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The New York State Department of State today announced the release of a public service campaign that highlights the danger of fires caused by natural Christmas trees that are not properly maintained as well as children playing with novelty l...
In 1997, the Town and Village of Schoharie adopted a Comprehensive Plan to address community change, land use regulations, and planning options that better reflected 21st century concerns. Now, eleven years later, some of those changes are being...
The Arcade Campus of Genesee Community College is hosting several dynamic events this month benefiting the local community with cultural, commemorative, academic and career opportunities.
The semi-retired Beacon man who waited six months to claim his $1,000,000 prize on a Lottery scratch off ticket, will receive his over-sized check just in time for the holidays.
The New York State Thruway Authority announced today that deck replacement work on the Tappan Zee Bridge will continue. This project is part of the Authority's on-going commitment to continue to fulfill its responsibility to maintain and operate ...
On Wednesday, December 3, the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) will release new research showing that while the state has instituted a freeze on hiring state workers, it has left the door to hiring costly consultants wide open.
New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker today encouraged consumers to buy a real, New York grown Christmas tree this holiday season.
The Global Education Committee and the Student Government Association at Genesee Community College are sponsoring a panel discussion on the Current Issues in Immigration. The panel discussion will take place on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 from 6:30...
The annual Encore event is holiday tradition featuring a performance by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra at approximately 7:45 PM in the Stuart Steiner Theatre. Guests will be welcomed by Edgar and Mary Louise Hollwedel, chairpersons of the ev...
Family members of Capital Region New York Army National Guard Soldiers deployed in Iraq, the Cohoes Remembers Vets Committee and the Veterans of Lansingburgh, Inc. and the Cohoes School District, and the City of Cohoes will mail 1000 pounds of don...
Looking for the perfect holiday gift? How about tickets to the other most wonderful time of the year - the Iowa State Fair! Tickets are on sale now and will only be available online at iowastatefair.org. This is the first time the Fair has offe...
The Public Service Commission will hold its next regular session beginning at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, December 10, 2008, in the 19th Floor Board Room of its offices located at Three Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York. The agenda will be announced.
The public will be able to listen in via the Internet to the Executive Board meeting of the Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped (CBVH) taking place at 8:30 am on Tuesday, December 2.
The Department of Theatre at The College at Brockport, State University of New York, has been invited to perform its production of Colorblind: The Katrina Monologues at the Region II (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jer...
The SUNY Plattsburgh music department will present a concert by the Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra on Monday, Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the E. Glenn Giltz Auditorium, Hawkins Hall, on the SUNY Plattsburgh campus. The concert is free and open to the public.
The Chadron State College Music Department will be busy spreading holiday cheer in December. CSC's music groups have scheduled at least seven engagements during the month.
Fourteen New York Army National Guard Soldiers who spent 10 months in Afghanistan training members of the Afghan National Army will be with their families for Thanksgiving. The team arrives at LaGuardia Airport at 4:50 p.m. today. Members of the m...
The SUNY Plattsburgh music department will present a concert by the guitar students of Michael Angelo Fratino on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the E. Glenn Giltz Auditorium, Hawkins Hall, on the SUNY Plattsburgh campus. Admission is free and o...
An online auction of autographed sports memorabilia, donated by SUNY Cortland Sports Management Department alumni and friends, will take place between Friday, Dec. 5, and Monday, Dec. 15.
A Cheektowaga woman who will celebrate her 32nd birthday on Thanksgiving day has a lot to be thankful for this holiday season, including a new job for her and $1,000,000 windfall for her family thanks to the Lottery's Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas...
A Cheektowaga woman who will celebrate her 32nd birthday on Thanksgiving day has a lot to be thankful for this holiday season, including a new job for her and $1,000,000 windfall for her family thanks to the Lottery's Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas...
The New York State Thruway Authority has proactively taken steps to help manage heavy traffic during the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday period (Wednesday, November 26 through Sunday, November 30). Due to the anticipated traffic volume increase, the...
Genesee Community College is pleased to announce that Annette Zuber has been named Employee of the Month for November 2008. Annette has worked at Genesee for nine years and is currently a Technical Specialist in Institution Research and Assessment...
