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Yesterday at 8:17 PM  Friends, family and strangers gathered Wednesday evening at Onondaga Lake Park

Yesterday at 6:50 PM  Some New York lawmakers are pushing to prohibit using cash welfare benefits to pay for tobacco, alcohol, strip clubs and illegal drugs.

Yesterday at 5:41 PM  Nojaim Brothers Supermarket on the city's distressed Near West Side will likely get tax breaks for a $2.7 million expansion.

Yesterday at 5:26 PM  Some important changes are in store for the way the Syracuse Fire Department and Rural Metro Ambulance Service respond to medical emergencies.

Yesterday at 3:07 PM  CNY Central announced Wednesday it will once again be the home to Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) football and basketball in Central New York, giving CNY Central exclusive broadcast rights to a select number of Syracuse Orange men’s football and basketball games.

Yesterday at 7:55 AM  Federal authorities have fired and demoted U.S. probation officers in the monitoring of a man charged with killing Liverpool librarian Lori Bresnahan raping a 10-year-old girl during a carjacking at Great Northern Mall in Clay.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013  Neighbors unhappy that bridge will be one way, most of the time from B'ville area toward John Glenn Blvd

Tuesday, June 18, 2013  To celebrate CNY Central’s Facebook page hitting 40,000 likes, Lisa Spitz and Peter Hall held a dance off on ‘Today in Central New York.’

Monday, June 17, 2013  Family and friends gathered on Monday night outside the home of Levon Wameling at 748 Jay Street in Utica.

Monday, June 17, 2013  "Gateway" empty, abandoned properties an especial concern

Monday, June 17, 2013  Central and Northern New York are running out of new phone numbers and will need a new area code by the first quarter of 2015.