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Monday, April 29, 2013  Health professionals and local businesses in Syracuse react to proposed legislation which would raise the smoking age limit to 21 in New York state.

Monday, March 18, 2013  Mayor Michael Bloomberg is announcing legislation that he says would make New York the first city in the nation to keep tobacco products out of sight in retail stores.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  Madison County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a burglary in New Woodstock.

Wednesday, January 02, 2013  SUNY Cortland is now tobacco free.  Under a new order that requires all SUNY campuses to be smoke free by 2014, Cortland is one of the first to implement the ruling.

Thursday, December 27, 2012  Federal agents say they've traced the buyer and seller of weapons used in the ambush shooting of four western New York firefighters, but they can't release those details because the investigation is ongoing.

Thursday, November 15, 2012  Bar and convenience store owners voice concerns about a proposal to print New York state driver's license photos in black and white.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012  A Custody Department Deputy, employed by the Sheriff’s Office since 2008, resigned after being charged with promoting prison contraband Monday.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012  Madison County is moving ahead with an expanded ban on smoking, even after receiving a scathing letter from the Village of Wampsville accusing the county of stepping on individual rights and freedoms.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012  An appeals court says New York City cannot try to scare smokers by requiring grotesque images of diseased lungs and decaying gums at stores that sell cigarettes.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012  Madison County is trying to crack down on smoking by expanding restrictions on where people can light up.

Monday, June 25, 2012  A new player dealing in loose tobacco rolled in retail stores, but taxed far less than cigarettes, has won a battle in New York.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012  After banning smoking inside dorms, buildings and vehicles in 2007, the SUNY Board of Trustees voted to support legislations to ban tobacco from all campus buildings on Tuesday.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012  Leaders of New York's public university system want all campuses to be tobacco-free.

Thursday, May 31, 2012  There's no more lighting up smokes outside 15 shopping malls in New York and Massachusetts.

Thursday, May 03, 2012  A tax loophole that allows customers to buy pipe tobacco and make their own cigarettes may have cost New York State $17 million in lost taxes over the past two years.