Genesee Community College is pleased to name Emily Voss Student of the Month for November. Emily, a 2007 graduate of Fillmore High School, is in the Elementary Education Transfer Program at Genesee. She is a very active student and was named to th...
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Victory Christian Church, which already runs a city mission for children, will feed these children dinner every day over Thanksgiving break, including a special Thanksgiving Dinner. The church is trying to help as many families as possible this Th...
Residents in College Village have something to be thankful for this Thanksgiving holiday. Beginning at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, November 25, the Resident Assistants and College Village staff at Genesee Community College will prepare a traditional Thank...
The fourth annual RESPECT Campaign Food Drive at Genesee Community College was a success, despite the recent slower economy. The food drive ran from November 3rd through November 11th, with all collections donated to the local Salvation Army.
A Cheektowaga woman who will celebrate her 32nd birthday on Thanksgiving day has a lot to be thankful for this holiday season, including a new job for her and $1,000,000 windfall for her family thanks to the Lottery's Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas...
The State University of New York College at Plattsburgh is pleased to announce a calendar of events through early January. This calendar contains a sampling of arts, workshops, talks and other events at the college, all of which are open to the pu...
The SUNY Plattsburgh College Council will hold its next regular meeting on Monday, Dec. 1. The meeting will take place at 1 p.m. in the Videoconferencing Room 416, Sibley Hall, located on the college campus.
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The New York State Thruway Authority announced today that deck replacement work on the Tappan Zee Bridge will continue. This project is part of the Authority's on-going commitment to continue to fulfill its responsibility to maintain and operate ...
The collaborative artwork of two SUNY Cortland students and two Chinese students will be on display in an exhibit titled "Permission to Speak" from Nov. 26 - Dec. 12 at the Main Street SUNY Cortland's Beard Building Gallery located at 9 Main St.
Two Cortland County historical experts will discuss various historical markers in the county, on Thursday, Dec. 4, at SUNY Cortland.
Iris Paris of Crawford will sign copies of her new book, "Once Upon a Chariot," 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, in the Chicoine Atrium of the Sandoz Center at Chadron State College.
The High Plains Sustainability Association is sponsoring the Alternative Energy Symposium at Chadron State College on Sunday, Nov. 23. It will be in room 202 of Burkhiser Hall at 2 p.m. and is open to the public free of charge.
The Chadron State College fall 2008 senior art show will open Monday, Dec. 1, in the main gallery of Memorial Hall. The show, "Reveal: A Glimpse into an Artist's Soul," features the works of graduating seniors Abby Christian of Gordon and Theresa ...
Searching for a job can be difficult if you don't have the resources to put your best foot forward. Genesee Community College's Warsaw Campus Center is offering a Job Search Workshop on Wednesday December 10th to help prepare students, as well as ...
The Plattsburgh State Gospel Choir is planning to bring a little soul to the North Country with their annual Christmas concert. The show is on Dec. 7 and starts at 4:30 p.m. in the E. Glenn Glitz Auditorium in Hawkins Hall on the SUNY Plattsburgh ...
Members of the media are invited to meet with and observe Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion 108th Infantryand their family members from Rochester and The Finger Lakes, participating in the New York Army National Guard R...
Members of the Media are invited to meet with and observe Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion 108th Infantry and their family members participating in the New York Army National Guard Reintegration Program November 22 in T...
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New York State's private sector job count decreased over the month by 13,900, or 0.2 percent, to 7,239,900 (seasonally adjusted) in October 2008, the State Labor Department reported today. New York State's unemployment rate, after seasonal adjust...
The Retail Council of New York State will issue its first Holiday Sales Watch for the 2008 shopping season on Wednesday, Dec. 3.
The Agriculture & New York State Horse Breeding Development Fund Board of Trustees will meet on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 2PM at the Harness Racing Museum in Goshen, New York. (240 Main Street Goshen, NY) The meeting will take place in the...
FENCE magazine will launch its Winter 2008-09 issue with readings by three contributors, including fiction writers Ira Sher, Edward Schwarzschild, and Shelley Jackson on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 7:00 p.m [NOTE EARLY START TIME] in the Standis...
