Onondaga County Trash Import Plan Faces Scrutiny
OCRRA advanced a plan to import outside trash to boost incinerator use and cut tipping fees from 81.65 to as low as 63 per ton. The county legislature must approve, but current law bans import. Critics warn against eroding original sales conditions and overcapacity risks while favoring local waste disposal integrity.
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Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency
OCRRA
Onondaga County
OCARA
Liberia's Woes Grow Amid Civil War Turmoil
The piece reflects on escalating violence in Liberia and its human cost. It cites Maureen Sieh of the Herald American and recalls a Monrovia trip she made to bury her mother. The writer urges readers to see distant crises as affecting individual lives and families.
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Liberia
Herald American
Maureen Sieh
Post-Standard
Monrovia
Sieh
Africa
Father urges forgiveness after baby abuse case
Ignacio Bermudez Jr. lies critically injured as a 6 year old faces alleged assault. In a press conference the father conveyed a call for mercy toward the accused child, stressing that justice must rise above vengeance and that the mother also endures suffering.
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Ignacio Bermudez Jr
Ignacio
Ignacio Bermudez
California Hospital
Bermudez
Ignacio Jr
Police merger plan is a sham and a cost shift critique
Donald F. Colon critiques a proposed Liverpool police district merger, arguing the plan transfers costs rather than delivering savings. He estimates total personnel costs around 482 817 dollars plus insurance and other expenses, questions the claimed savings, and labels the move a sham and scam designed to cut county taxes only in parts of the area.
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Liverpool
Onondaga County
Sheriffs Department
Syracuse
Livivernool
Salina
Donald F. Colon
Baldwinsville
Health care reform criticized as weak and political
A reader from Manlius criticizes the Senate bill as a failed attempt to expand health care. He argues it lacks protection against rising premiums and benefits for workers who switch jobs, calling it politics over people and noting party blame from Democrats and Republicans.
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Senate
Nurses Celebrate Elderly Care During National Week
National Nurses Week opens with a focus on elder care in geriatric settings. At Loretto, RNs and LPNs collaborate to support residents wellbeing amid economy constraints while receiving praise from families for compassionate care.
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Loretto
Rns
Lpns
Becky Majewski
Sarala Rao
LPN
A.L. Jones
Loretto Svracis
Why Syracuse Chiefs Fans Fight Base Change
Syracuse baseball fans urge newspapers and public to preserve the Syracuse Chiefs name despite discussions of a change. They argue the hometown team carries family history and personal memories, fearing profit motives behind any alteration and calling for civic support.
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Syracuse
Syracuse Chiefs
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Mici Intensal
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