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The event raised more than $3,000 to help support our efforts to provide vital services to children who have been sexually or physically abused. From the beautiful weather for the ride to the wonderful chicken barbeque at Sweet Inspirations Drive-In it was a great day for all involved.
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Stop Pillaging 911 Funds!
By Barry Leemann, Chairman, Oswego County Legislature
For some time now, our County E-911 Director, Mike Allen, and the Legislature’s Public Safety and Emergency Services Committee have been laying the groundwork for replacing the county’s outdated emergency communications system. There are a number of problems with the present equipment, and a new communications system has been needed for many years.
Community
Stop Pillaging 911 Funds!
For some time now, our County E-911 Director, Mike Allen, and the Legislature’s Public Safety and Emergency Services Committee have been laying the groundwork for replacing the county’s outdated emergency communications system. There are a number of problems with the present equipment, and a new communications system has been needed for many years.
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Monday’s Briefing: Off To Denver
The focus of New York politics shifts to Denver this week (and next) as the candidates for President have their made-for-TV conventions. Most of New York’s political elite is there, too.
361New Yorkers are delegates to the convention. Only two of them are named Clinton, though one of the two will get more attention than the other 360.
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Monday Briefing: Tax Cap Passes, But Will It Survive?
So the Senate on Friday approved a cap on your school property taxes. The Governor wants it badly. In our roundup of the day’s news from elsewhere, we’ll see whether he .. and you .. might get it.
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Friday’s Briefing: The Boys Are Back In Town
The State Senate’s back at work today, trying to head off your anger over high taxes and the Governor’s demand for a tax cap. It’s the top story in our roundup of the day’s statewide news.
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Thursday’s Briefing: Budget Talk Everywhere
Our roundup of news from around the state focuses today on Topic One in Albany: Governor Paterson’s demands for deep budget cuts to head off what he says is a crisis.
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Wednesday’s Briefing: When Bad News Is Good
No news is all bad. Take the state budget mess, for instance. The moment Gov. Paterson declared it a “crisis”, his poll numbers shot up. That story tops our daily roundup of news from around the state.
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Monday’s Briefing: Devil’s In The Details
State lawmakers come back to Albany at the end of the week to take up the Governor’s call for big budget cuts. That story tops our daily roundup of news you need to know from around the state.
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Friday’s Briefing: A Stand-Up Governor
The talk’s continuing about how to fill the deficit that Gov. Paterson identified this week. But Paterson himself was off on a speaking tour, pressing wider issues and delivering some punchy one-liners. That story tops our roundup of news from elsewhere.