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CONTRIBUTIONS: your local senior citizen club BORN: July 5, 1933 , in Pyrites, the child of George and Frances Waldo Bice.

“We've come here in the honor of our brother, warrior, father and son”

Though two years have passed since the killing of Emil Mann, wounds are still raw for those who were left behind. via The Patent Trader

Timber company Rayonier has purchased more than 53,800 acres of timberland in the northwest Adirondacks for $19.1 million, bringing its total holdings in New York to more than 129,000 acres, the company said. via Ithaca Journal

Timber company Rayonier has purchased more than 53,800 acres of timberland in the northwest Adirondacks for $19.1 million, bringing its total holdings in New York to more than 129,000 acres, the company said. via WSTM-TV Syracuse

“Long-term, this is going to keep these jobs here”

In a bid to become entirely owned by its employees and largely exempt from federal taxes, Kinney Drugs is asking retirees and other non-employee owners of company stock to cash in their shares as part of a ... via New York Daily News

There's been much discussion on the recent announcement that six Catholic elementary schools in the Archdiocese of New York will close at the end of the school year. via Journal News

“It's a really good fit. I'm really looking forward to the opportunity.”

BIG FLATS -- The town of Big Flats is in the market for its third planning director in 2 1/2 years. via Star-Gazette

“I have a son that will be entering the fifth grade, and now it's a mad scramble to find another school.”

When Maura Tierney graduated from eighth grade at St. Lawrence O'Toole School in Brewster, she was one of about 90 students in the class of 1970. via Journal News

“This parade seems to be our best one yet and it gets bigger and bigger every year.”

Four-year-old Ashley Burren of Hopewell Junction, N.Y., beat her toy drum and giggled in excitement as hordes of bagpipe players marching by. via The Patent Trader

“In the past we've seen that we make these changes, the schools become more attractive because the tuition does not go up as quickly or does not go up at all”

Diana Santana was making her usual morning rounds at St. Pius V School in the Bronx on Wednesday when the principal, Violeta G. Domingo, pulled her aside to tell her something. via New York Times

Winter storm warnings were posted in western and northern New York through midday Wednesday as a storm spread a mix of snow, sleet, rain and freezing rain across the Northeast. via Post-Standard

“He recognizes his health is bad enough that he is not going to come back”

He's been pilloried by the U.S. and parodied on "Seinfeld" and has made green fatigues and cigar chomping the zeitgeist fashion statement of half a century. via Watertown Daily Times

“They've got a lot of community service as a background and they play sports or have a lot of activities. They're really well-rounded students and their grades are just extremely high”

Applications from prospective students are flowing into State University of New York schools. via WWNY-TV Watertown

“We've been relatively fortunate here”

More than four years after enacting a law to attract more farm-animal veterinarians to rural areas, the federal government has done little to implement it, and a shortage of vets persists in New York and ... via Watertown Daily Times

“PEF's endorsement is based on our review of Will Barclay's record as an assemblyman”

The New York State Public Employees Federation Thursday announced its endorsement of Republican Assemblyman Will Barclay for state Senate in the special election being held February 26. via Empire State News

“We counted the word 'water' five times in the State of the Upstate”

In his State of the Upstate address, Gov. Eliot Spitzer said protection of the Great Lakes is a legislative priority. via The Post-Standard

After this morning's severe weather, counties all over Upstate New York are experiencing power outages. via WSTM-TV Syracuse

Clear skies and rain will alternate through New Year's Eve. A weak high pressure system has pushed out yesterday's dreary drizzlyness. via Gothamist

“If I get less than six hours of sleep I just do not function at all”

Students who rely on all-nighters to bring up their grades might want to sleep on that strategy: A new survey says those who never study all night have slightly higher GPAs than those who do. via Fox News