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Monday, April 22, 2013  The village of Canastota is the first official "Trail Town" along New York's stretch of the North Country Trail

Sunday, March 17, 2013  A Canastota man is dead after his vehicle drove off the road and hit several trees before rolling over on Route 31 in the Town of Verona at 10:25 am on Friday, March 15, according to State Police.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013  Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the state will spend $3.6 million to create four new food distribution hubs across upstate New York, creating 150 jobs and giving farmers new opportunities to get their products to consumers.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  James Mason, of Canastota, won $5 million from a New York Lottery scratch-off ticket.

Monday, December 10, 2012  The late Arturo Gatti and five-time world champion Virgil Hill have been elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

Wednesday, November 07, 2012  Carmen Basilio, a genial onion farmer's son with a malevolent left hook who wrested the world middleweight boxing crown from Sugar Ray Robinson in 1957, has died. He was 85.

Monday, October 15, 2012  It's not every day you see a horse running down the New York State Thruway. But that's what an upstate couple saw as they drove in the westbound lanes of Interstate 90 east of Syracuse.

Monday, October 08, 2012  Bee Man Candle Company, a Canastota beeswax candle company, won Martha Stewart's American Made small business awards.

Friday, October 05, 2012  Central New York police officers could be spotted on rooftops across CNY on Friday but they weren't investigating crimes, they were raising money for a good cause.

Thursday, October 04, 2012  More than 200 kids from across Madison and Oneida counties turned out for this year’s Special Olympics autumn games.

Wednesday, October 03, 2012  A representative from the Department of Homeland Security provided training for local law enforcement agencies to help them properly handle people under the influence of synthetic drugs.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012  A candle company from Canastota is leading a national small business competition sponsored by Martha Stewart.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012  Police say 19-year-old Jacob Kern, of Rome, was arrested after troopers received a report of a possible drunk driver at the Canastota interchange, exit 34, of the Thruway.

Saturday, June 09, 2012  The Canastota community came together Saturday evening at a benefit dance to support the families who were victims of a car accident about three weeks ago.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012  Deputies in Madison County say that 22-year-old Jessie Eisenhut, of Waterville, pulled his pickup truck off the side of River Road in the Town of Lebanon around 5:00am Wednesday morning. The truck had run out of gas.