Randy L. Harmel, 33, of Ontario was arrested by Monroe County police for violating his probation after a traffic stop July 16. According to the report, Harmel was pulled over after a deputy observed him driving a vehicle without license plates. Police say Harmel lied...
Pedal power on a penny farthing
Click here to see Wilton resident Betsy Schindler's account of the visit. By PAT MULVANEY Courtesy of the Sparta Herald Anyone traveling through Sparta on Friday afternoon could have caught sight of strange figure wearing a British Army pith helmet, sitting astride a...
Second Wilton medallion is hidden
Contributed by the Wilton Wood Turtle Committee The first medallion was found after the release of the first clue. Stacy Brandau and Kristen Pasch need to become detectives. Congratulations to them! We are getting some mighty good hunters out there. We have decided to...
Turtle celebration coming up
THE TURTLE IS COMING: The festival will be from July 31 to Aug. 3. For a schedule, click here.
N-O-W continues to investigate shorted Title aid
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Publisher Freedom of information isn't free, the Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School Board learned at its meeting July 14. It took a check for $641.33 from the district to the Department of the Census before research could be done regarding why...
Monroe County added to EAB quarantine
The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection last week placed Monroe County in the emerald-ash-borer quarantine area, as the destructive insect had been found in Oakdale, near the Interstate on-off ramps, according to a press release prepared by the...
Police chief says his resignation is uncertain
By SARAH PARKER | County Line Managing Editor Though Norwalk Village Board President Mike Wiedl indicated last week that Police Chief Steve Johnson's resignation was imminent, Johnson told the Wilton Village Board at its meeting Monday that the matter was unsettled....
Rural Wilton barn destroyed
The Wilton Fire Department responded to a barn fire at the on Abie Borntrager Jr. farm on 20370 County Hwy. MM in the town of Wilton on July 8. The 34-by-64-foot barn was engulfed when the Wilton Fire Department arrived on scene. Agencies that provided mutual aid were...
Ontario Village Board considers tightening security at community hall
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Publisher A minor kerfuffle over an unreturned deposit on an Ontario Community Hall rental led to a discussion of tighter security at the facility at Monday's Ontario Village Board meeting. Bob Brueggeman of Ontario told the board that a...
Ontario Post Office reduced to part-time hours
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Publisher Sometime in mid- to late August, Ontario will no longer have a full-time Post Office. Other area post offices, including Wilton, Norwalk and Kendall, were reduced to part time last year, but Ontario escaped the reduction in...
