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For the Seneca Harbor Menu specials, click here or on the logo below.

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Senka Agency

We go to great lengths for our loved ones, working hard to provide them with a life filled with happiness. But what if you died tomorrow and were unable to provide for your family?

Life insurance cannot put your family's life back to what it was. But it can keep them in the lifestyle they've always known.

How much life insurance do you need to protect your loved ones?

The Senka Agency

Main Street, Odessa, NY Telephone 607-594-3335.

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Click here or on the logo below to go to the Action Real Estate website.

218 S. Franklin St., Watkins Glen, New York 14891

Call the Action Team: Wally Burnett and Dave Louch at (607) 535-4222

email: actionateam@gmailcom

This week's feature home:
3 Catlin Drive, Beaver Dams.
Great home, Great Price.
3 Bedroom, modern kitchen,
landscaped corner lot.
Asking $119,900

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Click on the ad above to visit the Visions Credit Union web site -- you deserve a financial partner that has your best interest in mind!

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Click on the ad below to go to the Red Newt website.

Current Menu at WWW.REDNEWT.COM

3675 Tichenor Road, Hector NY (607)546-4100

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To visit The Great Escape Ice Cream Store's website, click here or on the photo below.

The Great Escape Ice Cream Store, 221 S. Franklin St., Watkins Glen, 607-535-7354

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For your convenience, we have installed the link below to make donations to this website easier. Now you can utilize your PayPal account or your credit card.

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To reach the Rosemary's Legacy vacation rental website, click here or on the ad below:

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Click on the ad below to go to the United Way of Schuyler County website.

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Menu

Now -- for a full Savard's menu, click on the ad above or click here.

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New Image Hair Net Work, Inc., 107 11th St., Watkins Glen

Lorraine Hallenbeck, Salon Owner

Offering tanning packages. For details, go to the New Image page by clicking here.

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Curly's Restaurant is a page sponsor -- of our People Page. People.

Other page sponsors:

Business -- Sidle Insurance

Sports -- Learn Motor Co.

Features -- Cabins to Castles Real Estate

Government -- Attorney Daniel Fitzsimmons

Schools -- Watkins Sporting Goods

Forum -- Glen Harbor Marina

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To reach the FOWL website, click on the logo above.

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To go to Jim Guild's Famous Brands website, click on the drawing above or here.

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To reach the Odessa Government Page, click here or on the logo below.

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Click on the ad below to go to Schuyler Hospital's website.

Hector Fair, Italian Fest are under way The annual Italian-American Festival started Friday and runs through Sunday, August 1, at Clute Park in Watkins Glen. Festival. The 52nd annual Hector Fair opened Thursday and runs through tonight (Saturday). Hector

And inside:

--The Tuttle-Neumire team takes first place at the 6th annual James Anagnost Memorial Golf Tournament. Sports.
--CMOG seeks tour guides. Features.
--Recent headline stories. Recent.
--Chamber of Commerce committee awards 3 scholarships. Schools.
--Watkins Glen graduation photos are here. And O-M's graduation photos are here.
--O-M's prom photos are here. WG's are here.

Click on the ad below to reach the Arc's Facebook Page.

Want to e-mail this website? Just click below.

publisher@odessafile.com

Grant will spur study of alternative energy The Watkins Glen School District received an $86,300 Appalachian Regional Commission grant Tuesday to be used to incorporate the study of renewable energy into the high school curriculum. Grant.

A walk along the shoreline ... The editor, in the waning days of vacation, takes a walk and encounters an old acquaintance and a foraging deer. Plus, another honor is achieved by a local soccer standout. Column.

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Anyone caring to advertise may contact the publisher, Charlie Haeffner, at publisher@odessafile.com for information and rates.

Village Wide Rummage Sale

Village of Odessa

Saturday, August 7th

8am – 2pm

Warriors fall to Syracuse Shock The Southern Tier Warriors minor league football team saw its season record slip to 2-2 Saturday night with a 27-12 loss to the Syracuse Shock on Odessa-Montour's Charles Martin Field..The Warriors return to action at Martin Field on Saturday, July 31 against the undefeated Glove Cities Colonials. Kickoff time is 7:30 p.m. Warriors.

The Inn at Glenora and Veraisons Restaurant has a full-service lounge! They are open daily, serving local beers, wines & liquors! For more information, please click here.

Race tickets go to Glen man in raffle A fund-raiser by Schuyler Ambulance ends with a Watkins Glen man winning two NASCAR tickets. People.

Welliver, Glenora are Vintage GP sponsors Welliver McGuire and Glenora Wine Cellars are the new sponsors for the Glenora Wine Cellars U.S. Vintage Grand Prix presented by Welliver-McGuire, Sept. 10-12 at WGI. Business.

Fittipaldi looks out over the WGI track from atop the main grandstand. (Photo provided)

Fittipaldi visits WGI, Watkins Glen Former Formula 1 and CART racing champion Emerson Fittipaldi was at Watkins Glen International and in Watkins Glen July 14 in connection with a documentary he is shooting. Fittipaldi.

Library closed for a week

The Dutton S. Peterson Memorial Library in Odessa is closed this week (July 24-July 31) for building renovations. New doors, windows, central air, and insulation are being installed. The library is scheduled to reopen on Monday, August 2, at 2:00 p.m.

