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If Wegmans Food Markets ever needed ammo to sell to uninformed areas it is looking to expand into, the locally based grocer can point to yet another recently posted ranking by a nationwide publication. Fortune Magazine, along with Great Place to Work, unveiled on Tuesday a “Best Workplaces in Retail” ranking that placed Wegmans on top of its large company... more

No. 3 Clemson (9-0, 6-0 ACC) showcased its firepower on both sides of the ball and ended Syracuse’s (4-5, 2-3 ACC) two-game winning streak with a convincing, 54-0 shutout at Memorial Stadium. The Tigers rolled up 565 yards of total offense and had two touchdown passes from two different quarterbacks while remaining unbeaten this season. Clemson scored touchdowns on four... more

John Flanagan will continue to lead the state Senate Republican conference. Flanagan, R-Smithtown, was unanimously re-elected to serve as GOP leader. He was nominated by state Sen. John DeFrancisco, who challenged him for the post last year. "After a campaign in which we faced extraordinary challenges and yet still managed to grow our majority in a presidential year, I couldn't... more

A light snow fell Saturday morning in the village of Weedsport as hundreds of people celebrated the 20th annual Olde Tyme Christmas. Sponsored by the Weedsport Chamber of Commerce, the festivities began with a traditional 5k race — now known as The Running of the Elves — and Breakfast with Santa at the Old Erie Restaurant, which welcomed dozens of... more

As Yuan Yuan started talking about Chinese New Year traditions with visitors at the Geneva Public Library, she became emotional. “The more I know about Chinese New Year, the more I feel homesick,” she said. Yuan, who teaches Mandarin Chinese at Geneva Middle School and North Street Elementary, told her audience that to the Chinese, celebrating the new year is... more

The Ithaca Police Department issued a plea to heroin users on Tuesday, asking users of the opioid drug to reach out for treatment. IPD has responded to eight calls for people suspected of overdosing on heroin in the last two weeks, Officer Jamie Williamson said in a statement. Those eight calls included one death “where the possibility that the person... more

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Saturday the Trump administration fired him after he refused its request to resign along with 45 other U.S. attorneys across the nation. “Today, I was fired from my position as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York," he said in a statement after he initially wrote on Twitter he was let go. Bharara... more