Dec. 4, 1917

Word was received in Auburn yesterday that three of the most prominent young men of the city had arrived in France. These three men are Albert N. Cleveland, Glenn B. Coye and Williard Monroe.

Dec. 4, 1937

British ship on Mercy errand was fired on. Chief officer killed, others wounded in attack near Shanghia. Japs apologize to U.S. Marines.

Dec. 4, 1997

OWASCO - The Emerson Park pavilion is aglow with

holiday lights. The Chamber of Commerce of Auburn and Cayuga County will present its second annual Festival of Trees this week.

Dec. 4, 2002

STERLING - Mary Stivers first met Robert Goodsell when they were about 5 years old and their families were neighbors in the village of Weedsport. “I didn't like him, by the way,” she recalls more than 70 years later. She grew to love him immensely, however, and that love helped her keep the faith even when community gossips hinted the late Sterling justice may have embezzled thousands of dollars from the town court he had overseen for 14 years. But after a 10-month investigation by state police and the Cayuga County District Attorney's office, former Court Clerk Noreen Kaltenborn was arrested Nov. 21 for embezzling as much as $24,000 in court money from 1999 through 2002.

- Compiled by Linda Simmons