David Wilcox

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Parole granted to man who killed 18-year-old Auburn student in 2016 DWI crash

1 week ago | auburnpub.com | David Wilcox

The New York State Parole Board has granted an early release to the man convicted of killing an 18-year-old Auburn student while driving drunk in the summer of 2016. In a news release Tuesday, Cayuga County District Attorney Brittany Grome Antonacci said Dain Schneider, 41, was released April 30 "in the face of strong opposition from this office and the community."Schneider killed student Chloe Calhoun on East Lake Road in Owasco, just outside Tom Thumb Drive-In, on July 17, 2016.
Auburn theater gets $50K state grant for building improvements

1 week ago | auburnpub.com | David Wilcox

An Auburn theater is one of 134 recipients of more than $86 million in state funding to strengthen its arts infrastructure. Auburn Public Theater will receive a $50,000 grant from the New York State Council on the Arts' Capital Projects Fund for exterior building and sign repair, according to a news release.
NYS announces start of bridge replacement in Cayuga County

2 weeks ago | auburnpub.com | David Wilcox

The New York State Department of Transportation announced Friday that work is now underway on a $24 million bridge replacement project in Cayuga County. The project will replace the five-span bridge built in 1963 that carries Route 34 over the Seneca River, from the town of Brutus in the south to the town of Cato in the north. A new three-span steel girder bridge will be built about 7 feet east of the current one, with new navigation lights, signs and pavement markings.
Preview: The Rev's 'Jesus Christ Superstar' is 'imaginative,' full of 'genuinely human dilemmas'

2 weeks ago | auburnpub.com | David Wilcox

As the son of its lyricist, Donald Rice couldn't direct "Jesus Christ Superstar" for the first time in just any theater. He needed the right one to help him do justice to the 1971 rock opera written by his father, Tim Rice, and fellow legend Andrew Lloyd Webber. In The Rev Theatre Company in Auburn, Donald Rice found that theater. His production of "Jesus Christ Superstar" will open The Rev's 2025 season Wednesday at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse.
Auburn PD investigating stabbing at Seymour, Holley streets

2 weeks ago | poststar.com | David Wilcox

A woman has been arrested for allegedly stabbing two people Tuesday night in Auburn. Kelli Vroman, 39, of Auburn, was taken into custody that night after hiding in the attic of her residence on Liberty Street, the Auburn Police Department said in a news release Wednesday. The department said that officers from Auburn, as well as the Cayuga County Sheriff's Office and New York State Police, responded to a 911 call about the stabbing in the area of Seymour and Holley streets.
Auburn PD investigating stabbing at Seymour, Holley streets

2 weeks ago | auburnpub.com | David Wilcox

The Auburn Police Department is investigating a stabbing that took place Tuesday night in the area of Seymour and Holley streets. Police Chief Matthew Androsko told The Citizen one person has been detained, and both the scene and the investigation remain active. There is no threat to the public, Androsko added. No further information was provided Tuesday night, and Androsko said a press release will follow when more is available.
Dry derby: Auburn's annual duck race will be a raffle this Memorial Day

3 weeks ago | auburnpub.com | David Wilcox

There will be just as much luck involved, but the 34th annual Duck Derby on Memorial Day in Auburn will look a little different this year. Due to safety concerns after recent heavy rains have caused high flows on the Owasco River, this year's derby will be a raffle instead of the traditional race, the Auburn Downtown Business Improvement District announced in a news release.
City of Auburn officially taking ownership of Schine theater — what's next?

3 weeks ago | auburnpub.com | David Wilcox

After taking legal action, the city of Auburn will officially be the next owner of the Auburn Schine Theater. Cayuga County Court Judge Thomas Leone signed an order authorizing the 16 South St. property's transfer this week, Auburn Corporation Counsel Nate Garland told The Citizen. The city filed a petition to take ownership of the historic 1938 art deco theater in January, claiming it had been abandoned by previous owner Schines Theater LLC.
Auburn child care center under new leadership, license intact

3 weeks ago | auburnpub.com | David Wilcox

An Auburn child care center is under new leadership and no longer facing the revocation of its license by New York state. The license of the Cayuga Community College Childcare Center at 81 Wall St. was pending revocation by the state Office of Children and Family Services until recently due to violations found during an Oct. 28 visit prompted by a complaint.
Past, present Cayuga Centers employees on working there: 'It's just chaos'

3 weeks ago | auburnpub.com | David Wilcox

After reporting by The Citizen about more than 200 layoffs underway at Cayuga Centers, among other problems it faces, several past and present employees have shared their experiences working there. Together with lawsuits by other past employees, those experiences depict a human services agency with a toxic work environment largely because it's being run like a business. Most of the employees described to The Citizen overwhelming workloads, hostile treatment by leadership and unpaid compensation.