Recycling rollout in Onondaga County earns praise
Onondaga County's first two days of recycling drew favorable remarks from trash haulers and residents. Debra Young noted no crisis as about 300 daily calls seek guidance while crews report smooth operation with most homeowners sorting correctly.
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Onondaga County
Debra Young
Mattydale
Lass
ART Empire Returns Corp
Salina
Tom Jordan
Young
Jim Massaro
Massaro and Sons Sanitation
Liverpool
Massaro
Patrick Lakamp
North Syracuse youth charged in alleged sexual assaults
North Syracuse police charged a 16 year old boy with first degree rape and related offenses after a 15 year old girl was treated at Hutchings Psychiatric Center. The assault reportedly occurred during February and March. A separate Baldwinsville man, John Surlock, 48, was arrested for impersonating a sheriff deputy and found with cocaine after a traffic stop. The U.S. Air Force plans hazardous waste cleanup at Griffiss Air Force Base under a new state federal agreement to study 11 potential areas of concern with cleaning to follow. The pact includes a $500,000 water main extension and bottled water for about 700 residents.
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North Syracuse
Hutchings Psychiatric Center
Public Safety
Herald-Journal
Duane Foster
Suzanne M. Jackson
Baldwinsville
Onondaga County
John Surlock
Meadowbrook Drive
Syracuse
Lucy M. Surlock
Surlock
Sheriff's Department
U.S. Air Force
Griffiss Air Force Base
Air Force
Mario Cuomo
State Department of Environmental Conservation
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Floyd
Recycling Television airs in Madison County cable
Doug Schneider reports Madison County launches RTV Recycling Television a 10 minute instructional videotape on the new mandatory recycling program. The tape features neighbors and officials and airs today Thursday and next week on systems in Cazenovia Chittenango Oneida and Hamilton with the July 17 start date.
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MTV
HBO
SPN
VH-1
Madison County
RTV
Cazenovia
Chittenango
Oneida
Hamilton
Doug Schneider
Park jogger rape trial tied to two sightings
Two park witnesses testified they saw Erwin Williams and another man bicycling in Onondaga Lake Park the afternoon of the Sept 20 1986 attack. Williams 23 of 393 W Kennedy St and Ronald Jock 32 of Brasher Falls face multiple charges tied to the rape stabbing of a 40 year old woman.
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Onondaga Lake Park
Erwin Williams
Williams
W. Kennedy St
Ronald Jock
Brasher Falls
An & Pen
Herack
State Supreme Court
Walter Gorman
William Rose
Corman
Jock
Melissa Arthur
Arthur
James Proper
Proper
General Electric
Democrats Delay Power Plant Improvements in Onondaga
Onondaga County lawmakers paused plans to upgrade the downtown steam and chilled water plant to serve a new convention center and hotel complex. Democrats linked the project to a consultants study on county overtime costs, blocking a 9 million bondable upgrade and delaying construction set to begin in September.
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Onondaga County
Syracuse
Timothy Rice
William Sanford
R-Salina
City
William Thomas
Thomas
Sanford
Rice
Mark Stanczyk
Sherif
City seeks $26.1 million from county in services dispute
City Hall demands 26.1 million from Onondaga County for services city residents pay for but do not receive. Mayor Thomas Young warned of budget cuts and sued Friday to void the county legislature's vote cutting the city's sales tax share. He says suburban residents receive county road patrol services and city agencies subsidize shared costs, totaling about 9 million in refunds and credits.
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City Hall
Onondaga County
Thomas Young
Sheriff's Department
Young
County Sheriff's Department
Planning Agency
Human Rights Commission
Metropolitan Commission On Aging
County Youth Bureau
Public Safety
Cicero Approves Private Compost Plant for Leaves and Sewage
The Central New York Composting Facility near Cicero gains approval to process about 200 tons daily of yard waste and sewage sludge. It will operate indoors with odor controls and soil filters, serving a 50 mile radius and selling fertilizer to All-Gro, Inc.
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Elander
Cicero
Patrick Leone
New York
Utica
Cortland
Oswego
Planning Board
William Stewart
Elizabeth McGinty
All-Gro, Inc
Connecticut
Community criticizes police in poor areas over alleged abuse
A press conference in Syracuse condemned police attitudes toward black and poor residents. Activists demanded accountability after a pedestrian, Emanuel Snipes, was struck by a police car. Chief Leigh Hunt faces internal scrutiny amid calls for reforms and a public report within a week. Snipes’s lawyer prepares a lawsuit. his mother Fannie joins the protest.
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Cuse
Matthews
Bellevue Avenue
Southwest Side
Emanuel Snipes
Leigh Hunt
Thomas) Sardino
Hunt
State Police
Syracuse
Snipes
Robinson
Police Department
NAACP
Mogeesto
Fannie
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Ellen Blalock
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Fairfield
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