James McDermott, the city garbage collector, lost a valuable equine last night from an attack of inflammation of the bowels. The best of veterinary aid was secured but it was unavailing.

July 19, 1946

Mike Bayus, twice city amateur champion and captain of the Highland Golf team, shattered all previous course records for an amateur golfer in Auburn when he toured the Highland course Thursday in a sizzling seven under par to break the course record by three strokes.

July 19, 1996

If the comments were anything to judge by, the initiative to build student housing on Genesee Street has a lot of community support. City residents packed City Council chambers Thursday night to hear city and development officials explain the scope of the project they have spent months pulling together. And when it was their turn to speak, business

owners and booster groups, residents, and college students praised the project.

July 19, 2001

Town Justice Barbara Decker is protesting the town board's decision to abolish the position of senior town justice, a title Decker believed she's earned. The town board got rid of the title, but not the justice slot, in June with the resignation of Town Justice Robert Forman, who held the job for several years. Decker believed that, with Forman's resignation, she should have assumed the senior role. Town officials abolished the title because they believed the designation created problems between the two judges.

- Linda Simmons