Vernon-Verona-Sherill faces Red Devil mascot dispute
Darwin and Mary LaClair of Vernon control seek removal of the Red Devil emblem from Vernon-Verona-Sherill School District and a $1,750 award. District officials say a damage claim was filed, with the actual lawsuit not yet filed, and board discussion set for June 27.
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Mary LaClair
Vernon
Vernon-Verona-Sherrill
LaClairs
Kouba
Brewer
LaClair
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Potsdam woman killed in Route 11 crash with truck
An elderly Potsdam woman Blanche Borce 85 died at the scene when her car failed to yield at a stop sign and was struck by an eastbound tractor trailer at State Route 11 and County Route 9. Autopsy planned. no charges filed. Also reports Sullivan officials seek election in November. Utica lawyer Louis T Brindisi faces trial for alleged reckless endangerment after a February restaurant shooting connected to Dawn Grillo case.
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Potsdam
Blanche Borce
St. Lawrence
Borce
Utica
Oneida
Louis T. Brindisi
Brindis
Parkway East
Angelo Grillo
Dawn Grillo
Bernardi
Brindisi
Donato Nappi
Nappi
Missing inmate returns to prison in Watertown
Dry Hill Prison inmate Richard J. Mezza Sr., 51, of Rome, surrendered after absconding on a three day furlough. A warrant was issued when he failed to return last Friday. Prison Director Edward F. Reynolds said the charge may be dropped in favor of internal disciplinary action.
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Watertown
Dry Hill
Richard J. Mezza Sr
Rome
Edward F. Reynolds
Mezza
Reynolds
Supervisors OK jail plan contract in Madison County
The Madison County Board of Supervisors approved a 60 900 contract with Stearns and Wheler Engineers and Scientists for an engineering and architectural plan for a new jail. The measure, funded from the capital improvement fund built from Capital District Off-Track Betting, follows a prior review by the Public Safety Committee. The board also approved a two year contract with the Blue Collar Unit of the Civil Service Employees Association granting 7 percent salary this year and 5 percent next year, covering Gerrit Smith Memorial Nursing Home, the Highway Department, and parts of the county office complex. Additionally, about 18 000 was authorized for a Beaver Creek bridge replacement on the Skaneateles Turnpike under the Federal Aid Highway Program, with construction not set to begin before 1987, and about 5 000 reserved for rights of way or incidental costs.
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Madison County Board of Supervisors
Stearns & Wheler
Oneida
B. Marianne Simberg
Public Safety Committee
Simberg
Capital District
Skaneateles Turnpike
Brookfield
Joseph Sitvinski
Cazenovia College overstretched dorms as 100 applicants denied
Cazenovia College awaits fall housing for about 100 accepted students who cannot be housed on campus. Public relations director Mary Jane Donovan said the school overbooking was unintentional due to no application deadline and late applicants. The college can host 662 on campus, with 412 freshmen future residents and 250 sophomores returning. The village offers off campus housing as freshmen and sophomores except nonresidents must reside on campus, and those admitted late were told to find rooms themselves. Applications rose 36 percent this year to a school record.
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Cazenovia
Cazenovia College
Mary Jane Donovan
Donovan
Unis
Former Chittenango policeman sues for $1.1 million in malicious prosecution
In Auburn federal court Rainbow, once Chittenango’s interim police chief, seeks $1.1 million from the village and former officials over charges that were dismissed by a Madison County grand jury in 1980. Testimony shows Rainbow allegedly failed to pay taxi and patrolmen after field days and that blank accusatory papers were signed by Canastota officers.
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Chittenango
Douglas R. Rainbow
Madison County
U.S. District Court
Rainbow
Syracuse
Mark Buzzard
Clayton Snook Jr
Buzzard
Chittenanga
Darwin “Bud” Houseman
Snook Buzzard
Snook
Dewey J. Bormagnoli Jr
James Z. Hastings
Canastota
Unidentified Woman Pulled From Onondaga Lake
Two Rochester men found a body floating in Onondaga Lake on Saturday around 12:55 pm. The unidentified middle-aged woman, likely 40 to 45, wore secondhand clothes and had seven teeth. The body is at the medical examiner's office under the label Jane Doe as detectives seek to identify her.
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Onondaga Lake
Medical Examiner’s Office
Jane Doe
Sheriff's Department
Rochester
Onondaga Lake Parkway
Grandstand
French Fort
Unidentified Woman Found Drowned In Lake With Missing Identities
The body of a woman identified only as Jane Doe was found in a lake. She was about 5 feet 3 inches tall, 135 pounds with hazel eyes and gray streaked light brown hair. Autopsy showed no obvious trauma and police suspect drowning. chemical tests will take weeks for a final determination. Investigators searched shorelines and local areas for clues while awaiting identification and further details. Call 425-2111 to help name Jane Doe.
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Burns
Jim Joy
Jim Cargel
Onondaga Lake Park
Liverpool
Syracuse
Bob Burns
Jane Doe
Woman Identified in Onondaga Lake Death
The body pulled from Onondaga Lake Saturday is identified as Jacqueline Sears, 52, of 232 W. Corning Ave., by the Onondaga County Sheriff's Department. Cause of death pending coroner's investigation. no sign of foul play reported. Friends last saw Sears early Saturday morning.
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Onondaga Lake
Onondaga County
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