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Central NY man who hid 6.5 pounds of fentanyl in car speakers sentenced to 10 years in prison
Syracuse, N.Y. — A Utica man was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl from New York City to Oneida County. Eric Ares, 38, previously admitted to transporting the drugs in numerous trips from May 2020 through October 2021. He admitted to buying the drugs through numerous trips to New York City.
If you see smoke in Verona next week, don't worry
If you see a white plume, or a gray cloud, of smoke rising from somewhere in the town of Verona one day during the week of May 5, don’t panic. Chances are it’s from a prescribed burn taking place on 495 acres that’s part of the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome.
ADVISORY: Verona controlled burn postponed
VERONA — A previously scheduled controlled burn planned for a Germany Road site next week has been postponed, according to the AFRL. “The Air Force Research Laboratory prescribed burn scheduled for the week of May 5, at the Verona Test Annex, has been postponed to a later date due to conditions outside of prescription (i.e. conditions on the ground, forecasted weather and crew availability during regulatory window),” a Wednesday notice read.
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