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Type E Botulism - a disease caused by a toxic bacteria - is back in Lake Ontario.

Cold air moving into Central New York on the heels of westerly winds will trigger lake effect snow over the favored Snow Belt regions of Great Lakes region and Central New York through the end of the work week.

Written by John DiPasquale: Well, snow lovers old man winter may really be flexing his muscles over the next 7 to 10 days here in the Northeast.

Lighter snow will fall in the morning hours on Wednesday. As the storm track Northeast, it's forecast to deepen to about 976 mb by Wednesday evening.

The Introduction to Fly Tying program features nine 2-hour sessions with several instructors teaching the basics of tying the dry fly, wet fly, nymph and streamer patterns that are the most effective in the Finger Lakes area.

On this morning's weather map, a complex storm system and frontal boundary exist from Lower Michigan south to the Gulf Coast and east to Eastern Seaboard.

Reports from the public and field investigations by DEC crews indicate that at least 200 to 300 common loons have washed ashore along Jefferson and northern Oswego County shorelines today announced that Type E botulism has again hit the eastern basin of Lake Ontario this fall, resulting in sizeable mortality in migrating waterbirds.

Lighter snow will fall in the morning hours on Wednesday. As the storm track Northeast, it's forecast to deepen to about 976 mb by Wednesday evening.

Smith is based in Canandaigua, N.Y. Until recently, he was a sales representative for Lakeside Quality Building Products in Ontario, N.Y. "Dan brings an outstanding combination of practical knowledge and customer-focused attitude to his new position," said Versatex VP of sales Rick Kapres.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said military officials were right to resume drone flights over Central New York while they continue to investigate the cause of a Reaper drone crash Nov. 12 in Lake Ontario.

The Nine Mile Point 2 nuclear plant on Lake Ontario has been taken off-line after pumps that circulate water through the reactor shut off while being shifted to a lower speed.

Members of the Lake Ontario Wine Trail will hold their annual Christmas Around the World holiday tour this weekend.

As the 174th Attack Wing restarted its MQ-9 Reaper flight operations this week, the unit's commander vouched for the safety of the unmanned aircraft.

Ellen Richardson was prevented from going on a cruise because a U.S. border agent said she needed special clearance after she had been hospitalized for clinical depression in 2012.

On this afternoon's weather map, high pressure is centered over the Southeast with a strong area of high pressure centered over central Canada.

The military's still investigating the cause of an unmanned drone crash into Lake Ontario two weeks ago, but has determined it's safe to put the aircraft back in the air over Central and Northern New York.

Snow has spread across much of upstate New York as a wintry storm moves up the East Coast.

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The New York Air National Guard's 174th Attack Wing is resuming local unmanned spy plane training flights from Fort Drum.

A Winter Storm Warning has been issued from 4 PM Tuesday through 1 AM Thursday for Monroe, Orleans, Wyoming & Genesee Counties.