A child playing with a lighter early Wednesday morning sparked a fire at a Leona Drive duplex near Highland Boulevard that caused about $25,000 in damage, fire officials said.  

ALEXANDRIA BAY, N.Y -- Police say a California man died after he was hit by a boat while swimming between two islands in Alexandria Bay. The Watertown Daily News reports that Peter Hendley of Hayward was swimming from Grenell Island to Murray Island on Tuesday afternoon in the bay on Lake Ontario.  

Airstrip for hobbyists turns to promotional campaign to try to fill hangar vacancies; Aiport in Byron also faces financial challenges.