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Tuesday November 20, 2007
OASAS Offers Medicine Cabinet Inventory to Help Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse
State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) Commissioner Karen M. Carpenter-Palumbo today announced a resource to help prevent prescription drug abuse in homes across New York. A Medicine Cabinet Inventory, designed to track pr...
Statement by PEF President Ken Brynien Regarding Senate Proposal to Cut ‘Non-Sssential’ State Jobs
“Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith’s misguided proposal to cut 6,000 state jobs would actually cost taxpayers more money. The state should instead be concentrating on filling vacancies in state government thereby reducing the use o...
Retail Council urges collection of Internet sales tax
To the Editor:
North Country Small Business Development Center Offers Assistance for Businesses Seeking Disaster Loans
For small business hit by severe storms this summer, help may be on the way. Not only is aid available through the US Small Business Administration (SBA), but the North Country Small Business Development Center (SBDC) can help navigate the applica...
Local Consortium Receives Federal Grant to Enhance Telemedicine
An area consortium of hospitals, clinics, and colleges was notified today that it has been awarded a $7.6 million grant to improve telemedicine services in the North Country.
DEC Advances Plan for N.Y. Section of North Country Trail
A roughly 140-mile trail, winding from Boonville on the western edge of the Adirondack Mountains to Crown Point on the shores of Lake Champlain, could become the newest section of the North Country National Scenic Trail, under a proposal advanced ...
Principal Goewey Requests Open Hearing
The School Administrators Association of New York State (SAANYS), representing Riley Elementary Principal Dean Goewey of the Oswego City School District, has called for a public hearing in response to the charges placed against him by the district...
Carpenters Recruit Apprentices
The Empire State Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, Local 747 (Utica), will conduct recruitment from December 6, 2007 through November 6, 2008 for 10 carpenter apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced ...
Boilermakers Recruit Apprenctices
The Boilermakers Northeastern Joint Apprenticeship Committee, Local 7, will conduct recruitment from December 6, 2007 through December 4, 2008 for 16 apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today.
DEC Announces Grants to Help Protect Private Grasslands
More than 2,100 acres of privately owned, critical natural habitats will be protected and enhanced thanks to grants awarded today to help conserve dwindling grasslands in communities throughout upstate New York, State Department of Environmental C...
Statement of CSEA President Danny Donohue Blasting Senate Democrats' Proposal to Eliminate State Jobs
"The state Senate Democratic Conference proposal to eliminate about 6,000 state jobs by attrition is an example of shortsighted political grandstanding. It is an insult to state employees who have been left short-handed for years and it is a...
Carpenters Recruit Apprentices
The Empire State Carpenters Apprenticeship Committee, Local 11, will conduct recruitment from December 4, 2007 through November 25, 2008 for five lather apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today.
NYSDOT Announces Opening of New Stewart Airport Access Road
New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) Commissioner Astrid C. Glynn today announced the opening of the newly constructed Interstate 84/New York Route 747 interchange, as well as the new Stewart Boulevard, which provides an east-west ...
CARPENTERS RECRUIT APPRENTICES
The Empire State Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, Carpenters Local 747, will conduct recruitment from December 6, 2007 through November 6, 2008 for 10 carpenter apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announc...
Bridge Repairs Near Interchange 45 (Rochester, Victor, I-490)
The New York State Thruway today announces that preventive safety bridge repairs will take place on the Willowbrook Road Bridge, located near Interchange 45 (Rochester, Victor, I-490), milepost 350.99. This repair work will cause intermittent clo...
Media Advisory: Retail Council of New York State Launches Annual Holiday Sales Watch
The Retail Council of New York State will issue its first Holiday Sales Watch for the 2007 shopping season on Wednesday, Nov. 28.
CSEA President Say Employees Know Best, Ways to Combat Workplace Violence
"This rule will have a profound impact on the working lives of thousands of public employees and it will save lives," CSEA President Danny Donohue told state Department of Labor officials today about a proposed DOL rule that would requir...
Lend a Helping Hand on Sunday, Dec. 2 to Aid Arboretum
The Landis Arboretum will share in the rewards of a musical event presented by The Helping Hands Benefit Concert Series on Sunday, Dec. 2. Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem will be the featured artists at the 3 p.m. concert at the Schoharie United Pre...
Thruway Authority Reminds Motorists to Prepare for Heavy Thanksgiving Holiday Traffic
The New York State Thruway Authority has proactively taken steps to help manage heavy traffic during the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday period (Wednesday, November 21 through Sunday, November 25). Due to the anticipated traffic volume increase, the...
American Red Cross Hosts “Community that Cares” Blood Drive
The American Red Cross Blood Services Division, New York-Penn Region will host a special “Community That Cares” blood drive on Monday, Nov. 26, at Fishkill Town Hall, 807 Rt. 52, Fishkill, from 12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. “A C...
Labor Department Collects $81,000 For Back Wages
State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today that the Labor Department has collected $81,000 in back wages on behalf of 12 workers employed by Macro Vegetarian Inc., a food processing plant located at 45-35 39th Street in Sunnyside, ...
PSC Sponsors Regional Roundtable Discussions
The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) today announced additional Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard regional roundtable discussions that will bring together community and business leaders committed to addressing energy efficiency an...
NYSDOT Honored For Green And Blue Highways Initiative
New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) Commissioner Astrid C. Glynn today announced that the department’s statewide Green and Blue Highways Program has been honored by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) as an Exemplary E...
Former Oneonta Mayor Named Director of New York State Parks Central Region
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Commissioner Carol Ash today announced the appointment of Kim K. Muller as Director of the Central Region for the agency. As director, Muller will oversee 34 state parks and his...