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Tompkins Co. Gets Millions for Low Income Housing (WENY-TV)
New York construction companies are getting millions in tax credits and grants to build and renovate affordable housing. Two Tompkins County construction companies are getting more than any other company in the state.Potato Famine-like blight raises concern (The Saratogian) SARATOGA SPRINGS — A blight that caused the 1840s Irish Potato Famine has local growers and New York agricultural leaders on high alert.
Onondaga County bars texting while driving today (The Post-Standard) Syracuse, NY -- You. Behind the wheel. Put down the Blackberry. Onondaga County's law that bars motorists from text-messaging while driving goes into force today.
Payroll put in play at Senate (Albany Times Union) Comptroller acting to withhold $190,000 due senators in stalemate
Cornell graduate student from New Zealand returned to NY to face charges of murdering wife (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) ITHACA, N.Y. - A Cornell University graduate student charged with murdering his wife is being held without bail in an upstate New York jail. Blazej (BLAH'-zay) Kot appeared in Tompkins County Court on Wednesday but didn't enter a plea.
Tioga State Bank promotes business development boards (The Daily & Sunday Review) FOR THE REVIEW SPENCER, N.Y. — Tioga State Bank utilizes three business development boards to receive quality input from various business sectors regarding business development and new products and services. The bank currently has business development boards in Broome County, Owego, Waverly and Spencer-Van Etten-Newfield-Candor areas.
Wholesaler recalls tomato plants (Albany Times Union) Heirloom variety grown under organic conditions is suspect but company defends its product
Man accused of murdering wife returns to New York (CNYCentral.com) A Cornell University graduate student charged with murdering his wife is now being held without bail in an upstate New York jail.
Traffic alerts for the Syracuse area this week (CNYCentral.com) If your driving in the Syracuse area this week, here is a list of highway projects from the New York State Department of Transportation that coudl cause some detours or delays.
South Walton talents garner recognition (Walton Sun News) South Walton artist Mark Partington has been commissioned to paint the portrait of a retiring circuit court judge that will hang in the statehouse in Youngstown, Ohio. The judge is on the board of the prestigious Butler Art Institute, which contains in its permanent collection a painting by Robert Broderson, Mark's father-in-law.