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OCC trustees approve $195K salary for interim president

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on May 18, 2012, 4:47PM

Meg O'Connell will become Onondaga Community College president on July 1.  Full story »

Syracuse University plans 3.6 percent tuition increase next year

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on May 09, 2012, 6:54PM

The increase is the school's lowest in 46 years. Full story »

OCC releases more SRC Arena documents; legislator says it's not enough

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on May 07, 2012, 3:43PM

Facilities chairwoman wants details on how arena money is spent. Full story »
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Skaneateles joins 25 other New York communities who have banned gas drilling

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on May 05, 2012, 6:18PM

“We’d rather be safe than sorry,” town board member says. The ban comes as the state weighs whether to allow hydrofracking.  Full story »
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Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor collaborates with city so both benefit

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on May 03, 2012, 9:22PM

Cantor is one of nine people being honored with a Post-Standard's Achievement Award. Full story »

OCC adopts budget; tuition rises by $120 per year

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on May 01, 2012, 3:34PM

College's budget increases almost 6 percent Full story »
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OCC arena contracts are private, college trustees' chairwoman says

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on April 30, 2012, 11:50AM

College agrees to release contracts to only chairman of the county legislature. Full story »
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Onondaga Community College refuses to disclose contract information for events held at SRC Arena

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on April 26, 2012, 7:01AM

The state's open government director says the public has the right to know financial details. SRC Arena was built with $12.4 million of taxpayer money. Full story »
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Speaks at Hendricks Chapel

Hillary Clinton, in talk at SU, encourages students to consider public service

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on April 23, 2012, 2:00PM

The secretary of state appears with her former top aide, James Steinberg, now dean of SU's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Full story »

I did mean "bottle." Thanks for the catch; change has been made.

I think it would be very difficult for anyone reading today's story to figure out how to make meth because the story doesn't say how. We listed a few ingredients but deliberately did not include details of how to make it, such as how much of each ingredient you need, how to mix it, how to sustain the chemical reactions, etc.

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Meth making in CNY's rural area booming with "shake-and-bake method"

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on April 16, 2012, 6:31AM

By using soda bottles, meth cookers can produce hundreds of dollars’ worth of the drug in an hour in the backyard, the woods or a car. Full story »

Hydrofracking author to speak Monday at ESF

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on April 13, 2012, 6:12PM

The author of a new book on hydrofracking will speak at 3 p.m. Monday at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Tom Wilber spent several years as a reporter for the Binghamton Press and Sun-Bulletin covering the controversial drilling technique, which is occuring in Pennsylvania but has not yet been approved in New York. His book, “Under the Surface:... Full story »
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Former Vice President Dan Quayle to speak at Syracuse University law school commencement

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on April 04, 2012, 2:06PM

Quayle's son was elected to Congress two years ago. Full story »

Syracuse-area unemployment rate rises again in February

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on April 03, 2012, 7:12PM

It's the first time the rate has increased two months in a row since summer of 2010. Full story »

Hikers' group says state improperly let snowmobilers clear out scenic trail in Madison County

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on March 27, 2012, 5:24PM

North Country Trail Association sues New York state to keep trail for hikers. Full story »
Roll Your Own Cigarettes

Update: DeWitt roll-your-own cigarette shop sued by state already shut down

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on March 16, 2012, 1:19PM

It appears that store owners suddenly packed up and left three weeks ago. Full story »
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Roll-your-own cigarette shop in DeWitt target of lawsuit from state attorney general

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on March 16, 2012, 10:10AM

Store allows customers to roll 200 cigarettes for $28.99. Full story »

You're right -- it should be billion. I'll fix it now. Thanks for pointing that out.

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New York lawmakers betting on casinos at yet to be named locations

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on March 15, 2012, 6:52PM

State Legislature passes a bill to change the state Constitution and authorize seven full-service casinos.  Full story »
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Oneida nation questions expansion of casinos in New York

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on March 15, 2012, 11:03AM

State could open up seven Las-Vegas style casinos. Full story »

Actually, this is an expanded, follow-up story. Perhaps you missed the first one we wrote last week: http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2012/03/auburn_council_votes_to_accept.html

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As New York state ponders hydrofracking, Auburn overturns ban on gas drilling waste water at municipal treatment plant

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on March 11, 2012, 8:13PM

Only two public treatment plants in New York - in Niagara Falls and North Tonawanda - are equipped to treat waste water from hydrofracking.  Full story »
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Photo gallery: More than 3,000 runners finish Tipp Hill Shamrock Run

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on March 10, 2012, 1:06PM

Bands played and partiers cheered. Full story »

Auburn council votes to accept gas drilling waste water

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on March 08, 2012, 1:51PM

City's treatment plant won't accept water from horizontal wells. Full story »
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Onondaga Nation seeks public's support in land claim fight

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on February 28, 2012, 7:58AM

If the Onondaga lose their case, as Indian law experts predict they will, the tribe says it stands ready to take its case to the United Nations or international courts. Full story »

Judge rules Otsego County town can ban gas drilling

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on February 24, 2012, 4:22PM

It's the second decision this week in favor of towns that have banned drilling. Full story »

Judge upholds town of Dryden's ban on gas drilling

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on February 21, 2012, 7:48PM

Ruling could affect dozens of towns that have enacted similar bans Full story »
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Syracuse University's South Side Innovation Center stands behind people starting small businesses

Posted on Progress on February 21, 2012, 2:00AM

Center just one of the ways Syracuse University is helping entrepreneurs. Full story »
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New York state inundated with public comments on fracking

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on February 20, 2012, 7:03AM

The Department of Environmental Conservation has to review 74,000 comments and respond to them. Full story »