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Municipal Associations Call for State-Local Collaboration on Property Taxes, Announce Shared Service Initiative

New York State’s four municipal associations joined together today to call for a collaborative effort between the state and local governments to lower taxes, bring jobs to New York State, and create a vibrant state where families and businesses thrive.

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Synthetic Legislation Closes Legal Loopholes

bath saltsAssemblyman Will Barclay was joined March 4 by fellow lawmakers from the state Senate and Assembly and Upstate Poison Control officials at a press conference to ban synthetic drugs. Joining these officials at the press conference was Teresa Woolson and her family, who are advocating for stronger laws regarding synthetic drug use. In 2012, Woolson’s son, Victor, died from injuries related to synthetic drug use.

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Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Unit 2 Shut Down in Response to Electrical Issue

Unit 2 at Constellation Energy Nuclear Group’s (CENG) Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station was manually shut down at approximately 1:45 a.m. due to an electrical component failure on the non-nuclear side of the plant. All safety systems responded as designed and the plant went offline as expected, safely and without incident.

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Project To Upgrade Oswego’s Water Treatment Plant Moves Ahead

The Water Treatment Plant is in need of upgrades to improve energy efficiency, water production capacity and reduce operational and maintenance costs, the department manager said. The proposed project will increase the plant’s overall operations, and, in the long-run, save the city millions; in essence paying for itself, project developers said.

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Maffei Announces Infrastructure Survey

U.S. Representative Dan Maffei today (Feb. 28) announced he has released a survey to people and businesses across Central New York soliciting their input on the challenges facing local infrastructure and ideas to improve the structural framework that supports our local communities. Maffei will be sending this survey to local municipal leaders and business organizations.

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Best-selling author of young-adult books to keynote SUNY Oswego’s Quest

Best-selling author Bruce Coville, who has more than 18 million copies in print of his 103 books for children and young adults, will make the keynote speech for SUNY Oswego's Quest -- a daylong celebration of scholarly and creative activity at the college. Quest and Coville's presentation are free and open to the public. (Photo by Charles Wainwright)SUNY Oswego’s Quest has chosen Bruce Coville, alumnus and famed author of books for children and young adults, as keynote speaker for the daylong celebration of scholarly and creative pursuits in April. Coville is scheduled to speak at 10 a.m. April 9, in the Campus Center auditorium. The session is free and open to the public, as are scores of presentations, exhibitions and demonstrations that day, most in the Campus Center.

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