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Oneida County Sheriff-Elect Jared Pearl Names Transition Team
Oneida County Sheriff-elect Jared Pearl has named the members of his transition team.
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West Utica Housing Development Moving Forward
UTICA, N.Y. -- Plans to bring an affordable housing project to Utica's Columbia Square neighborhood are moving forward. Columbia Square Apartments, led by developer DePaul, will be located along the north side of Whitesboro Street between DeWitt and Saratoga streets and is expected to cost about $18 million. The development...
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Farewell Party Hosted for 119th Assemblywoman Marianne Buttenschon
UTICA, N.Y. -- In a couple months, Assemblywoman Marianne Buttenschon's tenure is coming to an end after deciding not to seek re-election for another term. Buttenschon represented New York's 119th Assembly District for eight years. So, on Thursday night, to honor her service, family and friends threw her a farewell...
Utica Observer-Dispatch
Remediation work beginning on former Utica city dump
The former Utica city dump, a New York State Superfund site, is getting cleaned up. Work will start soon, according to a recent update from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, which, although sent in early November, also said the work was expected to start in October. The $43 million remediation project, being paid for by the state superfund program, is expected to take about two years. It will restore the site for industrial or commercial use. The 126-acre dump, located between Leland Road, the Mohawk River and the Erie Canal, was used as a municipal dump for decades, but local industries also disposed of some of their waste there. And some illegal dumping took place after the initial, 55-acre municipal dump closed in 1972. Site assessments from over the years, dating back as far as 1988, mention clusters of rusted barrels, at least two containing a white powder and many so rusted their contents disappeared. The assessments also mention seepage of leachate, sometimes into pools and at least one orange “stream” flowing into the Mohawk. Former workers at the dumps who were interviewed mentioned numerous fires. They said some were caused by spontaneous combustion; some of the
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What's Going Around: Local Illness Update
Carrie Lazarus reports on the common illnesses circulating in Central New York communities like Camillus, Syracuse, Liverpool, and Pulaski. Learn about prevalent conditions such as croup, flu, COVID, strep throat, and colds affecting residents.
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Town of Mohawk Adopts $3M Budget, Holds Line on General Tax Levy
The Town of Mohawk has adopted a $3 million budget for 2027, a spending plan that edges up just 0.58% from this year's $2.99 million budget while town officials insist staffing and services will stay exactly where residents left them. The budget anticipates $1.74 million in revenue, raises $1.02 million through taxes, and leans on $245,242 in appropriated fund balance to make the numbers work.
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7 Ithaca businesses awarded grant money
ITHACA, NY (607NewsNow) — Seven Ithaca businesses have received grant money. As part of the Downtown Ithaca Alliance and the city’s Made in Ithaca campaign, $56,000 was awarded through the Small Scale Manufacturing Grant Program. The money comes from American Rescue Plan Act funding the city received after COVID-19 pandemic.
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Freese Road Bridge in Town of Dryden now closed to cyclists and pedestrians.
The Freese Road Bridge between Route 366 and Hanshaw in the Town of Dryden has been closed to vehicles for five years, and is now closed to cyclists and pedestrians as well "due to structural deterioration of the bridge," according to a Tompkins SIREN alert this week. [...]
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Ithaca Common Council votes yes to ‘conceptual approval’ for lower Elm Street development project
ITHACA, NY (607NewsNow) — During a meeting on November 4th, 2026, the Ithaca Common Council voted 8-1 to grant ‘conceptual approval’ for a proposed 75-unit development on lower Elm Street. The proposed project, a 75-unit development, has been a source of pushback from some residents that live...
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Business owners call city’s plan to replace parking garage with apartment building part of ‘pie in the sky’ vision for downtown
The Seneca Street parking garage is in the middle of a tug of war. Voices are AI generated. The Ithaca Voice is not responsible for mispronunciations. The Ithaca Common Council is moving ahead with plans to try to replace the decaying garage with a housing development without a parking requirement.