Bates-Congdon pleads guilty to four sex felonies
William Bates-Congdon, 50, admitted guilty pleas to one first degree criminal sex act, two first degree sodomy counts and one first degree sexual abuse count in Oswego County Court. He faces 20 years concurrent on the sex act and sodomy charges and seven years on the sexual abuse charge. sentencing set for March 25. The case stems from alleged sexual abuse of several underage victims from 1997 to 2005 in Scriba.
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Oswego
William Bates-Congdon
James Metcalf
Bates-Congdon
Scriba
Thibodeau hearing tests cabin theory in Heidi Allen case
Testimony wraps week one of the Oswego court hearing on whether Gary Thibodeau deserves a new trial over possible locations of Heidi Allen body. Prosecutors discuss Canadian landfills and a Mexico cabin described in a phone recording linking Breckenridge Steen and Bohrer. Investigators Haumann and Pietroski recount searches, including a 2014 cabin find near Rice Road in Mexico by journalists, amid questions about accuracy and matching Priest descriptions.
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Oswego
Gary Thibodeau
Heidi Allen
Allen
New Haven
Mexico
Tonya Priest
Jennifer Wescott
Roger Breckenridge
Breckenridge
James “Thumper” Steen
Michael Bohrer
Richard Haumann
Haumann
Syracuse
Local food pantry activity rises in 2014 Oswego County
Catholic Charities of Oswego County reports a 6 percent increase in 2014 activity, serving 7 200 more meals and 800 more people than 2013. Executive director Mary Margare t Pezzella Pekow cites job loss as a key factor while detailing client choice pantries and MyPlate guidelines. The pantry relies on donations, FEMA funds, the Syracuse Diocese, and Food Bank of Central New York purchases to keep costs down, with summer meal boosts to three meals daily for five days.
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Fulton
Catholic Charities
Oswego County
Mary-Margaret Pezzella- Pekow
FEMA
Syracuse
Food Bank of
Central New York
Chase
Food Bank
CNY
MyPlate
Pezzella-Pekow
State funds aid Mexico water project loan finalized
The town of Mexico received a $5.16 million permanent zero interest loan from New York’s Environmental Facilities Corporation to solidify its water system. The project, completed in spring 2014, serves about 350 homes or 25 percent of the town and is now secured under a 30 year repayment plan through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund.
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Mexico
State Environmental Facilities Corporation
EFC
Jon Sorensen
Environmental Facilities Corporation
Matthew J. Driscoll
New York State
David Anderson
Anderson
Bob Guminiak
C2ae
Supreme Court moves to decide nationwide same sex marriage
The Supreme Court will hear gay rights cases in April to decide whether same sex couples have a constitutional right to marry nationwide. The decision could strike down state bans, with a ruling likely by late June. The case adds momentum to a wave of court rulings expanding marriage equality.
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Washington
Supreme Court
America
April de- Boer
Hazel Park
Michigan
de- Boer
Jayne Rowse
Eric Holder
Obama
Austin R. Nimocks
Alliance Defending Freedom
District of Columbia
Georgia
Anthony Kennedy
James Esseks
American Civil Liberties Union
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Mike LeBoeuf
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Andrew Potts
Mississippi Thunder Kings
Thunder Kings
Marano Campus Center
Erik Cole
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