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Month: November 2018

Cayuga County judge ‘reluctantly’ sentences woman to probation after deadly Sennett wreck

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Cayuga County judge ‘reluctantly’ sentences woman to probation after deadly Sennett wreck
A North Syracuse woman who killed two people and injured three others in a car crash last year was sentenced to five years of probation in Cayuga County Court Tuesday morning. In June 2017, Kadesha Dunham, 25, attempted to pass a concrete truck on Franklin Street Road in Sennett. On Dunham’s third attempt to pass the truck — in a... more

UPDATE: Despite costing taxpayers $1.5B, Cuomo claims Amazon HQ won’t cost New Yorkers anything

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NY giving Amazon more than .5B through taxpayer-funded incentives for new HQ
The initial $1.5 billion in incentives for Amazon to bring up to 25,000 jobs to Long Island City in Queens ultimately won’t cost New York anything, Gov. Andrew Cuomo insisted at a news conference on Tuesday. The tax breaks over 10 years are tied to job creation, but the company is also receiving $350 million in a cash grant from... more

FLX WEEKLY: First snow, Thanksgiving favorites & sports weekend (podcast)

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FLX WEEKLY: First snow, Thanksgiving favorites & sports weekend (podcast)
Join Jessica Lahr, Sydney Rogers, Josh Durso and Jim Sinicropi for a round-up of your week in the Finger Lakes and a look at the weekend ahead. With just one week until Thanksgiving, we discuss all the preparations and planning leading up to the holiday season. . more

NY Attorney General orders Ithaca auction house to pay $230,000 in fraud restitution

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NY Attorney General orders Ithaca auction house to pay 0,000 in fraud restitution
The state Attorney General’s Office ordered an Ithaca auction house Tuesday to pay nearly $250,000 in restitution for tricking customers into giving up their property for auction without returning the proceeds. Finger Lakes Estate and Auction and owner Charles Dorsey were ordered to pay $237,739 in customer restitution and $12,000 in civil penalties and costs, Attorney General Barbara Underwood announced.... more

Cayuga County committee passes preliminary 2019 budget with 2.4 percent tax levy increase

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Cayuga County committee passes preliminary 2019 budget with 2.4 percent tax levy increase
A Cayuga County Legislature committee Tuesday passed a preliminary budget for 2019, reducing the total tax levy by approximately $200,000 from the tentative budget proposed by the county administrator. The Ways and Means committee voted in favor of a budget with a property tax increase of 2.4 percent over the 2018 budget with a total tax levy of approximately $40.75... more

Praise for foundry contamination cleanup efforts in Geneva

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Praise for foundry contamination cleanup efforts in Geneva
For all that went wrong with the Geneva Foundry contamination when it came to communicating with affected residents, a lot has apparently gone right with the cleanup project itself. The state Department of Environmental Conservation, working with contractor LaBella Environmental of Rochester, is finishing up a second year of contaminated property remediation covering about 40 parcels, around double what was... more

Kocher rules that Greenidge permits were issued properly by DEC

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Kocher rules that Greenidge permits were issued properly by DEC
Permits granted to Greenidge Generation LLC for the withdrawal and discharge of water by its power plant in Dresden were properly issued by the state Department of Environmental Conservation, a Yates County Supreme Court judge has concluded. In a ruling issued Nov. 8, Judge William Kocher dismissed in its entirety a civil suit filed by the Sierra Club and others that challenged... more

SUNDAY CONVERSATION: Povero reflects on nearly half-century in law enforcement (podcast)

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SUNDAY CONVERSATION: Povero reflects on nearly half-century in law enforcement (podcast)
Ontario County Sheriff Philip Povero has made serving the community a career. He has also made it a lifetime achievement, setting the standard for what long-term, successful leadership looks like in a law enforcement setting. He’ll be staying involved. Even as Sheriff Povero approaches retirement, he says staying involved in the community he calls home; and has served for nearly... more

WEEKEND EVENTS: Christmas Lights, Psychics and Shopping in the Finger Lakes November 16th – 18th

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WEEKEND EVENTS: Christmas Lights, Psychics and Shopping in the Finger Lakes November 16th – 18th
This weekend, get out and discover the Christmas cheer this season is bringing by checking out the Lights on the Lake, making Christmas wreaths or even something as simple as having a drink at the 6th annual New York State Craft Beer in Syracuse! This weekend comes with a exciting variety of things for your family and friends to go... more

Four-star recruit Quincy Guerrier commits to Syracuse basketball

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Four-star recruit Quincy Guerrier commits to Syracuse basketball
Quincy Guerrier, a 6-foot-7 forward in the 2019 class, has committed to play basketball at Syracuse University. Guerrier chose Syracuse out of a final group of three schools. His final list included Illinois and Oregon. He made his announcement in the Montreal TV studio of RDS during the network’s halftime show for the New York Knicks-Indiana Pacers game. Syracuse.com: Read... more
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