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Yesterday at 2:21 PM  It's a sight that can trigger dread. The low-battery message appears on your cell phone when there's no charger around.

Thursday, June 06, 2013  A Boil Water Advisory has been issued for the villages of Sandy Creek and Lacona.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013  If you're in the market for a car, buyer beware. That's the message from Governor Andrew Cuomo who issued a consumer alert, warning used car buyers from purchasing storm damaged cars.

Thursday, May 23, 2013  Tops Friendly Markets is taking over four Big M supermarkets, expanding its presence in Central New York.

Friday, May 10, 2013  Officials in Newtown, Conn. say the district should tear down the elementary school where 20 first-graders and six educators were shot to death in December and construct a new building on the property

Monday, May 06, 2013  The Lewis County Village of Harrisville is a quiet community, quiet that is for most everyone except Joel and Sandy Chambers who say the saw mill next door is causing their house to vibrate.

Friday, May 03, 2013  Newtown, Conn., officials are meeting to discuss what to do with the elementary school where 20 first-graders and six educators were shot to death in December, but they might not vote.

Monday, April 22, 2013  A Sandy Creek man is accused of engaging in sexual intercourse with a female under the age of 15 while in the Town of Richland on April 13.

Friday, April 12, 2013  The boil water advisory for Sandy Creek and Lacona has been lifted. Residents no longer need to boil their drinking water.

Tuesday, April 09, 2013  Oswego County Health Department advises residents of Sandy Creek and Lacona to boil all drinking and cooking water.

Monday, April 01, 2013  Connecticut lawmakers have reached a deal on what they're calling some of the toughest gun laws in the country that were proposed after the mass school shooting in the state in December.

Monday, March 25, 2013  Some residents in Newtown, Conn., say they're outraged at receiving robocalls from the National Rifle Association only three months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings.

Friday, March 22, 2013  New York's new state budget provides funding for a stockpile of emergency generators so gasoline stations can keep pumping and avoid the shortages and long lines that plagued many downstate areas in the days after Superstorm Sandy

Monday, March 18, 2013  A Central New York family with ties to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is holding an event to help the family of one of the victims.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  People close to the investigation tell The Associated Press that the gunman in the Connecticut school massacre showed interest in other mass killings.