Blessings in a Backpack speaker visits Fulton Rotary
Kelly Montagna welcomes Melissa Russell, Oswego program coordinator for Blessings in a Backpack, at a Noon Rotary Club meeting. The national program delivers non-perishable weekend meals to Fulton and Oswego students in need, serving 250 children at an annual cost of about $20,000.
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Fulton Noon Rotary Club
Kelly Montagna
Melissa Russell
Oswego
Fulton
Former New York lawmaker sentenced to house arrest
Former New York state senator Tom Libous, terminally ill, was sentenced to six months of house arrest after being convicted of lying to the FBI about arranging a high paying job for his son. He received a $50,000 fine and will not face prison due to his cancer. Libous lost his Senate deputy majority leader post after July’s conviction. two other former leaders face separate trials.
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Tom Libous
U.S
Preet Bharara
Binghamton
Libous
Senate
Matthew
White Plains
Dean Skelos
Long Island
Sheldon Silver
Manhattan
Oswego audit blasts city over delinquent loans at CDC
A 21 month state audit of Oswego finds the Community Development Office failed to collect on delinquent loans and lacked an enforceable write off process. The report covers 2013 to 2014 and urges the city to monitor loans, report to the Common Council, and present a remediation plan within 90 days.
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Community Development Office
CDO
Oswego Common Council
Comptroller
Scriba manslaughter hearing ends with admissibility decision
The Scriba manslaughter case hearing concluded Tuesday on whether Edward Lewis statements to police are admissible. Lewis 21 watched the child Jeremiah Jones for about a month before his death after injuries from being shaken and thrown to the floor on Hayfly Road. A late December ruling is expected.
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Edward Lewis
Lewis
Jeremiah Jones
Ludington
Oswego
Scriba
Hayfly Road
Jones
Juror rebels at NY Assembly speaker trial
In New York, a juror in the Sheldon Silver corruption trial sent a note to Judge Valerie Caproni claiming pressure and disagreement with fellow jurors. She requested relief from deliberations, saying the process left her stressed and uncomfortable as deliberations began.
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New York Assembly
Sheldon Silver
U.S
Valerie Caproni
Manhattan
Caproni
Medical examiner says Shove drowning was homicide in Szatanek case
Onondaga County medical examiner testified the 2014 Au gust drowning of 17 year old Anna-Rose Shove showed facial head and arm injuries not consistent with an accidental drowning. Steven Szatanek, 33, faces second degree murder and manslaughter charges and has admitted to drug use with Shove’s family during a Brennan's Beach visit.
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Oswego
Steven Szatanek
Anna-Rose Shove
Szatanek
Baldwinsville
Shore
Brennan’s Beach
Shove
Mark Moody
Robert Stoppacher
Onondaga County
Paul Carey
Moody
Stoppacher
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