Halloween Curves Ghost Legend Recalled by Local Folklorist
A long-standing local urban legend centers on Thirteen Curves along Cedarvale Road where bridal apparitions and tragic biker deaths recur on Halloween. The tale, shared by Cicero’s Jan Chamberlin and neighbors, echoes the Vanishing Hitchhiker myth with ghosts seen on midnights and in places tied to weddings and accidents.
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Jan Chamberlin
Cicero
OCC
Jan
Cedarvale
Nebie
Lou Jones
America
Maurice Alexander
Cedarvale Road
Charlie Cornwall
Wiles
Tanner Road
Nichols Corners
Judge boosts award in Carrier harassment case to 225000
A state administrative judge raised Christine Michaels damages from 125000 to 225000 after Carrier Corp sought reductions. The ruling also adds about 20000 in taxes and 55000 in back pay. Michaels alleged sexual harassment by a coworker and retaliation by Carrier after she complained in 1984.
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Carrier Corp
Carrier
Christine Michaels
Michaels
Wiliam Straub
State Division of Human Rights
Straub
Carner
Anta Roberts
Rochester
Dennis Sutton
Sutton
Nicholas LaVerne
Richard Fedrizzi
David Peebles
DeWitt Newsletter Sparks Tax Debate Ahead of Election
DeWitt Town politicsTurn to a heated dispute over a four page town newsletter mailed to about 9000 residences at taxpayer expense. Supervisor Kelly Dellas defends the piece as time sensitive information while Councilor Ken Andrews questions ethical timing before Tuesday's election and notes newsletters normally run twice yearly. Dellas says the dispatch includes a supervisor message and updates on parks trash and North End projects.
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DeWitt
Ken Andrews
Kelly Dellas
Dellas
North End
University bars tighten rules after first bar trouble of year
State ABC official notes no prior violations at Regatta Bar while warning penalties for serving minors include license suspension or revocation. University area bars like Lucy's Retired Surfers Bar and Hungry Charley's cite 21-and-over policies and strict ID checks to curb underage access amid fights and student crowds.
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Thompson
Maris Hart
ABC
Hart
University Area
Regatta
R.C. Faigle
Lucy
S. Crouse Ave
Faigle
Bupsy's
Sutter's Mill & Mining Co
Anthony Saraceno
Hungry Charley’s
Syracuse
Saraceno
Rematch in Van Buren supervisor race
Republican Elizabeth McCarthy-Bowers faces Democrat Edward R. Hallenbeck Jr. in a rematch for town supervisor. After a calmer campaign so far, Hallenbeck vows aggression but with a businesslike, professional approach while McCarthy-Bowers emphasizes a positive record and high road campaigning.
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Elizabeth McCarthy-Bowers
Edward R. Hallenbeck Jr
van Buren
Hallenbeck
McCarthy-Bowers
Sentrity
Family of ex Cicero chief charged in thefts from store
State police charged former Cicero police Chief William E. Slattery 63 and his wife Irene 61 along with Deborah L. Mitchell 38 and a 17 year old in a theft case tied to Fyler Road Convenience Store. Mitchell charged with falsifying business records and petit larceny.
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Cicero
Sullivan
William E. Slattery
Fyler Road
Slattery
Irene Slattery
Deborah L. Mitchell
David M. Krause
William Slattery
Brownell Road
Kirkville
Sullivan State
Krause
Mitchell
New York
Mark A. Lewis
Cicero Police Department
Joseph Snell
Sullivan Town Court
Cammi Clark
Engineers blame rain not state for floods in central NY
Erik Kriss reports that a Baker Engineering study for the Thruway Authority blames weather and development for repeated floods since 1992 rather than state canal management. It calls for wetlands, basins, flood maps, water monitoring, and regional watershed planning while noting high precipitation years and runoff increases.
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Central New York
State Thruway Authority
New York
Baker Engineering Inc
Baker
Oswego River
Canal Corporation
Seneca
Oswego
Cayuga County
William Jaynes
Baldwinsville
Alexandria
Jaynes
Syracuse
Authority
Cynthia Munk
Thruway
Thompson Road
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Onondaga
Cedarvale Roa
Diy
Hersel
AtSo
Boric Coke Guara
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Wallie Howard
DeWitt Republican
Jim McKeever
Andrews
Alex Henn
Charley's
Gary McGinnis
By Erik Kriss
Albany
Thruway Authority
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