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(Schenectady, N.Y.) – Price Chopper/Market 32 is issuing a voluntary manufacturer recall on 16 oz bottles of Top Care 3% USP Hydrogen Peroxide with UPC 3680026711. Topco/Vi-Jon, the manufacturer, is recalling this product due to a report of an off odor and flavor and potential Isopropyl Alcohol content.

Customers who purchased the affected product can return it to their local Price Chopper/Market 32 store for a full refund. For more information, customers can visit topcarebrand.com or call 847-329-3203 or contact Price Chopper/Market 32 at 800-666-7667 or via email at consumerresponse@pricechopper.com.

Many of the customers who purchased this item have already been contacted through Price Chopper/Market 32’s Broadnet recall notification program, which uses purchase data and consumer phone numbers on file in connection with the company’s AdvantEdge (loyalty) card to alert those households that may have purchased the products in question.

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Lake Placid, NY — Reduce single-use plastic in the environment and give back to those in need in the local community, all while running routine weekly errands at the local Hannaford. The Ausable River Association has been selected by local Hannaford store leadership as the benefiting non-profit in the Community Bag Program for the month of July, 2022!

The Hannaford Community Bag Program is an easy way for shoppers to give back to the local community and the environment as part of the regular shopping routine. Every $2.50 reusable Community Bag sends a $1 donation to a non-profit local to the Hannaford in which it was purchased.

As part of this ongoing program, every month at every Hannaford location a different local non-profit is selected to benefit from the sale of the reusable Community Bag. The Ausable River Association was selected as the July 2022 beneficiary by local store leadership of the Hannaford at 45 Hadjis Way in Lake Placid. The Ausable River Association will receive a $1 donation for every $2.50 reusable Community Bag purchased at this location in July 2022.

“The last few years brought many changes and difficulties for nonprofits, especially community-based groups,” said Kelley Tucker, Executive Director of the Ausable River Association. “We are thrilled to be recipients of this innovative program that makes it possible for shoppers to give back to local nonprofits while reducing single-use plastic in the environment. We appreciate the community’s support in this important initiative to make a difference.”

The Ausable River Association is a science-based solution-oriented nonprofit based in Wilmington, NY. Founded in 1998, the Ausable River Association’s mission is to help communities protect our streams and lakes. They believe that science + stewardship = solutions for our community. Learn more about the Ausable River Association by visiting ausbleriver.org.

For more information about the Hannaford Community Bag Program, please visit hannaford.bags4mycause.com.

More than a dozen corrections officers injured by large group of violent inmates  

Senator Dan Stec (R,C-Queensbury) today reiterated the need to repeal the HALT Act in the aftermath of the attack on corrections officers at Great Meadows Correctional Facility.

On Father’s Day, a large group of inmates injured 15 officers at the maximum-security facility in an attack. This brutal assault is part of a pattern since the HALT Act came into effect earlier this year. Attacks on officers in 2022 are on pace to exceed last year’s record totals. With this in mind, Stec is urging the governor and Legislature to end the crisis inside corrections facilities by passing his legislation (Senate bill S.9378) to repeal HALT.

“First, I’d like to thank the officers at Great Meadows for their service and wish them a swift recovery from the unconscionable assault on them,” Stec said. “Our COs have consistently been targeted by inmates in correctional facilities and the HALT Act has made it even worse.

“This year is on pace to set a sad benchmark by setting a new record for attacks on COs,” he continued. “We must listen to the people working in correctional facilities and repeal HALT. Doing so will help officers protect themselves and keep these sites secure.

“With the Legislature convening this week for Special Session, I urge Governor Hochul and the Legislature to take up my legislation to repeal HALT. This simply cannot wait,” Stec concluded.

“The level of violence in our correctional facilities has reach a tipping point that needs to be addressed immediately before an officer gets critically injured or even killed in one of these attacks.  All the HALT Act has done is take an already violent environment filled with inmate on staff and inmate on inmate attacks, and made it worse. The legislature needs to address this immediately and stop turning a blind eye to the violence that is occurring before something tragic happens,” stated John Roberts, NYSCOPBA Northern Region Vice President.