Racketeer nets $690000 by reselling county surplus land
Real estate dealer and convicted racketeer Nicholas J Masterpol Sr and his sons profited from a government surplus auction begun in 1987. They combined a county land parcel with adjacent land and sold the merged property in February for $690,000, earning about $543,450 and 3.1 acres.
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Nicholas J. Masterpol Sr
Masterpol
Court Street Road
DeWitt
David
Nicholas Jr
Masterpols
Pyramid fined for polluting canal during cleanup project
The Pyramid Cos. paid a 55000 penalty after pumping toxic chemicals into the state Barge Canal during cleanup of a 1.5 acre toxic waste dump at the Carousel Center mall site off Hiawatha Boulevard in Oil City. The firm could have faced up to 1.75 million in penalties and agreed to fund monitoring and oversight costs while continuing soil excavation and a vacuum treatment plan.
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Pyramid Cos
Pyramid
Carousel Center
Hiawatha Boulevard
Oil City
State Department of Environmental Conservation
DEC
Clark
Toxic brew at Seneca Army Depot raises safety concerns
Washington reports that a highly toxic chemical DS2, used to decontaminate equipment and capable of birth defects, may be shipped to Romulus's Seneca Army Depot despite past storage failures. The plan faces local concern from Romulus Town Supervisor Zajac and Seneca County officials amid 1989 findings and GAO cautions about stopping DS2 use.
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Washington
Seneca Army Depot
Seneca
Romulus
Europe
U.S
Raymond Zajac
Zajac
Donald Kenyon
Seneca County Board of Supervisors
Kenyon
Arson-Fueled Santa Barbara Fire Rages, Damaging Hundreds
A Santa Barbara County blaze still raged out of control with authorities fearing losses could exceed 500 million dollars after it destroyed 567 homes and businesses. Cooler air helped curb other Southern California fires that burned over 14 000 acres across six counties, with arson blamed for the Santa Barbara fire.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
California
Los Angeles
Kay O’brien
Utah
Yes
Recycling boom in Central New York sparks business plans
In Onondaga County two days from mandatory trash recycling, local firms eye profits from new bins and recycling services. Lois Harmatuk of R L Harmatuk Development Corp notes demand for classy laminated bin cabinets and hardwood options, while consultants foresee growth in redesigning kitchens, waste-tracking systems, and metal compactors.
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R.L. Harmatuk
Harmatuk
R.L. Harmatuk Development Corp
Jamesville
Onondaga County
New York
Newspapers Gear Up for Recycling in Onondaga County
Blue bins arrive next week across Onondaga County and this paper will be among the items recycled. Newspapers require no rinsing or crushing. They have seven lives before fibers are too short for newsprint. About 93 tons of newspapers, seven percent of daily landfill waste, are discarded each day in the county.
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Onondaga County
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