled meeting of the month at city hall. The session was streamed live its website and can be watched back on-demand here. … more

An Auburn man was charged after deputies said he broke a laptop and threw a television remote during a domestic incident, narrowly missing a 1-year-old child. Jayden Sylvester, 20, was arrested Monday … more

Auburn City Council will consider a ban on parking unhitched trailers on city streets and in public parking lots when it meets tonight. Council members are also scheduled to vote on stop … more

An Auburn man faces a felony aggravated family offense charge after police said he prevented a victim from leaving an apartment and assaulted the person during a domestic dispute. Dwight T. Williams … more

A man was charged with three felonies after police said he pulled a stethoscope across an emergency department nurse's throat at Auburn Community Hospital, making it difficult for the nurse to breathe. … more

A mix of crash data, school pedestrian traffic and neighborhood complaints is driving a proposal to change traffic control at three Auburn intersections. City Council heard the first reading Thursday of an … more

For a small number of Auburn homeowners with severe service-connected disabilities, their city property tax bill could disappear beginning next year. City Council voted unanimously Thursday to opt into a new state-authorized … more

Cayuga County residents 14 and older can vote Thursday on which of four youth-focused projects receives $75,000 from the Central New York Community Foundation. The choices range from a drop-in center and … more

Auburn has proclaimed Sept. 25 Joe Guggemos Remembrance Day, honoring a lifelong city resident whose service in both world wars is the subject of a new book by local author Kathleen DeJoy-Genkos. Mayor … more

Auburn’s debate over police surveillance technology resurfaced Thursday, this time around the city’s recently approved Axon contract for body cameras, Tasers and digital evidence services. Two residents used public comment to question … more

United Way of Cayuga County is collecting personal-care donations through Oct. 16 and inviting residents to an October lineup that includes a hygiene drive, reading activities and its annual breakfast program in Auburn. … more