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Senator Ritchie Hosts Job Fair, Roundtable Meeting in Fulton

May 25, 2016 Mikayla Kemp

New York State Senator Patty Ritchie representing the 48th district had an eventful yet successful trip to Oswego County last week (May 19), focusing largely on the Fulton area. Ritchie hosted her annual Oswego County Job Fair at the Fulton Community Ice Arena where more than 50 businesses displayed their employment opportunities for potential employees. Ritchie then quickly made her way to CNY Arts Center on the Cayuga Community College campus to continue to bring help and change to the Fulton area at a roundtable meeting hosted by the Greater Oswego-Fulton Chamber of Commerce.

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Joint Investigation results in arrest of Pulaski Man for possession of Child Pornography

May 25, 2016 Contributor

A joint investigation conducted by the New York State Police in Pulaski, the New York State Police Computer Crimes Unit and the U.S. Department of the Army, Criminal Investigation Command, resulted in the arrest of 25-year-old, Blake A. Bryant from Pulaski, for (1) count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon 3rd degree, a class “D” felony and (2) counts of Possession of Sexual Performance by a Child, a class “E” felony.

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Assemblyman Barclay’s Submitted Testimony before the PSC Clean Energy Standard Public Hearing

May 25, 2016 Contributor

As you know, Oswego County is home to three of the state’s six nuclear power plants – James A. FitzPatrick and Nine Mile Point I and II. Nuclear generation is engrained in our history and a big part of who we are in Oswego County.

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The Fort Ontario National Landmark Committee will sponsor a rally Nov. 12 to generate support for elevating Fort Ontario and the Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum to National Monument status.

Katko Elevates Discussion In Washington On Fort Ontario, Safe Haven

May 25, 2016 Contributor

U.S. Representative John Katko delivered testimony Tuesday (May 24) at a legislative hearing held by the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands in support of legislation that he has introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives which would advance the designation of Fort Ontario and the Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum in Oswego to National Park status.

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Big Playoff Wins in Girls’ Lacrosse and Baseball

May 25, 2016 Contributor

Today’s News: What’s Happening at GRB? and a look into online scholarships in today’s edition of RaiderNet Daily.

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Ritchie Calls On PSC To Preserve Nuclear Energy, Protect FitzPatrick

May 25, 2016 Contributor

State Senator Patty Ritchie called for New York State to preserve nuclear energy and protect the FitzPatrick Nuclear Plant in a letter to the Public Service Commission delivered as part of a public hearing held in Oswego on the PSC’s Clean Energy Standard, which has set a goal of the state achieving 50 percent renewable energy generation by 2030.

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Albion Man Arrested For Aggravated DWI

May 25, 2016 Contributor

On May 24 at 7:07 p.m., troopers from SP Lowville were dispatched to State Route 177 in the town of Pinckney for a vehicle off the roadway.

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Patrick Dewine, executive director of the United Way, speaks to the PSC Tuesday at Oswego City Hall.

Clean Energy Standard Hearings Revolve Around Nuclear Energy

May 24, 2016 Steve Yablonski

The Public Service Commission held two in a month-long series of public hearings on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Clean Energy Standard (CES) in Oswego on Tuesday. It was the 11th hearing so far. The next one will be in Syracuse. The vast majority of speakers focused on saving the James A. FitzPatrick nuclear plant.

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Raider Baseball and Softball Playoff Previews

May 24, 2016 Contributor

Today’s News: Taking aim at learning targets, and a brutal Chinese tradition in today’s RaiderNet Daily.

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Allen, Thibodeau Families React to Heidi Allen Case Catching National Attention

May 23, 2016 Mikayla Kemp

It was twenty-two years ago now when 18-year-old Heidi Allen disappeared early Easter Sunday morning in 1994 from the D&W convenience store that she worked for in New Haven. Despite the years that have passed, this particular case has recently caught national attention when it aired on Friday (May 20) as an episode on Dateline NBC entitled ‘The Informant.’ Dateline spent the past year interviewing all the key players in the case, including Heidi’s sister, Lisa Buske, District Attorney Greg Oakes, Sheriff Reuel Todd, defense attorney Lisa Peebles, the Thibodeau family, and even featured the only man ever convicted for Heidi’s disappearance, Gary Thibodeau as well as others. The one-hour episode summed up the mystery case of Heidi Allen and provided insight from all sides of the case. Continue reading for Lisa Buske and Amanda Crawford’s reactions to the episode after it aired.

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