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Tuesday February 05, 2008
PEF, State Negotiators Reach Tentative Contract Agreement
The New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) – the state's second-largest public-employee union– today announced it has reached a tentative agreement with the state on a new contract that includes enhancements in nearly all con...
Swick-Duttine Named "Anti-Hazing Hero"
Allison Swick-Duttine, director of fraternity/sorority life and organizational development at SUNY Plattsburgh has received national honors for her anti-hazing efforts. Nationally, she was one of two professionals to be named by HazingPrevention.O...
SONYMA and NeighborWorks® America Agree to Promote Homeownership in New York’s Underserved Communities
The State of New York Mortgage Agency (SONYMA), which offers low cost mortgages to first-time homebuyers, and NeighborWorks® America, a national nonprofit dedicated to promoting homeownership, have agreed to form a partnership to promote home...
Putnam Hospital Center to Receive $750,000 to Develop New Cancer Center
Putnam Hospital Center (PHC) in Carmel will benefit from a $750,000 Community Development Block Grant through the New York State Office for Small Cities (OFSC). The funding, approved today by the Housing Trust Fund Corporation (HTFC) and the Divi...
The First Dividend, for 25% was Declared for the Hotel & Motel Group of New York Workers' Compensation
The Friedlander Group, Inc., the Group Manager for The Hotel & Motel Group of New York Workers’ Compensation Safety Group #578, underwritten by the NYS Insurance Fund, declared a 25% dividend to approximately 56 members with policies eff...
Capital Region Sponsor-A-Scholar Schenectady Breakfast Honors Students, Time Warner Cable and MVP Health Plan
WHAT: Capital Region Sponsor-A-Scholar, Inc. Schenectady Breakfast,
Missing Woman with Developmental Disabilities
Yvonne York, who lives in a residential home in the Bronx on Blackrock Ave., was last seen at her adult day program at 3625 Bainbridge Ave. in the Bronx.
Generic Version of Fosamax (R) Will Save Upstate New Yorkers Millions
Upstate New Yorkers who take prescription Fosamax® to treat or prevent osteoporosis will have a significant opportunity to save on prescription drug expenses by switching to the drug’s generic equivalent with the Fosamax® patent sc...
New York City-based National Guard Soldiers Heading for Afghanistan
More members of the New York National Guard are mobilizing for service overseas to support Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. More than two dozen Citizen Soldiers from the New York Army National Guard’s 4th Finance Detachment mobili...
One First-Prize Winning Ticket Sold for Monday’s Take Five Drawing
1st prize – Match 5 out of 5 numbers - $105,125.00 - 1 Winner
SUNY Plattsburgh Theater Department presents "Twelve Angry Men," A Pendragon Theatre Production
The SUNY Plattsburgh department of theater presents the Pendragon Theatre's production of "Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose. This classic jury room drama will be performed on Saturday, Feb. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the E. Glenn Giltz Audito...
New York’s Net Metering Policy Receives “D” Grade
New York State’s net metering policy, the practice that credits consumers for the clean power they generate, received a failing grade of “D” on a report card released today by the Network for New Energy Choices and dozens of envi...
Local Administrator Honored as Assistant Principal of the Year
Ms. Tracy C. DelGrego, academy director at East High School in the Rochester City School District, has been selected as the 2008 Assistant Principal of the Year by the School Administrators Association of New York State (SAANYS).
Ramp from I-84 Eastbound to Route 300 Southbound To Temporarily Close
The New York State Thruway Authority today announced that the exit ramp at Exit 7S (Union Avenue, Route 300, I-87) from I-84 eastbound to Route 300 southbound will be closed temporarily from Wednesday, February 6 through Friday, February 8, as wel...
Sales and Negotiation Expert, Ron Hubsher, To Speak At February Marketing Luncheon
The New York Capital Region chapter of the American Marketing Association will host a luncheon event with guest speaker Ron Hubsher, managing director of the Sales Optimization Group, an international negotiation and sales consulting and training ...
WAMC Winter Fund Drive Beginning Monday, February 11, 2008
WAMC/Northeast Public Radio will begin its annual winter fund drive on Monday, February 11th. The goal is to raise $800,000.00. The money raised supports our award-winning local and regional reporting, programming from NPR and other sources, plus...