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Friday, May 17, 2013  The ground where one of the oldest knife manufacturers in the country burst info flames three months ago will now see new life.

Friday, May 17, 2013  Crews are working to demolish part of the former Nestle chocolate plant in Fulton to make way for redevelopments.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  Honeywell provides CNYCentral with an exclusive update on the Onondaga Lake clean-up project.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  The Camillus Clean Air Coalition asked a federal judge to stop Honeywell from dumping sediment dredged from Onondaga Lake at Wastebed 13 in Camillus. Arguments in the case were heard in federal court in Syracuse on Friday morning.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  An upstate New York high school changing its sports nickname from Redskins to Hawkeyes is getting help from the Oneida Indians to buy new jerseys

Monday, May 13, 2013  Update: Oneida Nation to present check on Wednesday, to help offset costs

Friday, May 10, 2013  The future of the Hotel Syracuse remains uncertain after the city received a check late Thursday from the hotel's lender that will block plans to seize the property for back taxes.

Friday, May 10, 2013  Workers have permanently installed the final sections of the silver spire atop One World Trade Center, which brings the iconic New York City structure to its full, symbolic height of 1,776 feet.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  8-month-old baby Easton Friedel has been hospitalized with a deadly serious lung infection for 60 days.

Friday, May 03, 2013  Many people in Auburn are saying the same thing about their new red crosswalk. It's very bright, and new and clean. If you drive or walk around downtown Auburn, you will find one glaring difference.

Friday, May 03, 2013  The latest accessory for New York's pampered pooches is one that will disappear if Fido needs a bath. Some dogs on Manhattan's Upper East Side are getting temporary tattoos.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  Colgate University will host a special mixed-doubles tennis tournament on the J.W. Abrahamson Memorial Courts on Thursday, May 2 at 4pm in honor of Martin Richard, the 8–year-old boy that died in the Boston Marathon bombing.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  Athletes in James Fenimore Cooper's upstate New York hometown will take the field as the Hawkeyes after dropping the long-standing nickname Redskins

Monday, April 29, 2013  A group of Utica residents wants the state and county to stop giving out housing vouchers that allow out-of-town sex offenders to live at motels near the Thruway.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  A North Dakota news anchor whose profanity-laced television debut got him fired after one broadcast is already getting job offers.