Memorial Day Weekend Braces for Rain and Higher Gas Prices
Rain chances accompany Memorial Day weekend as travel picks up nationwide. AAA reports average gasoline at $1.265 per gallon, up 8.8 cents since March, with two recent tax increases boosting prices. In Syracuse area, Memorial Day parades, pool openings, and band performances mark the holiday with community events led by the Memorial Association and local veterans groups.
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American Automobile Association
Robert Kelly
Upstate
New York
Reagan
Gov. Cuomo
Kelly
Syracuse
East Adams
South Salina
Catholics mark 60th anniversary. Reagan absent
Catholic Charities of Syracuse marked its 60th year with a modest Everson Museum event attended by about 200 staffers and friends, honoring Rita J. Pomeroy posthumously with the Brady Award. Plans for a Reagan-hosted fundraiser were canceled after Syracuse Bishop Frank J. Harrison halted events during the diocesan fund drive.
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Catholic Charities of
Syracuse
Ronald Reagan
Social Service Agency
Everson Museum
Reagan
Frank J. Harrison
Aidcese
Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities Annual Meeting
Charles Fahey
Fordham University
Third Age Center
Charles J. Brady
Brady
Rita J. Pomeroy
Fahey
Rita Pomeroy
Bishop Faery Foundation
Catholic Charities of Syracuse
Cabbie pleads guilty to largest local insurance fraud scheme
Joseph Paparo 40 of Chianti Circle Clay pleaded guilty in county court to 10 felony counts including grand larceny insurance fraud scheme to defraud and arson linked to a long running falsified accident and burglary ring. He faces sentencing July 7 with immunity from other charges.
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Joseph Paparo
Chianti Circle
Clay
Paparo
Patrick J. Cunnningham
Papara
Chicago
Northern Boulevard
Fays
Wegmans
Lie City
Butternut Street
Donna Mullins
North Side
Assisant
Patrick Connelly
Connelly
Centrex
Syracuse area jobless rate shows decline
Central New York’s unemployment slide may be leveling off but remains short of a rebound. In the Syracuse area the jobless rate fell from 9.5 to 8.9 percent from March to April, with total unemployed dropping from 28,900 to 27,500. April saw a 600 gain in manufacturing jobs in Onondaga, Madison, and Oswego counties, marking the fourth straight monthly manufacturing rise.
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New York
Syracuse
New York State Department of Labor
Mark Barbano
Barbano
Labor Department
Onondiaga
Madison
Oswego
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Daga County
Salina
Erie Boulevard
Clinton Square
George C. Wortley
The
Memorial Association
Shriners
City Parks and Recreation Department
Thornden Park
Schiller Park
Onondaga Park
Poo
Onondaga War Memorial
Liverpool American Legion
Harold A. Atwell
Hancock Field Air Base
North Syracuse Lions Club
Lonergan
Red Bevens of
Day & Night Towing Co
Genesee Street
Mike Greeniar
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Pomeroy
St. Francis of Assisi
Catholic Charities Board
Robert Hughes
Hughes
Monsignor
Syracuse Area
Jane Heath
Veterans Administration Medical Center
Charles Newall
Highgate Manor
Cortland
Old Friends
VA Medical
Herald- Journal
David Gruntnid
Loretto Geriatric Center
van Duyn Home
James Square
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