The American Red Cross is holding its annual Thanksgiving Blood Drive, Thursday, November 27 and is encouraging people to donate blood and help save up to three lives before the holiday turkey is served.
On Saturday, Dec. 6 at 8 p.m., the Champlain Valley Voices and the SUNY Plattsburgh Choral Union, led by Artistic Director Karen Becker, will present a winter concert featuring "The Messiah," G.F. Handel's most successful and best-known oratorio.
With the unemployment rate at 6.5% and expected to climb higher, entrepreneurs and energetic American inventors and innovators are an essential element in the recovery of the nation's economy. All entrepreneur "wanna-be's" are welcome at Genesee C...
The 20th annual Excellence in Early Childhood Conference will be Friday and Saturday, Feb. 20-21, 2009, on the Chadron State College campus.
Chadron State College football fans have the opportunity to travel to Saturday's NCAA playoff game at the University of Minnesota-Duluth by bus.
The editor of the soon-to-be-released book, "Out of Exile: Narratives from the Abducted and Displaced People of Sudan," will speak about human rights in the Sudan and Congo on Tuesday, Nov. 25 at 12:15 p.m. in Room 202, Yokum Hall on the SUNY Plat...
New York is experiencing a budget crisis. State revenues continue to fall while the federal government is taking unprecedented action to shore-up ailing financial institutions. Governor David Paterson recently announced that state deficit projecti...
NOTE TO EDITORS: Please note that this event is Thursday, November 20th at 11 a.m. A previous advisory stated that the event was on Friday.
SUNY Plattsburgh has the second largest number of international students, per capita, of any of the colleges in the State University of New York System, coming in second only to the University at Buffalo. In order to celebrate the diversity on cam...
The New York State Thruway Authority today announced that the installation of an overhead sign structure on I-84 approximately one half mile west of Exit 7 (Union Ave., NY 300, I-87) will necessitate a day time traffic stoppage in the eastbound di...
A host of blue-chip global business executives are convening at a small college in this tiny Midwestern town to discuss the state of the world economy in hopes of bringing the common sense of small-town America to Wall Street. The Benedictine Col...
The Dowd Fine Arts Center Gallery at SUNY Cortland opened its "2008 Art and Art History Faculty Biennial" exhibition on Friday, Nov. 14. The exhibition, which runs through Friday, Feb. 6, is free and open to the public.
The Empire State Carpenters Apprenticeship Committee, Local 281 (Binghamton), will conduct recruitment from November 19, 2008 through October 21, 2009 for 10 apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today.
Thirteen students have been cast in the Chadron State College Theatre Department's production of "Reckless," which opens this week in the Black Box Theatre of Memorial Hall. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. The...
The Office of Fire Prevention and Control (OFPC), a division of the New York State Department of State, will conduct a two-day demonstration showing the susceptibility to fire of improperly hydrated, "fresh cut" Christmas trees.
The North Country Small Business Development Center at SUNY Plattsburgh, in partnership with the Essex County Industrial Development Agency, is hosting a seminar for individuals who want to learn what to do before hanging an "open for business" sign.
At 8:30am, Sunday, November 16th, the American Legion Post 815 raised the American Flag to the sounds of the National Anthem. The store located at 245 Wilkes-Barre Township Blvd. replaces the original Price Chopper on Rte. 115, which opened April...
The Lottery's Yolanda Vega will team up with a special holiday guest to present over-sized prize checks to three new Lottery Millionaires from Huntington Station and Roosevelt. The three winners - including a custodian and a pair of "long-term dat...
SUNY Plattsburgh's Latin American Studies Department will present a discussion on immigration on Thursday, Nov. 20, at 7 p.m. in Room 153B of Hawkins Hall.
This is a reminder that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will be holding two hearings in the Buffalo/Niagara region next week about the state's draft Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Plan and draft Generic Environme...
The Lottery's Yolanda Vega will team up with a special holiday guest to present over-sized prize checks to three new Lottery Millionaires from Huntington Station and Roosevelt. The three winners - including a custodian and a pair of "long-term dat...
Works from the Plattsburgh State Art Museum's Rockwell Kent Collection have gone on the road to become a major exhibit at the New York State Museum in Albany, N.Y. Half a million visitors are expected to see the works in "Rockwell Kent: This Is My...
