Fayette

The Town Board of Fayette has created a law that will prohibit the commercial sale of marijuana. A hearing for the proposed law will be at 7 p.m. Sept. 9 during the regular board meeting ... more

A Fayette man was taken into custody after a theft investigation that happened over a two month period. Derek Baker, 36, of Fayette was charged with two felony counts of grand larceny, according to the ... more

Everyone expected a federal representative to appear before the Seneca County Board of Supervisors, but were met with a surprise — a sachem chief instead.  Sam George, sachem chief of the Cayuga Nation’s Bear Clan, ... more

A few days after the arraignment of Fayette's Charles Bowman at the Seneca Falls Town Court on Wednesday, July 13, criminal defense attorney John Alder Stevens says Seneca County District Attorney Mark Sinkiewicz has “turned ... more

The United Way Seneca County is back this year with their Fill the Bus school supply drive after having a year off due to the pandemic. The event will be held at the Fayette Fire ... more

Democrats in the town of Waterloo with select candidates for the elections in November at a caucus held July 16 at 7 p.m. at Chairman Ted Young's home. The party will be looking for nominations ... more

The Town Board in Fayette will hold a special meeting at 4:30 p.m. to discuss the consideration of placing a referendum on this November's ballot. The meeting will take place in the municipal building on ... more

Summer excursion programs will be organized by New York State along the Erie Canal. The series of events will be called "On the Canals." Plans include six free outdoor activities, two of which will be ... more

No injuries were reported after a Memorial Day crash at the intersection of State Route 96 and County House Road in Fayette, but one person was charged with DWI. Deputies say that on May 30 ... more

The Fayette Rural Cemetery has been around since the 1800s, and until recently has not had accessible water. Residents have needed to bring jugs of water to he cemetery in order to maintain gravesites. The ... more

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled a unanimous decision — enshrining the right for tribal police officers to temporarily detain non-Indigenous travelers who are carrying out crimes while venturing along highways that traverse reservation lands ... more

It’s already been a straight week of nights since last Tuesday when almost 100 activists from all across the Finger Lakes agreed to sleeping outdoors on Cayuga Nation-owned soil in Seneca County — and their ... more

A recently concluded Seneca County grand jury has seemingly resulted in two criminal charges being filed against Fayette's Charles R. Bowman, 47. Bowman has been charged with criminal trespass in the third-degree and third-degree assault ... more

Just days before a grand jury assembles in Seneca County to start collecting testimonies that can eventually lead to criminal charges, a FingerLakes1.com investigation has revealed that the Cayuga Nation of New York has never ... more

The summons and subpoenas have been sent and a grand jury is gearing up in Seneca County to present criminal charges and potentially resolve a longstanding miscarriage of justice — in the eyes of one ... more

The Seneca County Health Department is hosting a COVID vaccine clinic on Friday, March 19 at the Canoga Fire House. Initially, it was only open to select frontline workers. It has since been expanded to ... more

“They were never charged. They never received any citation whatsoever.” Travis John, a member of the Seneca Nation, is just one of three men who had been allegedly arrested by the Cayuga Nation Police Department ... more

Andy Brown has resigned from his post in the Waterloo Highway Department. He officially resigned from his water and sewer maintainer job with the town's highway department on Monday, according to the Finger Lakes Times ... more

The Seneca County Police Reform and Community Reinvention Committee, being led by leading Criminal Justice Officials and the Criminal Justice Advisory Board continues to move towards a reform that is effective and meaningful to respective ... more

On Tuesday FingerLakes1.com hosted a live-streamed debate between two candidates for New York State Assembly District 131. The district, which includes Ontario and Seneca counties has had a single representative for two decades. At the ... more

On Thursday afternoon at approximately 4:40 pm the Seneca Falls Police Department issued a local law citation to Jonathan M. Tohafjian, age 28, of Fayette, following a Local Law complaint. Police were called to the ... more