DeWitt supervisor faces clash over town staff cuts
DeWitt Supervisor Kelly Dellas faced criticism for a plan to trim the town work force next year to hold taxes steady. Republican Kenneth Andrews proposed a separate $9 million budget with a 2 percent tax cut and no staff layoffs, while Dellas favored cutting 334 jobs and reducing hours for about 120 employees. Dellas said she would study Andrews' figures.
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DeWitt
Kelly Dellas
Republican
Kenneth Andrews
Andrews
Dellas
Labor-Religion Group Sponsors Syracuse Mayoral Forum
Syracuse Mayor Roy Bernardi and Democratic challenger Ted Limpert speak at a 7 p.m. forum at First United Methodist Church 317 B Jefferson St. The Central New York Labor-Religion Coalition hosts the event titled Ficonomic Justice Syracuse Looks to the Future. A six member panel will pose questions and audience participation is invited. The event is free to the public.
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Syracuse
Roy Bernardi
Ted Limpert
First United Methodist Church
B. Jefferson St
Central
Pataki to visit Syracuse for GOP fundraisers and ceremony
Gov. George Pataki will visit Syracuse to raise money for Mayor Roy Bernardi and city Republican candidates. He will attend a $125 per person fundraiser at the Everson Museum of Art and also visit the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry for a dedication and ribbon cutting on a new $21.3 million chemistry building. Bernardi seeks a second term and will share proceeds with other GOP nominees for city offices.
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George Pataki
Syracuse
Roy Bernardi
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Everson Museum of Art
Bernardi
Enik Kriss
Former prosecutor Peter Andreoli dies at 78
Peter Andreoli, a former Manhattan prosecutor who exposed a college basketball game fixing scheme and convicted corrupt Upstate politicians, died Saturday at age 78. He prosecuted wiretapping cases and led corruption investigations in Syracuse as a special State Prosecutor before returning to Pelham.
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Peter Andreoli
Andreoli
Manhattan
Frank Hogan
Hogan
Robert Morgenthau
Hugh Carey
Louis Lefkowitz
Onondaga
Nine Mile 1 shutdown extended to December
Niagara Mohawk officials say Nine Mile Point 1 will remain shut until the last week of December to replace leaking stainless steel tubes in four emergency cooling condensers. The $3.1 million replacement plan extends downtime beyond a repair, but officials expect no imminent plant closure.
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Nine Mile Point 1
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
Robert Burtch
Niagara Mohawk
Utility
International students surge at Syracuse University
Takayuki Adachi left Tokyo to study at Syracuse University as part of a record influx of international students. In a cohort of 1,940, 540 began this fall, with 71 countries represented and Asians making up most of the newcomers. Officials cite government sponsorships and targeted recruitment as drivers of the surge while noting the accompanying adjustment challenges faced by students.
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Takayuki Adachi
Tokyo
Syracuse University
Adachi
United States
Suny College of Environmental Science and Forestry
SU Office of International Services
Argentina
Zambia
Taiwan
Korea
People's Republic of China
India
Japan
Thailand
Indonesia
Hong Kong
Malaysia
BSF
OIS
Michael Smithee
Peter Englot
Asia
ESF
Office of International Services
Judge yields case of party chief Louis Oster
Onondaga County Judge J Kevin Mulroy recused himself from the larceny and records tampering case of Louis Dutch Oster Conservative Party chief to avoid impropriety. Oster, 74, is charged with filing a false business certificate and attempting to divert payments for KDM Enterprises.
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Onondaga County
J. Kevin Mulroy
Elbridge
Conservative Party
Louis
Oster
Mulroy
District Attorney's Office
Clinton St
KDM Sanitation
Tully Bank
KDM Enterprises Inc
LaFayette Town
Malcolm Knapp
Knapp
David
John Gormley
Decision on death penalty in Syracuse grandmother slaying
Onondaga County District Attorney William J Fitzpatrick is expected to announce this week whether he will seek the death penalty for two Rochester men charged in the February slaying of a Syracuse grandmother Virginia Hackett 62. James Stanback 28 is alleged to be the gunman. Johnny Lee Couser 32 is charged with plotting to send a group to kill Hackett s son to deter testimony. Jenkins 29 of Rochester is accused of shooting Hackett s grandson and has a separate statement. The trio faces first and second degree murder charges along with conspiracy and related offenses. Fitzpatrick has said he will not seek the death penalty for Jenkins. The decision on Stanback and Couser is under review.
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Onondaga
William J. Fitzpatrick
Rochester
Syracuse
James Stanback
Virginia Hackett
Shennard St
Johnny Lee Couser
Hackett
James
Eugene Jones
John Paul Jones
Stanback
Quentin Jenkins
Couser
Jenkins
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Columbus Monument
Lostumbo
Joseph Pietrafesa
Jonny
Narves Gammage
Larry Ellis
ATSU
Institute of International Education
Benjamin Dhammarangruang
Bangkok
America
Smithee
Chanettre Rasmidatta
Nicole Christ
Gustavo Dallmann
Maliha Albakry
Oman
Eunju Kim
Humber
Syracuse Univ
Syf
Jim O’hara
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