The New York State Thruway Authority announced today that deck replacement work on the Tappan Zee Bridge will continue. This project is part of the Authority's on-going commitment to continue to fulfill its responsibility to maintain and operate t...
SUNY Cortland student athletes and staff will box up and hand deliver turkeys and all of the fixings for a Thanksgiving meal to 16 needy families in Cortland County on Sunday, Nov. 23.
The New York State Thruway Authority today announced that routine repairs on the Tappan Zee Bridge will continue on Monday, November 17 through Friday, November 21, during off-peak travel times.
The Lottery's Yolanda Vega will team up with a special holiday guest to present over-sized prize checks to three new Lottery Millionaires from Huntington Station and Roosevelt. The three winners - including a custodian and a pair of "long-term dat...
The Area Sheet Metal Workers Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee of Elmira, Local 112, will conduct apprentice recruitment from November 17, 2008 through November 13, 2009 for 15 apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith anno...
THe Lottery's Yolanda Vega will team up with a special holiday guest to present over-sized prize checks valued at $4,000,000 to three new Lottery Millionaires from Huntington Station and Roosevelt. The three winners - including a custodian and a p...
Nov. 13, 2008
Col. Stephanie Dawson, the first female brigade commander in New York Army National Guard history, will take command of the 369th Sustainment Brigade, known as the Harlem Hellfighters because of the unit's daring conduct in World War I, in a Chang...
The Lottery's Yolanda Vega will team up with a special holiday guest to present over-sized prize checks to three new Lottery Millionaires from Huntington Station and Roosevelt. The three winners - including a custodian and a pair of "long-term dat...
The SUNY Plattsburgh music department will present the popular concert recital series, "Karen Becker and Friends" on Saturday, Nov. 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the E. Glenn Giltz Auditorium, Hawkins Hall, on the SUNY Plattsburgh campus. The concert will fe...
The SUNY Plattsburgh music department will present a Symphonic Band Concert on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the E. Glenn Giltz Auditorium, Hawkins Hall, on the SUNY Plattsburgh campus. The concert is free and open to the public.
The New York State Thruway Authority and New York State Police Troop T today announced the launch of the statewide seat belt enforcement initiative, "Buckle Up New York." The 14-day campaign will begin Monday, November 17 and continue until Sunday...
The New York State Canal Corporation today announced that the Canal System will officially close for the 183rd consecutive navigation season at 5 p.m. on Saturday, November 15, 2008.
The NYS Division of Budget has recommended to Governor Patterson a $20 million cut in Library Aid that amounts to an additional 20% reduction in state funding for library services and would bring Library Aid down to a level not seen since 1993.
The Painters and Allied Trades Joint Apprenticeship and Training Fund, District Council 9, will conduct recruitment for on November 14 through December 1, 2008 for 100 painter and decorator structural steel apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M....
There has been a change of speakers for the Chadron State College International Club's Coffee Hour series, Monday, Nov. 17.
American Indian culture will be celebrated Saturday, Nov. 22, when Chadron State College hosts its eighth annual powwow. The CSC Powwow, which has been postponed one week from its originally scheduled date, will be in the Student Center throughout...
New York Lottery officials will present a Windsor man with his over-sized prize check at the store where he purchased his lucky Win $1,000 a Week for Life ticket.
President and CEO, Neil Golub, will be joined by Tony & Ernie Pomerleau, developers, at an official ribbon cutting ceremony for a new Price Chopper store in South Burlington. Also on hand will be City Manager, Chuck Hafter, along with other lo...
Four "Operation Hire: Veterans Career Fairs," sponsored by the Department of Labor, will be offered to veterans and their families on Thursday, November 13 in the Capital Region, Central New York, Western New York and New York City.
The Advisory Council to the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services will hold its quarterly meeting on Wednesday, November 19, 2008.
The state Advisory Council on Underage Alcohol Consumption will hold its initial meeting on Tuesday, November 18, 2008.
The New York State Thruway Authority today announced that its sixth public auction of the year will be held on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. The auction will be held just north of Thruway Interchange 22, on Route 144 in Selkirk.