See Public Service Announcements on our PSA page here.

For other recent Schuyler County news, click here.

Want to contact us?

You can write to: P.O. Box 365, Odessa, NY 14869

You can call: (607) 594-3594

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For other recent Schuyler County news, click here.

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In order to visit the E.C. Cooper website, click here. To visit the FLFCC website, click here.

Montage Italian Grill

Best Lake View Dining -- Open for the season

Serving lunch and dinner daily, available for rehearsal dinners, parties, and other celebrations.

Call for window table reservations at 607-535-2706

Located at the Glen Motor Inn, north of Watkins Glen on Rt. 14. For more information, click on the photo above or here.

Visit Jerlando's Ristorante & Pizzeria Three locations: in Watkins Glen, Horseheads and Montour Falls Click here or on the photo at left to go to the Jerlando's website. There you will find information about all three locations, plus menus. Left: The front of the recently renovated Jerlando's at Franklin and 4th Streets, Watkins Glen

Looking to advertise?

We have some attractive ad rates for just about any need. For a list of the rates, see Advertising.

To visit the Chamber of Commerce website, click here or on the logo above.

Check out the VTO menu on this website That's right. We have the Village Take-Out's comprehensive food-price list. For details, see Menu.

Large Cheese Pizza, 4-9 p.m. Wednesdays, $6.99

Public Service
Announcements ...

... now have their own page. To see them, click here.

The Marcellus Watch In his latest column about drilling in the Marcellus Shale formation, journalist Peter Mantius of Burdett writes that a new DEC policy divides the state into “haves” and “have-nots.” Column. Left: Peter Mantius

Death Notice: James Kaiser James Kaiser, 67, of Beaver Dams -- a U.S. Marine Corps veteran -- died July 11. According to his wishes there are no funeral services. For the complete obituary, see People.

The latest column by State Sen. George Winner State Senator George Winner graces our pages with a column produced from his Albany office -- a regular feature. This week the subject is “Upstate Jobs Plan." Winner.   Left: State Senator George Winner

O-M unveils honor roll The 6th Marking Period Honor Rolls for Odessa-Montour's Middle and High Schools have been released. See them here.

And the benefit quilt winner is ... The winning name for the quilt that Katrina Decker made for the Devon Shaw benefit raffle was picked recently by Katrina's daughter, Gabrielle -- and the winner was Watkins Glen Mayor Judy Phillips. Nearly $850 was raised through the raffle, designed to help defray expenses incurred by 16-year-old Devon's family as he battles cancer. Left: Gabrielle Decker picks the quilt winner. (Photo provided)

Area youths participate in annual Boys' State A number of Schuyler County high school students were among the graduates of the 74th annual Boys' State program held recently at Morrisville State College. People.

Johnston Sr. named WGHS football coach Michael Johnston Sr. -- a former Horseheads athletic director and former Odessa-Montour principal -- was appointed head football coach at Watkins Glen High School July 7th by the Watkins Glen School Board. The board also re-elected Brian O'Donnell to his second one-year term as School Board president, while Mike Myers was re-elected as Board vice president. Football..

For a summary of the School Board meeting, click here.

And also:

The latest Liz Fraboni photos are here.

For Corning Community College news, click here.

Area schools' Honor Rolls are here.

Area historical photos can be found on History.

For the Village of Odessa's latest Water Quality Report, click here.

For other recent Schuyler County news, click here.

Click here or on the ad above to reach the Schuyler County Partnership for Economic Development website

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Click on the photo above to go to the Vedder & Scott Funeral Home page.

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The Corning Community College Alumni Association will host Reunion 2010 on Friday, Sept. 10 through Sunday, Sept. 12. CCC.

For more CCC news, click here

Click on the logo above to go to the CCC website, or click here.

CCC Phones: (607) 962-9CCC
(800) 358-7171 NY & PA

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Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 30-31 and August 1, 2010 at Clute Memorial Park, Rt. 414, Watkins Glen. See our website for details here.

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Check out the
Verizon DROID
at Cronk Press Inc.,
332 W. Main St.,
Montour Falls NY
(607) 535-9595 or
(607) 227-5060

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52nd Annual

Hector Fair is

July 29-30-31

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108 N. Franklin St., Watkins Glen

Click here for the House of Hong menu

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Click here or on the ad below to go to the League of Women Voters website.

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The Elizabeth Amisano Ovarian Cancer Education Fund
Live Like Liz, Inc.
P.O. Box 434
Watkins Glen NY 14891
www.LiveLikeLiz.org
LiveLikeLiz@yahoo.com

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Sponsors' Page Check out our list of readers who have contributed to keeping this site going. Sponsors. The number of visits to this site has been steadily growing -- more than 3,000 daily, and more than 20,000 a week -- as readers in 48 states and dozens of countries check out what's happening in Schuyler County. Statistics are from an online tracking service, DeepMetrix Live Stats.

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An eternal message of lights, hope and faith The week following Susan Haeffner's passing was fraught with signs -- most of them light-based, and one in the form of a vision. Here the editor relives those days in an effort to pass along a message of hope and faith. Message. Above: The Aurora Borealis (From the Internet--as seen in Scandinavia)

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A book titled "A Walk Through Watkins Glen: Water's Sculpture in Stone" by Tony Ingraham is on sale at stores and shops in Watkins Glen and Ithaca.

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