The City of Norwich is once again host to the Miss New York State Teen-Ager Pageant, sponsored by Gillespie Pageants, this weekend. Competitors gathered in the Howard Johnson’s ballroom Thursday night for pre-pageant festivities, with local area contestants posing for a group shot. Pictured in front are Kimberly Kreidler, Binghamton; Rheanna Bates, Cortland; and Lacey Grummons, McGraw. Standing are Danica Landau, Oxford; Kaitlyn Monte, Rochester; Marinda Underwood, Sherburne; Felicia Jones, Sherburne; pageant director Dick Gillespie; Erin Daly, Afton; Erica Weidner, Windsor; Amy Jacobsen, Morris; and Jackie West, Worcester.