Christmas weekend closures and holiday city services
Government offices including City Hall and the Onondaga County Civic Center will be closed Monday for Christmas with post offices also shut and no regular mail. Banks and transit schedules vary, with some routes operating on holiday timetables and others adding service. gas stations report limited open hours nationally and in Central New York. Trash and recycling pickup shifts one day later, with a city center closed Saturday and reopening January 7.
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City Hall
Onondaga County Civic Center
Federal Office
Banks
Key Bank
West Tait Road
Merchants National Bank and Trust Go
Whih
On Bank
Syracuse Savings Bank
Busca Centro
Acindad Vinay
Park Strait
Parkhit
Stote-Strathmore
Midland
Liverpool
Saling
Nedrow
James
Syracuse
Buttemut
Huntley
Western Lights
Salt Springs
Town
Solvay
Fayetteville
Centro
Contea
Oram
American Automobile Association
New York
Robert Kelly
Upstate
New York State Thruway
Kelly
AAA
Tast Cinvabiss
Triple-A
Ince Novemires
Tull Service
Gentral New York
Ment of Public Works
Frescunt Apesrowentate
Fires destroy home and barn in Madison County
Two separate fires Thursday afternoon left a Smithfield family homeless as a hay filled Stockbridge barn and the Meyer residence burned. Firefighters from seven companies battled the Wagoner barn blaze while a chimney fire at the Meyer house caused heavy smoke and structural damage. Three Meyer children and a babysitter escaped unharmed. Cazenovia's Shan Emerson was treated for chest pains.
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Smithfield
Stockbridge
Madison County
Onoadaga County
Edward
Nancy Meyer
Bob Clark
Meyer
Gill Road
Warner Wagoner Farm
Fetertoro Road
Cazenovia
Shan Emerson
Smuthfield House
Crouse-Irving Memorial Hospital
Syracuse
Upstate Medical
Oswego officers face civil service charges for test impersonation
Oswego police officers Joseph Solazzo and Douglas Murphy face misdemeanor charges for alleged misrepresentation on a October civil service examination for police. If found guilty their jobs would be vacated. The case stems from Murphy allegedly taking the Fulton test and pretending to be Solazzo, a provisional officer, with Solazzo denying final wrongdoing. The matter involves Fulton officials and the state Civil Service Department, with court action expected soon.
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Oswego
Oswego City
Fulton
Walter J. Hanlon
Pulton
Osween
Joseph Solazzo
Douglas Murphy
Hanlon
Murphy
Solazzo
Karl Felsen
State Department of Civil Service
Felsen
Paul Pesky
Jeannette Peacock
Fulton City Civil Service Commision
Fulton Police
Peacock
Commission
Eense
John J. Elliott
George C. Varette
Floyd Kunzwiler
Kids urge Santa to quit smoking in Lettter contest
In the Finger Lakes region, 519 children under 10 wrote to Santa urging him to drop his pipe. Heather Drake, 8, of Horseheads, judged "most convincing," cited her late grandpa’s emphysema and said smoking could teach kids it is okay. Heather won a $100 toy-store gift certificate.
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Corning
UPI
Tier
Santa Claus
Finger Lakes
American Lung Association
Santa
Heather Drake
Horseheads
Jeather
Billy
Jeremy
Lung Association
Wcli Radio
Heather
County CSEA contract nears expiry with Dec 31 deadline
Oswego county officials face a December 31 expiration in talks with the Civil Service Employees Association. Personnel director Carolyn Rush says negotiations since September continue with no comment on progress. The two year pact covers all county employees except highway workers and sheriff's deputies.
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Oswego
Civil Service Employees Association
Carolyn Rush
Ang Sherff
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Camilus Plaza
Town of
Kenneth Tompkins
Stall
Wagoner Bath
Aguen
Clark
Gary
Wem
Tole
South Bey
William S. Cahill Jr
Cahill
Collamer United
Youth Fellowship
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