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The Georgetown Town Council scheduled a public informational meeting May 1 to answer questions about an application by Resurreccion Dimaculangan, new owner of the Spirit House, for a tax exemption for the property.

On the Democratic line on the ballot, with the party symbol of a star, will be Russell Lura, Jennifer Servedio, and Dominick Pangallo.

Last month, at a Town of Madison Planning Board meeting, Sphere Development came before the Board to request approval of a subdivision of the land it owns where Madison Market Place is located.A Sphere wants to subdivide the existing large parcel and create several smaller parcels.

The Hamilton Town Council announces its first Town-wide Cleanup Day for town of Hamilton residents June 2. Hamilton residents are invited to do some spring cleaning and bring up to two clear garbage bags of roadside, yard or other trash at no charge to the town transfer station between 7:15 a.m. to 2 p.m. Up to two pieces of used furniture may also ... (more)

The largest number of graduates was at Colgate University in Hamilton, where the 725 degree recipients heard Mark H. Murphy, a 1977 Colgate alum and president and CEO of the Green Bay Packers, deliver the commencement speech.

After a nippy start, the weekend's weather should be delightful around Syracuse, going by the National Weather Service forecast.

Contrary to Peter Berkowitz's "Why Colleges Don't Teach the Federalist Papers" , the writings of John Jay, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison are indeed taught at top universities.

The 2012 edition of Hamilton's Cruisin' will begin Tuesday, May 22, and continue each Tuesday evening through Sept.

Donations from the cafeterias of Cazenovia College are helping feed residents young and old at Summit Church off Route 13 in Cazenovia.

A conservator cleans and stabilizes the surface of a wall of a house that dates to the 9th century in the Maya city Xultun in northeastern Guatemala.

The newest addition to Arcadia Publishing's popular Images of America series is Madison and Hamilton from local author Mishell Kyle Forward-Magnusson. The book boasts more than 200 vintage images and memories of days gone by.

Archaeologists have found a small room in Mayan ruins where royal scribes apparently used walls like a blackboard to keep track of astronomical records and the society's intricate calendar some 1,200 years ago.

The International Center of Photography board of trustees today named Mark Robbins its new executive director, replacing Willis E. "Buzz" Hartshorn, who is stepping down for medical reasons.

In London, the stage version of the cult Hollywood film that starred Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze received mostly positive reviews.