Sidney

Free Screenings with Bassett’s Mobile Mammography Coach in Sidney, New York on Tuesday, January 27, 2015.

Saturday, November 8, 2014 there will be a dinner and dance to help benefit construction of the new Sidney Veterans Memorial Park.  The night will feature a full roast beef dinner and then live music from the Short Change Band.  Cocktail hour will begin at 6:30 at the Sidney American Legion hall...

I was in my home town, Sidney, this week and I took a ride out to see how the new Amphenol manufacutrting plant was coming.  WOW..was I impressed. It seems just like yesterday I went down to take a look and all there was to be seen was a sign...

A roaring fire leveled the Hillcrest Skating Rink in Sidney over night.  The skating rink, an iconic business which has served five generations of Sidney skaters since the 1920s, was totally destroyed by the blaze.  Fire department units from more than a half dozen surrounding communities responded to aid the Sidney Fire Department. ...

In going through a bunch of my Dad's old things I came upon several of these old 'license plates."  I vaguely remember them, maybe from the early 1960s. But what are they?  Clearly they are not official license plates, but they obviously were meant to go on an automobile...

I took a ride through my hometown of Sidney, N.Y. yesterday to see how things are coming along at the new Amphenol plant.  Take a look at this video.  It is pretty amazing!

Residents of Sidney are invited to a meeting to learn about the community's plan to rebuild from flooding and to prevent flood problems in the future.

A fire in a pole barn Tuesday led to the evacuation of roughly 450 students from Sidney elementary and middle school to the high school gymnasium. School officials say a tractor was destroyed and the barn suffered smoke damage as the cause of the fire may have been the tractors battery but the investigation is ongoing.

The Amphenol Aerospace facility in Sidney, which has suffered tens of millions of dollars in damage since the floods of 2006, is preparing for Hurricane Sandy to impact the area.

On Tuesday, state police in Sidney arrested a John Balckburn, 24, of Oneonta, on a fugitive warrant for the charge of arson, issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.