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New York Chocolate Files For Bankruptcy, Winding Down Business

A photo of the Nestle plant from around 1995, from the New York  Chocolate and Confections website.UPDATE: New York Chocolate and Confections filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday, ending its long attempt to bring chocolate manufacturing back to its North American birthplace.

“We are not accepting the Chapter 11 activity as there’s no absolutely no hope, that the plant’s going to be liquidated, sold, and the plant’s going to be scrapped,” the head of Operation Oswego County, Mike Treadwell said.

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RaiderNet Daily: A Fiesta is Planned

Cinco de Mayo is coming and a party is on tap for May 8, complete with food and games.  Also today, students and coaches play basketball to fight the cancer that has hit three G. Ray Bodley students; the tennis team continues to enjoy good fortune in its new home; and if you’ve ever wanted to hear a bagpipe, tonight’s Bodley’s Got Talent show is for you.

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Democrat-Turned-Republican Candidate for Governor Steve Levy Visits Fulton

Steve Levy, Republican candidate for Governor.Suffolk County Executive and candidate for governor Steve Levy likes to compare his switch from Democratic party to Republican to Ronald Reagan’s conversion.

“Remember that Ronald Reagan switched from a Democrat to a Republican when he was 51 years of age. I beat him by a year. I’m 50,” said Levy.

He trying to use that frame to win over Republicans all over the state, like the Oswego County Committee Members.

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Ambivalent Hannibal School Board Rejects Budget, Will Have To Approve It Next Week

They put off the day of decision for one more week.

Frustrated members of the Hannibal Board of Education could not agree to approve a budget for next school year. The budget failed, 4-3, in front of a standing-room-only audience of students and taxpayers. The board will have to enact a budget next week and it is likely to be the same budget they voted against Wednesday night.

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