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A familiar restaurant on Owasco Lake is heading for uncharted waters in hopes of avoiding the fate met by many of its predecessors.

The Lakeside Grill at 2846 Fire Lane 1 in the town of Venice, most recently Charlie's Lakeside, is moving away from sit-down dining and toward special and ticketed events.

Bimbo Bakeries has notified its employees that it will close its Auburn facility, one of three bakeries the company will shut down in the next few months. 

In a statement, Bimbo Bakeries said it will close two New York bakeries — Auburn and Olean — and its facility in San Antonio, Texas. The closure will affect 49 employees in Auburn and 82 in Olean, according to a worker adjustment and retraining notification filed with the state Department of Labor. 

Wells College is closed and its accreditation has ended, but the school's former accreditor has some parting thoughts about the hasty process. 

The Middle States Commission on Higher Education has Wells College's recent action as an "unapproved institutional closure."

A Cayuga County road was closed following a 100-gallon fuel spill due to an 18-wheeler turnover on Wednesday. 

Cayuga County 911 dispatchers told Ë®¹ûÅÉAV that a call came in around noon about the turnover, which took place near 7334 Fuller Road in Montezuma.

The E. John Gavras Center has released an update on its plan to redevelop the former Cayuga Elementary School into housing.

In a Monday news release, the Auburn center announced that Wheat Street Apartments will consist of 47 affordable housing units for low- and moderate-income individuals and families. Located in the former school at 255 Wheat St. in the village of Cayuga, the development meets the New York state housing policy goal of serving large families in a high-performing school district, the center said.