Crouse-Irving ready for SEIU strike on July 16
Hospital officials say about 400 SEIU Local 300 members notified a July 16 strike after a 301 to 98 vote. Nursing dietary aides and housekeepers would be replaced by staff from other departments if walkout occurs. Crouse-Irving faces a $9 million deficit this year after state Medicare reimbursement changes and has imposed a wage and hiring freeze and 128 layoffs in January.
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Crouse-Irving Memorial Hospital
Service Employees International Union Local
Crouse-Irving
Pam Piddlrny
Pidhirny
Power Outage Affects 2500 Niagara Mohawk Customers
About 2,500 Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. customers in Mattydale and the North Side lost power around 6:30 this morning when a power line at LeMoyne and Factory burned out. Restoration progressed through the morning with several hundred still offline at 9:30 a.m. Officials expected full restoration by 10 a.m. Cause under investigation, possibly due to heavy demand in hot weather and stressed components.
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Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
Mattydale
North Side
LeMoyne
Factory Avenues
Niagara Mohawk
Man 70 Found Hanged Near Cedar Village Apartments
A 70 year old man Glenn A Ginn of Route 104 was found hanged from a tree near Cedar Village Apartments yesterday morning around 10 am. Oswego County Sheriff's Department said only that the investigation continues and no further details were available.
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Mexico
Cedar Village
Oswego County
Watertown Man Falls From 70 Foot Cliff
Keith R. Larrabee, 18, of 550 Leroy Street, Watertown, is in critical condition at House of Good Samaritan Hospital after falling about 70 feet from a cliff above King's Falls on Dear River on Saturday night. He suffered head injuries and was rescued by Carthage Area Rescue Squad. Troopers report he stumbled while attempting to jump over a campfire.
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Watertown
House of Good Samaritan Hospital
King’s Falls
Dear River
Man ejected from car in Route 12 crash
Douglas J. Blighton, 26, of 55 Clooney Drive, was driving northeast on Route 12 when he fell asleep and the car crossed the road, struck a culvert and pole, landed in a ditch, and left him with multiple injuries. He is at House of Good Samaritan Hospital in Watertown in stable condition. Blighton faces driving while intoxicated charges and other counts are pending.
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Henrietta
House of Good Samaritan
Watertown
Jefferson County
Douglas J. Blighton
Clooney Drive
Blighton
Brighton
Man charged with DWI after car spin on I 81 in Liverpool
At 4:30 a.m. on Interstate 81 in Liverpool a 55-year-old man, Wendell Lenderson of 4320 Arlington Rd, lost control, struck a guard rail, spun and stopped facing traffic. He was treated at St Joseph's Hospital for neck injuries and charged with driving while intoxicated after allegedly refusing a blood test. A Monroe County man Stephen Summer performed mouth to mouth resuscitation on Henderson.
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Liverpool
St. Joseph's Hospital
Wendell Lenderson
Arlington Rd
Henderson
Monroe County
Stephen Summer
Summer
Morristown man injured in St. Lawrence River boat crash
Bradley Warren, 18, of Morristown, was treated for a mouth injury after a boat on the St. Lawrence River struck Old Man's Bees near Brockville around midnight. His friend Karen Lemke, 18, of Ogdensburg, was uninjured. Warren was treated and released at Ogdensburg Hospital.
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Morristown
St. Lawrence
Here
St. Lawrence County
Lemke
Protest in front of Carrier Building over insurance gender rates
Local feminists from the Women's Political Caucus District 925 and NOW groups plan a noon to 1 p.m. Thursday protest outside the Carrier Building against Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. They argue life insurance often costs women more and pays lower benefits, while insurers say men and women receive similar benefits because women live longer. The action targets gender based rate differences in life insurance.
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Carrier
Women’s Political Caucus
District 925
Central New York
Greater
Syracuse
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
United States
Ithaca sewage plant wins first phase funding approval
The Ithaca Sewage Treatment Plant received funding approval for the first construction phase. The state DEC spokesman says $5.25 million of $7 million is approved for phase one, with 185 points awarded for need and population served. The project proceeds to EPA review, with DMC approval easing federal clearance.
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Ithaca
State Department of Environmental Conservation
Bob Hampston
WVBR
Hampston
Environmental Protection Agency
DMC
Women peace camp opens official opening near Seneca Depot
ROMULUS A peace camp near the Seneca Army Depot opened with over 300 protesters including marchers from Boston and North Carolina. Organizers expected up to 700. events included a land blessing by Andrea Shenandoah and reading of the Declaration of Sentiments. The camp runs to Labor Day with security tightened and national media attention.
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Romulus
Seneca Army Depot
Boston
North Carolina
Andrea Shenandoah
Seneca Falls
Dale Arcangeli
Seneca County
Durham
Army Depot
Willie Nelson Texas Woodstock feeds crowd at Carrier Dome
Concession staff in the Carrier Dome mounted a wartime operation to serve Willie Nelson fans. Long lines, new Texas style menus, and price hikes tested officials as hundreds queued for 16 ounce beers and hot snacks. Officials defended pricing and layout while expanding outposts to handle the surge.
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Carrier Dome
Mark Hugunin
Willie Nelson
Stephen Costello
Hugunin
Tugunin
Castello
Thomas Benzer
Food prices drop for 2nd month in row
The Syracuse Consumer Af fairs Marketbasket for June shows a decrease of $2.31 over May's total of $77.39 in weekly costs for feeding a family of four. Deborah Di Laure notes prices have fallen two months in a row with residents paying nearly 2 percent less than last June for the same items. Orange juice drops 12 cents to $1.07 and cooking oil also declines across the period.
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Syracuse
Deborah di Laure
Syracuse Area
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