Pumpkin festival honors giant produce in Oswego
A Canastota man placed second with a 745-pound pumpkin at the Great Pumpkin Festival in Oswego. Joe Lazzaro earned 750 dollars. First prize went to Mike Fartin of Canaseraga for a 771-pound pumpkin and 1000 dollars. Watermelon and squash prizes topped 105 pounds and 627 pounds respectively.
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Eams Canastota
Madison County
Oswego
Joe Lazzaro
Canastota
Mike Fartin
Canaseraga
Allegany County
Old Fashioned Political Rally At WONY Salina
The WCNY Syracuse Newspapers partnership sponsors an old fashioned political rally at 506 Old Liverpool Road Salina starting at 4 p.m. The event includes two debates to be televised live a citizen's soapbox and voter registration. The 25th District candidates debate at 7 30 p.m and the 28th District at 6 p.m.
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WCNY
Syracuse
Old Liverpool Road
Salina
Big Trucks 98 event invites kids to climb on gear
From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at Benchmark New York Quarry Route 321 Skaneateles, Big Trucks 98 offers a close look at construction equipment. Proceeds support Skaneateles Nursery School and Project STAR. Tickets cost 3 dollars, children 2 and under enter free.
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New York
Route 321
Skaneateles
Local Man Kane Struck by Sunblinded Driver, Mower Dragged
Thomas C. Kane Sr., 76, of 2498 Granby Road, was injured when a motorist, blinded by the sun, struck his mower, dragging it and Kane about 50 feet as police report.
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Thomas C. Kane, Sr
Granby Road
Kane
Syracuse teen charged after bag dropped by tree
Syracuse police charged 16 year old Byron Castro after he dropped a bag by a tree at Grace and Delaware streets. Officers retrieved six small bags of crack cocaine from the bag and Castro, of 1166 W Belden St, was charged with misdemeanor and felony drug possession.
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Syracuse
Byron Castro
W. Belden St
Grace
Delaware
Castro
Man angry after card game swindle at Carousel Mall
An upset Syracuse resident reported that three men cheated him in a three-card monte game outside Carousel Mall. He refused to disclose his losses and police did not locate the suspects.
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Syracuse
Carousel Mall
Glen Green
United Way hosts community block party at state fairgrounds
The United Way of Central New York will host a community block party at the state fairgrounds International Building from 4 to ? p.m. today. The event honors about 1,500 volunteers who took part in Days of Caring and the volunteer storm cleanup project with food music and prizes.
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United Way of
Central New York
State Fairgrounds International Building
Days of Caring
Radisson Walkers Raise 37205 for Diabetes Support
Over 350 Radisson walkers joined the event to raise 37205 for the American Diabetes Association. Charlene Bulton, mother of 10 year old honorary walk chair Heidi Button, praised the enthusiastic turnout and broad support from the community.
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Radisson
American Diabetes Association
Charlene Bulton
Heidi Button
Liverpool workshop helps parents reduce kids squabbling
A Liverpool workshop offers parents a practical method to resolve disputes between children. Facilitators teach calm communication, listening, and problem solving to foster harmony at home and cut ongoing conflicts.
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Liverpool
Judge Wells returns campaign funds after unopposed bid
Judge Peter Wells faced an unopposed 1999 re election leaving his campaign money in limbo. The Wells committee then returned nearly 40000 dollars to donors in an unprecedented move, said campaign official Mitt Hill.
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Peter Wells
Wells
Onondaga County
Helen Riggins
Mitt Hill
Jack Schultz
Hill
Wegmans questions traffic in Route 31 project
Wegmans Food Markets Inc joins objections to a planned Route 31 Soule Road shopping center in Clay citing traffic and sewer capacity concerns. Fisher Associates warns Route 31 could strain eastbound traffic and create backups, while local officials dispute sewer capacity claims and indicate testing continues ahead of a town hearing.
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Wegmans Food Markets Inc
Route 31
Soule Road
Clay
Wegmans
Chase-Pitkin
Ann Hyatt
Clay, Town
Fisher Associates
Rochester
Great Northern Mall
Mlack
Wetzel Road
Dennis Baldwin
Clay Town
Patrick DiDomenico
DiDomenico
Oak Orchard
Wetzel
Lear-Brown Group
Clay Town Board
Town Hall
Route 31 Associates
Wilmorite Inc
B&f Development
Clay First Associates
Morale Builders Inc
Joseph Jerry
Surviving War: Mike Welyh’s Wartime Journey and Emigration
The 79 year old former Ukrainian villager, Mike Welyh, recounts life in Vikno before war and survival in German concentration camps. He describes learning German, Polish, English, chess with a supervisor, and reuniting with family in Syracuse after 1951. He recalls forced labor, hunger, executions, and the poignant exchange with his father about prices.
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Mike Welyh
Nottingham Road
Soviet Ukraine
Mike
Vikno
Marta
Ukraine
Syracuse
Ike
Teen Amber Storms dies in Scriba car crash tragedy
Amber Storms, 17, recently moved from Buffalo to visit family in Clay, died when the car she rode in collided with another on Route 29 near O'Connor Road. Amber, a Liver Pool High School graduate with an equivalency diploma, was dating Clint Gainey, who was hospitalized with minor injuries. Debbie details remain limited as investigators consider speed a possible factor.
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Clay
Amber Storms
Buffalo
Storms
Scriba
Amber
Gary Storms
Storm
Clint Gainey
Oswego
O'Connor Road
Oswego County
Gainey
Liverpool High School
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Ford Diabetes
Wells’ Committee
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Oompah
Carkey
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Genesee High School
Anita
Germany
Nicholas Welych
Valerie Jackson
Oswego Hospital
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Loke, ‘Onyaria
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