State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith and invited guests will be holding an opening ceremony in Albany to commemorate the Operation Hire: Veterans Career Fair on Thursday, November 13. The job fair is designed for veterans and their immediat...
Volunteers and participants are being sought for the fourth annual Relay for Life of SUNY Cortland, which will be held on Saturday, Nov. 22, from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. in the Lusk Field House.
CSEA is appalled by both the tone and substance of Gov. David Paterson’s latest round of proposed state budget cuts. The range and depth of the cuts without serious pursuit of better alternatives put forward by CSEA and other groups amount ...
Neil Golub, President & CEO for Price Chopper Supermarkets will be making an official announcement regarding a new store in the township of Madison, NY. He will be joined by Kurt Wendler of Sphere Development, developer for the project, along ...
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Commissioner David J. Swarts of the Department of Motor Vehicles and Chair of the Governor's Traffic Safety Committee (GTSC) was joined at a press conference today by several community activists and state and federal agencies to mark November 10-1...
Wolcott newlywed is Wayne County's newest Lottery Millionaire - The first ever from Wolcott. The 23-year-old winner will receive her over-sized prize check at the store where she purchased her winning Monopoly instant game ticket.
New York Lottery officials will present a Windsor man with his over-sized prize check at the store where he purchased his lucky Win $1,000 a Week for Life ticket.
Common Cause/New York will discuss its new report "The Cable TV Industry: Hardwiring Influence," which details how the cable television industry has used campaign contributions and spent tens of millions of dollars on its lobbying efforts in New Y...
Wolcott newlywed is Wayne County's newest Lottery Millionaire - The first ever from Wolcott. The 23-year-old winner will receive her over-sized prize check at the store where she purchased her winning Monopoly instant game ticket.
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Wolcott newlywed is Wayne County's newest Lottery Millionaire - The first ever from Wolcott. The 23-year-old winner will receive her over-sized prize check at the store where she purchased her winning Monopoly instant game ticket.
Neil Golub, Price Chopper's President and CEO will be hosting a fundraising party on the eve of Price Chopper's grand opening of its newest store, located in the Township of Wilkes-Barre. He will be joined by Bill Feinstein, of Ventura Development...
Ghana will be the next country featured in the Chadron State College International Club's Coffee Hour series.
The Dorset Graves Lecture Series at Chadron State College continues Tuesday, Nov. 11, with Chadron resident Larry Teahon's presentation, "Crow Butte Resource In Situ: Recovery Mining Operations."
The Chadron State College Jazz Birds will perform at Wrecker's Roadhouse in downtown Chadron on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 8 p.m.
American Indian culture will be celebrated Saturday when Chadron State College hosts its eighth annual powwow. The CSC Powwow will be in the Student Center throughout the afternoon and into the evening.
The New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA,) is leading a two-day conference titled "Empowering Communities for Successful Aging." Scheduled for November 12-13, the conference will assist civic leaders in addressing the needs of the rapidly i...
The New York State Office for the Aging, in partnership with the Albany Guardian Society, is hosting a workshop/community forum titled Cohousing and Senior Cohousing: Communities that Create Environmentally and Socially Vibrant Sustainable Neighbo...
Major General Robert Knauff, the commander of the New York Air National Guard and New York's Deputy Adjutant General will deliver a Veteran's Day address to the New York Military Academy Corps of Cadets instead of Major General Joseph Taluto as pr...
H. Stephen Straight, a SUNY Binghamton vice provost who played a leadership role in the SUNY system's dual-diploma baccalaureate programs with universities in Turkey, will deliver the keynote address during SUNY Cortland's International Education ...
Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood's high school peer education program is called S.T.A.R.S. which stands for Seriously Talking About Responsible Sex. Today, November 10, the group is launching a bus shelter ad campaign to promote that serious conver...
Wolcott newlywed is Wayne County's newest Lottery Millionaire - The first ever from Wolcott. The 23-year-old winner will receive her over-sized prize check at the store where she purchased her winning Monopoly instant game ticket.
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Major General Joseph Taluto, the Adjutant General and Commander of the New York National Guard will deliver a Veterans Day address to the Corps of Cadets of the 120-year old New York Military Academy.