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Environmental Conservation Police On Patrol

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) Division of Law Enforcement enforces the 71 chapters of New York State’s Environmental Conservation Law (ECL), protecting fish and wildlife and preserving environmental quality across New York. In 1880, the first eight Game Protectors proudly began serving to protect the natural resources and people of New York State.

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Remembering Flying Tiger Line Flight 739

Sixty-one years ago on March 16, 1962, Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 (FTLF 739) and its crew, departed on a secret mission sanctioned by President Kennedy, to fly to Vietnam. This secret Vietnam reconnaissance mission went missing with no trace of the plane or its passengers ever found. Onboard were 93 United States Army soldiers and 11 civilian crewmembers. 

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New flavors From Perry’s Ice Cream Bring Texture To The Freezer Aisle

Perry’s Ice Cream Company, Inc., a Great Lakes regional brand and Upstate New York’s #1 ice cream, introduces three retail flavors for spring 2023.  Their latest premium introductions will debut regionally at grocery and retail stores and are available for purchase online across the continental U.S.  Also in the 2023 lineup are four new three-gallon ice cream tub flavors, including one new non-dairy tub flavor for scoop shop and food service customers.  

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Kwik Fill Launches Annual MDA Shamrocks Campaign

More than 295 locations in New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio will be raising funds to empower the lives of children and adults living with Muscular Dystrophy, ALS and related neuromuscular diseases from March 1st though March 31for the annual MDA Shamrocks campaign to benefit the mission of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). Funds raised go towards accelerating research, advancing care, and advocating for the support of families.

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National Grid Reminds Customers That Bill Assistance Programs Are Open For A Limited Time

National Grid consumer advocates want to remind customers to act quickly if they are facing a potential shutoff, as emergency assistance funds available for income-eligible customers are limited. Customers who qualify for the Home Energy Assistance Program and those who just exceed the income limits may be eligible for grants to address their pastty-due balances.

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Red Cross Honors Local Community Heroes During Red Cross Month Celebration In March

As climate disasters, blood donation needs and other emergencies upend lives, local community heroes are stepping up to care for one another.

This March, the Central and Northern New York Chapter is honoring those who make its mission possible during the 80th annual American Red Cross Month celebration — a national tradition that began in 1943 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the first Red Cross Month proclamation.

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