The employees of the sole leather room of Dunn and McCarthy's shoe shop have been laid off until Thursday next. The men had too great a lead over the remainder of the shop.

Sept. 4, 1951

Voters in the Union Springs School District will vote on the proposed $837,500 building program bond issue of the district at the central school. Tax rates will rise about $4 per $1,000 worth of assessed valuation. If the new building program is approved by the voters.

Sept. 4, 1996

Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center is two-thirds of the way to having all three levels of government cut its funding in one year. First, it saw a $10,000 cut from the Institute for Museum Services, a federal agency providing support for the nation's museums. Then came a cut from the New York State Council on the Arts. Now a cut from the city is eminent, as the city council struggles through a $1.7 million budget shortfall. Schweinfurth is one of 13 not-for-profit agencies that were listed for proposed reductions on a city council resolution that was pulled from consideration by Councilor Melina Carnicelli.

Sept. 4, 2001

The Diocese of Syracuse will wait for a miracle before it investigates Mary Reilly's claims that she communicates with the Virgin Mary in the grotto behind St. Mary's of the Lake Church in Skaneateles. Danielle Cummings, spokeswoman for the diocese, said Reilly must first hear a call to build a new church, someone must be healed or the Virgin must instruct a new method of prayer before the diocese will step in. If one of those things happen, the diocese would likely begin its investigation by asking Reilly to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.

- Linda Simmons