In its 15 years, the battery collection has been quite successful. “On average, residents keep more than 90,000 pounds of alkaline batteries out of our waste stream each year,” said Andrew Radin, OCRRA’s director of Recycling and Waste Reduction. If you operate a business and want to dispose of old batteries, visit www.

Let’s not page Sherlock Holmes to solve the intrigues that lurk within North America’s king-size inland freshwater lakes, which form the basis for the latest large-format travelogue to take residence at the Bristol IMAX Theater, located within Armory Square’s Museum of Science and Techonology (MOST), 500 S.

Sure, you can see funny business from Brewerton cartoonist Dan Reynolds.

The 20th annual New York State Blues Festival kicks off on Friday, July 8, at 5 p.m. with rides, games, food, beer and of course music, running through late Sunday, July 10. The Inner Harbor, located at the intersection of West Kirkpatrick and Solar streets, will have two stages facing each other across the grass, parallel to the dock and water.

There’s nothing quite like seeing lots of women sporting floppy bowling shirts and making those tricky 7-10 splits all day long, and that action continues during the USBC Women’s Bowling Championships at the Pirro Convention Center, 800 S. State St.

After Daniel Rahynes, 35, told tellers at a bank in Harrisburg, Pa., that he wanted to open an account, he gave the bank his information, then announced he was there to rob the bank. Police said he drove away with a small amount of cash but left behind the two forms of identification he showed to open the account.

Ithaca’s Hangar Theatre.