Aug. 14, 1907

Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. TenEyck and children of Seymour Street had an exciting experience last evening while taking a trip in their motorboat on Owasco Lake. When near Burtis Point, the waves, which were very high, drifted the boat on to the shoals. Clarence Sherwood and Kenneth Moore, in camp at the lake, brought Mrs. TenEyck and the children ashore in a row boat.

Aug. 14, 1947

The greatest war in history came to an end two years ago today, with the surrender of Japan.

Aug. 14, 1997

WEEDSPORT - The Cayuga County Sheriff's Department auctions off the contents of Ace Hardware Friday. The department seized the property this week after store owners Ralph DeNardo and Tracy Mantz failed to meet their scheduled loan payments.

Aug. 14, 2002

Unless Tim Lattimore defeats Assemblyman Gary Finch in the Sept. 10 Republican primary, Lattimore won't have a shot at unseating the Springport incumbent. The state Board of Elections threw out Lattimore's petitions to run as a Democrat on Tuesday, saying he had only 407 of the necessary 500 valid signatures to get on the Democratic Party ticket for the new 123rd Assembly District. That same board validated his Republican petitions, allowing Lattimore to run on that party's ticket.

- Compiled by Linda Simmons