Centralizing Local Elections Faces County Legislature Push
Onondaga County election commissioners Richard A. Romeo and John D. Kinsella seek to centralize all local election matters under their office. The district attorney race was tight with challenger Thomas Maroney leading winner Richard Hennessy Jr. on election night until canvassing absentee and military ballots. Reports cited tallies errors, misplacements, dropped ballot bags, and long‑running malfunctioning voting machines, prompting concern among pros and observers about poll procedures.
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Onondaga County
Richard A. Romeo
John D. Kinsella
Thomas Maroney
Richard Hennessy Jr
Belle vue Country Club interlude and election centralization debate
Readers are invited to Belle vue Country Club to watch senior Shotmakers as rain slows greens. The piece shifts to electoral topics, arguing for county centralization of election duties to standardize pay and training, amid rising costs and past local inefficiencies.
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Bellevue Country Club
Bellevue
New York Court Overturns Mandatory Death Penalty
New York's Court of Appeals voided the states mandatory death penalty law tied to a 1981 murder by Lemuel Smith. The 4-3 ruling held the statute unconstitutional for failing to consider individual circumstances and deterred by life-terms, potentially prompting new legislation or Supreme Court appeal. Prosecutors plan further action as lawmakers weigh alternatives.
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New York
Court of Appeals
Lemuel Smith
Donna Payant
Smith
Judith Kaye
New York State
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Gov. Cuomo
Who Murer
Paper Carriers Nurture Youthful Service in Syracuse
Letters from Syracuse praise paper carriers and urge recognition of their work. A mother writes about youths delivering The Herald-Journal in all weather and collecting payments weekly. Residents urge Willard Lipe to advocate for the unemployed and attract businesses to revive Syracuse's economy.
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Herald-Journal
Syracuse
Willard Lipe
Alexander
New York State
S. Salina St
Geddes dispute over Geddes gas station residents clash
David Woods accuses a small resident group of opposing a McArdell gas station at W Genesee Street and Maple Road while denying illegal actions by Jim Carr. He argues Geddes taxpayers fund legal costs for locals like Fred Gettman and Councilman Joe Longo and questions Gettman’s motives after buying property from Ray McArdent’s father.
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McArdell's
W. Genesee Street
Maple Road
Jim Carr
Geddes
Fred Gettman
Joe Longo
Ray McArdent
Gettman
David Woods
Syracuse
Mexican government role in immigration bill sparks debate
A reader letter in Syracuse critiques U.S. immigration policy linking the Mexican government to an alleged strategy to flood the U.S. with migrants. The piece argues amnesty would boost flows, claiming vast Mexican debt and oil wealth fund corrupt regimes, and warns of demographic shifts in the Southwest and Southeast decades hence.
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Alamo
U.S
Yecheskel Ben Joseph M. Syracuse
Ganley Helps Obtain Assistive Device for Jewish Home Resident
Marjorie Bennett, Long Term Care Community Advisor, credits Ganley and the newspaper for securing an electric typewriter enabling a nonverbal Jewish Home resident to communicate. The aid would not have been possible without their help.
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Joe Ganley
Marjorie Bennett
Syracuse PMS program offered by Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood Center of Syracuse provides a holistic PMS program with diet and exercise guidance, vitamins and minerals, examinations, counseling, and family education. Call 475-5525 for information and services.
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Planned Parenthood Center of
Planned Parenthood
Agency
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