The county’s jobless rate is the highest in Upstate New York and second highest in the state, to the Bronx’ 13.6%.
SUNY Oswego’s Sarfraz Mian sees a future for Pakistan without extremist violence like the two suicide bombings March 12 that killed 45 people on their way to Friday afternoon congregational prayers in Lahore, the city of Mian’s birth.
Writes Chuck Harrington: “The Fort is again under siege – not by an armada assembled by a foreign enemy, but one of our own making. Budget cuts in Albany, spurred by an era of fiscal irresponsibility, have led us to the real possibility of losing a site that holds such a rich history, and many stunning tales of bravery.”
A rally to try to preserve the Fort is scheduled for Sunday.
Blackstone Group will close the Rochester headquarters of Birds Eye Foods, the company it acquired, according to a job-loss notice the company filed with the state Labor Department.
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