Doug Hoffman conceded defeat on Tuesday but predicted he won’t lose in 2010.
You heard that right: The Conservative Party candidate for Congress this year will run again next year. “I promise to help restore our nation’s faith in elected officials when we win,” he said in a letter posted on his website.
Members of the Oswego Fire Department helped pack dozens of bags packed with all the fixings for a Thanksgiving feast. They volunteered their time to help fill the bags and distribute them to area needy families in time for the holiday. Several dozen food baskets were handed out. The firefighters also donated $1,500 to Deb Deeb of the Human Concerns food pantry to support the effort. The local firefighters have been helping to sustain this project for decades.
Today, we learn about the results of a food drive at G. Ray Bodley High school, we visit a coffeehouse, and we discover that the fall cross country season’s not over for runner Noah Carroll, who will spend Thanksgiving trying to qualify for yet one more race.
This isn’t the first time that William Levea has been charged with murder.
On December 23, 1966, police say he and James Egan got into a fight at Lakeview Lanes in Fulton. Police allege Levea hit Egan with a bardstool or chair and then kicked him in the neck or head. Egan died.
Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate, barely won the fight for absentee votes in Oswego County. He beat Owens among absentees, 544 to 534. Dede Scozzafava, the Republican who dropped out of the race on the weekend before the election and, a day later, endorsed Owens, pulled 204 absentees.
In the face of greater need than ever, organizers worry their dollars won’t stretch as far as they used to because of the closing of a local auction house that helped to meet their needs.
The carnival, which became part of a weekend of community events, intended to help meet those needs.
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For more information, contact the Town of Orwell at 298-5242 or the Oswego County Health Department at 349-3557 or 1-800-596-3200, ext. 3557.
Police in Cayuga County are offering a little more information about the investigation into William Levea of Fulton. He’s accused of murder, for allegedly ramming the back of another man’s car until it went out of control and crashed, killing the driver.
Today, police are giving us a look at Levea’s car, to try to jog the memories of people who might have seen him Friday afternoon.
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