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Prison guards wield big money clout « The In Box.

Watertown Daily Times | Massena mails sidewalk shoveling reminders.

Tax chief deputizes IG staff to permit use of returns – Times Union.

Donors spent $145G to fly Gov. Andrew Cuomo on private jets to fund-raising events – NY Daily News.

Study: 127 donors give $16.8M – Times Union.

Catholics speak out against ruling » Local News » Press-Republican.

Northern New York — Northern New York growers produce soybeans on nearly 9,000 acres. Six thousand of those acres are in Jefferson County, making it an ideal location for evaluating new varieties. The results of field trials conducted by Cornell University Crop and Soil Sciences Professor William J. Cox at Robbins Farms in Sackets Harbor, [...]

Different trips with same view – Times Union.

Activists speak out, aid abused Asian women kept silent by culture 

Alien invasion imminent » Local News » Press-Republican.

Eco-Machine might provide pathway toward turning wastewater into a useful resource | Burlington Free Press 

Oswego girls basketball coach placed on leave over parent’s complaint | syracuse.com.

By Donald McBrayer Several months ago St. Augustine’s Parish joined TD Bank’s Affinity Program in hopes that parishioners would be willing to “link” their checking and savings account to St. Augustine in a fundraising effort.  At the 4:30 Saturday evening Mass TD Bank District Manager Robin Russom and Peru Bank Managers Chris Mullen and Diana [...]

Building the Ice Palace – AdirondackDailyEnterprise.com

SL schools face $1.6 million budget gap – AdirondackDailyEnterprise.com 

Royal invasion: 2012 Saranac Lake Winter Carnival kicks off with coronation – AdirondackDailyEnterprise.com 

Analysis: Cuomo’s proposal for a less expensive pension plan would cost state, local governments millions to implement | syracuse.com.

Businesses knock new state law requiring employers to verify salaries | Press & Sun-Bulletin | pressconnects.com.

Watertown Daily Times | Potsdam Central is looking at ‘major’ gap in its budget.

Watertown Daily Times | Feds to reconsider rules for child labor on farms.

Gov. praises Senate passage of DNA databank expansion – AdirondackDailyEnterprise.com 

Environmental groups fight hunting cabin plan – AdirondackDailyEnterprise.com 

iWitness | Seven Days.

Saratoga Springs contractor charged with tax fraud.

Daily Courier-Observer | Massena Teen Under Arrest For Bomb Build.

Pfizer recalls 28 lots of birth control pills | syracuse.com.

Appellate court agrees Jordan-Elbridge School Board violated open meetings law | syracuse.com.

Watertown Daily Times | BRAC gives housing developers pause.

Plattsburgh City School Board prepares for difficult budget season 

Forecasted Scope of 2012-2013 Cost Reductions May Be Roughly $1M Peru CSD will create and discover ways to respond thoughtfully to the financial challenges ahead, as Peru Central enters its fourth extraordinarily challenging budget development season in a row, according to A. Paul Scott, Interim Superintendent of Schools. “These financial challenges are not of our [...]

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Watertown Daily Times | I-98 supporters want answers.

Watertown Daily Times | Silver introduces minimum wage hike.

Synthetic marijuana a growing problem – AdirondackDailyEnterprise.com

Proposed cuts in Medicare payments could hurt hospitals » Breaking News » Press-Republican.

The State Senate today approved legislation that would aid campgrounds wanting to remove disruptive guests. Because there is no law of this nature specific to campgrounds, courts have dealt with the issue by citing a landlord-tenant relationship, according to sponsor Senator Betty Little.“This legislation would bring campgrounds in line with what hotels and motels are able to do,” said Little.  [...]

Sons will play tribute to Ricky Nelson in Peekskill -

Race to the Top costs leave schools behind | The Journal News |

Details on Griffiss Development Corp. deals kept secret 

Alison M. Rosenbaum is the Samaritan Family Counseling Center’s newly hired mental health counselor. Located in the Peru Community Church, the Center can be accessed by a private door on the Rte 22B side of the Church.  The rest of the center consists of a private suite of rooms upstairs.  By Adele Douglas Let’s face [...]

By Don Evans If you have ever traveled up Reservoir Road, better known as Mother Cabrini Shrine Hill Road, you are aware of how quickly the road rises in elevation. The stretch from the Calkins Road to the Shrine at the top (4.1 miles) is one of, if not the steepest, roads in the North [...]

Double-suicide concluded as cause of Keeseville deaths »

How ‘jailhouse CPA’ Ronald Williams landed a $327,456 tax refund from prison | syracuse.com.

State Police investigate two dead bodies in Chesterfield » Local News » Press-Republican.

BBC News – 100 years of the war on drugs.

Cuomo inks deal with Xerox for Monroe County call center | Press & Sun-Bulletin | pressconnects.com.

St. Regis Falls woman falsely claims lotto win – AdirondackDailyEnterprise.com 

Fatal I-87 hit and run still being probed – AdirondackDailyEnterprise.com

Governor doesn’t like lawmakers’ district lines – AdirondackDailyEnterprise.com