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SUNY INTERN | Uniondale casino plans disputed
Alexia CrollSUNY Old Westbury Local advocacy group Say NO to the Casino issued a scathing statement condemning the town board’s actions and demanding the immediate resignation of Supervisor Don Clavin. “Supervisor Don Clavin and the town board should resign from office before they are voted out by the groundswell of passionate, committed constituents who clearly…
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Albany area wetlands collide with major housing development
Guilderland Planning Board and conservationists weigh ecological impact on rare habitat amid development review By Lily MagurnoUniversity at Albany(This story originally appeared in Community Spotlight.) ALBANY COUNTY—The Guilderland Planning Board is reviewing an application for a 15-lot major subdivision on East Old State Road in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve, a proposal that is raising…
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Senate GOP: Raise for education commissioner ‘unwarranted and offensive’
By J.T. StoneSUNY Albany New York State Senate Republicans are urging state education leaders to reconsider a 46 percent pay bump they quietly authorized last year for state Education Commissioner Betty Rosa. In a letter to the state Board of Regents on Friday, the GOP conference wrote that boosting the commissioner’s salary from $334,000 to $489,000 was reckless,…
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Winter’s tough on Latham’s pipes
By Lily MagurnoSUNY Albany COLONIE — Aging pipes and cold weather combined to keep Latham’s Water District crews busy the past few weeks, with a surge of water main breaks. The water main breaks this winter have affected several residential neighborhoods, including more recently Oakland Avenue, Valley View Avenue, and Loudon Road. “The main thing that causes [the…
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Cortland’s main street: God, pave the thing
Story by Amelie Ducrot, Erica Arroyo, Leah Bishop, Abbey Paul, Nolan Weik, and Avery Barrett UPDATE: Just after this article was written, the City of Cortland announced yet another delay. Main Street will not be fully repaved until spring. That’s when it will finally become a two-way street, as planned. Construction on Main Street in Cortland has…
