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Oswego County Sheriff's Office
On 7/22/08 at 10:03 p.m., Donald J. Hastings III, 27, of 10 Airport Rd. Bldg# 10 Apt.
Two Canastota residents snared in 'Operation Blackjack' drug ring bust
Operation Blackjack targets drug ring
It was a message, wrapped in plastic. The spoils of Operation Blackjack, which had targeted a cocaine ring, originating in the Bronx, supplying drugs to dealers in the Syracuse area.
Oswego County Sheriff's Office daily report
On 7/08/08, Lyda M. Bellamy, 64, of 9 Mazda Terrace, Rochester, NY, was ticketed at 8:00 a.m. for Operation While Registration Suspended following an investigation into a one-vehicle accident that occurred on ...
This woman isn't idle about car pollution
Elisa Zazzera has a perfectly nice talk with the driver of a BMW, explaining to the young woman that idling her car by the Hastings-on-Hudson train station wastes gas and pollutes the air.
Yonkers textile mill changes with the times
Carolyn Ray has managed her own textile mill in Yonkers for 30 years, manufacturing hand-painted textiles, designer wallpaper and other luxury handcraftings.
Oswego County Sheriff's Office daily report
On 6/20/08 at 6:43 p.m., Kyle L Pierce, 19, of 149 Oswego River Rd., Phoenix, NY was operating a 2005 Yamaha motorcycle north on CR 6 in the town of Schroeppel when the vehicle exited the east side of the road, ...
Metro-North finishes work on four Hudson Line stations
HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON - Train commuters can grab a latte at a coffee shop in the Hastings train station, and can use elevators there and at Dobbs Ferry and Ardsley stations now that renovations there and at ...
Route 69A crash seriously injures Hastings man
A Hastings man is in serious condition at University Hospital in Syracuse tonight after his car rolled over on state Route 69A in Parish, authorities said.
Oswego County Sheriff's Office
On 6/1/08 at 2:20 a.m., Jordan M. Tiff, 22, of 192 Shanty Creek Rd., Central Square, NY was operating a 2002 Mercury on SR 69 in the Town of Parish when he allegedly went off the road to avoid a deer at the ...
Construction-related traffic changes
Syracuse, NY -- Here are some of today's construction-related traffic changes: I-81 Bridge maintenance will force the closing of the left and center lanes northbound at Colvin Street 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today.
Driver in fair condition after suffering serious injuries.
A racecar driver was flown to University Hospital on Friday night after a crash at the Brewerton Speedway in Hastings.
Serious crash injures Brewerton Speedway driver
A racecar driver was flown by helicopter to University Hospital tonight after suffering serious injuries at Brewerton Speedway in Hastings, said Brewerton Fire Chief Michael Stassi.
Oswego County Sheriff's Office daily report
On 5/15/08 at 3:32 a.m., Jacob J. Vieira, 19, of 1110 Cloister Court, Baldwinsville, NY; John L. Polmanteer, 18, of 206 Land Rush Way, Baldwinsville, NY; Andrew Sims, 18, of 4585 Wetzel Rd., Liverpool, NY; a 17 ...
Hastings school candidates outline priorities
“We have to be constantly looking at what we're teaching the kids, where we're excelling and where we need to improve”
Three candidates competing for two seats on the Hastings-on-Hudson Board of Education offered different strategies for moving the district forward - from assessing the curriculum to analyzing the budget to ... via Journal News
Memo Pad: Collector's Item... For The Defense... Remember When...
“Ad sales for Playboy magazine and TV revenues are down, and the company's overall revenues are flat”
COLLECTOR'S ITEM: When The New York Observer parodied the April cover of Vogue with a cartoon of an open-mouthed Anna Wintour bouncing a basketball as Advance Magazine chairman S.I. Newhouse Jr. via Women's Wear Daily
To New York Public Library's Astor and Tilden, Add Schwarzman
“These organizations and their founders, without whom we would not have this world-famous institution, are mentioned only once on the building's facades, not five times, as is proposed for this new donation.”
The name will appear five times on the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue: at the base of each of the two center columns leading to the century-old building's main entrance; on a gold plaque on the marble ... via New York Times
Authors explore Irish-American experience
“I found that Steven Foster, the songwriter, was down on the Lower East Side in the Civil War. He had become an alcoholic. He was living on the Bowery, and it was the first time I began to think, 'What if I could try to get inside his head?”
Authors Peter Quinn and Daniel Cassidy had a charmed introduction. 'After 'Banished Children of Eve' came out,' Quinn says, referring to his first novel, 'I was at a book fair in San Francisco, and I heard this ... via Chicago Tribune
Covington & Burling : John Graubert joins the antitrust and consumer law group as partner in the firm's Washington office. via National Law Journal