Syracuse Jazz Fest shines with crowd growth and $125000 support
Downtown Syracuse hosts the 11th annual Jazz Festival drawing about 9 000 spectators Sunday amid storms. Frank Malfitano, founder and director, touts the event as the Northeast's largest free jazz festival with a $100 000 corporate and $25 000 state grant budget. Local and regional acts including Dr John and the New Island Social and Pleasure Club headline, while attendees from New Orleans Montreal and New England crowd Clinton Square and Long Branch Park.
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Actor nabs imitator role on America's Most Wanted
Nashville actor Christopher Cotten, who played David Adams in a Fox TV segment about fraud and arson, was detained after two women at a fair identified him as the wanted man. Park rangers held him until photo and fingerprint checks confirmed the match.
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Accused of sex with student, teacher quits
Melvin Hill a longtime Estee Middle School music teacher in Gloversville resigned after a teen sex allegation. The district said the incidents allegedly occurred more than five years ago and cannot be prosecuted. The girl now a Gloversville High School graduate spoke with authorities, who say Hill had sexual contact with her more than once but did not specify when.
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Dregs of Arlene Deluge Hits South Texas
Remnants of Tropical Storm Arlene drenched southern Texas causing flood watches while a Wisconsin river kept up to 700 residents from their homes. No serious injuries reported as Arlene weakened to a tropical low. In New Hampshire a four ceremony wedding occurred during motorcycle week near Victory Lane at London. In Corsicana Texas a Ku Klux Klan rally led to fistfights and arrests of five for assault and related offenses at Navarro County Courthouse drawing a crowd of over 730.
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