Utica Metro News http://www.topix.com/metro/utica-rome-ny http://www.topix.com/rss/metro/utica-rome-ny.xml Local, regional, and statewide news continually updated from thousands of sources on the web. en-us Copyright 2008, Topix Topix http://www.topix.com/ http://www.topix.com/pics/topix_homepage_logo2.png Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract to Support First Air Force http://www.topix.net/metro/utica-rome-ny/2008/04/northrop-grumman-awarded-contract-to-support-first-air-force?fromrss=1 "Working with First Air Force allows us to continue to support the warfighter abroad while doing the same for the men and women who work to keep America safe here on the home front."

Northrop Grumman Corporation was awarded a task order under the Communications/Electronics Command Rapid Response program to provide analytical, technological and logistics support for the First Air Force at ... via PrimeNewswire

]]> PrimeNewswire Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:05:55 GMT 080409AVAHTJ 0 Continue reading "A power plant in the basement" http://www.topix.net/metro/utica-rome-ny/2008/04/continue-reading-a-power-plant-in-the-basement?fromrss=1 "Would I do it if it were a 30-year payback? Maybe not"

Categories: Energy efficiency Courtesy of Climate Energy The Freewatt, which runs on natural gas or propane, combines a generator with a furnace to produce both heat and power Richard Pietrafesa plans to be the ... via The Post-Standard

]]> The Post-Standard Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:42:30 GMT 080407T6QHIO 0 Fire kills 4 at N.Y. group home http://www.topix.net/metro/utica-rome-ny/2008/04/fire-kills-4-at-n-y-group-home-2?fromrss=1 Group Home Fire Fire kills 4 at N.Y. group home UTICA, N.Y. Authorities say four people have died in a fire at a group home in upstate New York. via KXMA-TV Dickinson

]]> KXMA-TV Dickinson Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:20:06 GMT 080405EM8QQ4 0 Fire kills 4 at N.Y. group home http://www.topix.net/metro/utica-rome-ny/2008/04/fire-kills-4-at-n-y-group-home?fromrss=1 Check out Norfolk Police's newest toy. This is a picture taken by Assignment Manager David Craft. via WTKR-TV Norfolk

]]> WTKR-TV Norfolk Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:10:39 GMT 0804034K3TVR 0 Fire Kills 4 at Upstate N.Y. Group Home http://www.topix.net/metro/utica-rome-ny/2008/04/fire-kills-4-at-upstate-n-y-group-home?fromrss=1 "I've been doing this for 23 years. These people are like family to me."

UTICA, N.Y. - A fire destroyed a house that served as a group home for homeless, troubled or disabled people, killing four people and injuring at least one, authorities said. via KSTP-TV Minneapolis

]]> KSTP-TV Minneapolis Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:00:53 GMT 0804022PICS9 0 NYRI power line application sent back for revision http://www.topix.net/metro/utica-rome-ny/2008/04/nyri-power-line-application-sent-back-for-revision?fromrss=1 The Public Service Commission has sent back New York Regional Interconnect's application to run a power line from the Utica area downstate. via WSTM-TV Syracuse

]]> WSTM-TV Syracuse Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:22:34 GMT 080401C0CCSI 0 Job Growth in Central New York http://www.topix.net/metro/utica-rome-ny/2008/03/job-growth-in-central-new-york?fromrss=1 "There are opportunities in terms of the grown of the region; you don't suddenly stop developing just because you go a couple miles away."

' The unemployment rate in New York has climbed a bit since last year. But that doesn't mean you can't find work. via WSYR

]]> WSYR Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:56:05 GMT 080330QJOT5H 0 Utica tells feds to refuse NYRI filing for big return http://www.topix.net/metro/utica-rome-ny/2008/03/utica-tells-feds-to-refuse-nyri-filing-for-big-return?fromrss=1 "The owner treats her employees like crap right in front of me. She always hangs up the phone before I finish ordering when done by phone. Most of the..."

The feds should refuse a request for a 13.5 percent return for investors of the huge power line that would cut through our region, the upstate City of Utica said in a motion recently filed with the Federal ... via Middletown Times Herald Record

]]> Middletown Times Herald Record Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:17:59 GMT 080328R7VH4S 2 Living for Art Gives You Arias to Resort to in Your Time of Need http://www.topix.net/metro/utica-rome-ny/2008/03/living-for-art-gives-you-arias-to-resort-to-in-your-time-of-need?fromrss=1 Different governments disagree on what constitutes torture and when such interrogation techniques are justified. via New York Times

]]> New York Times Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:55:03 GMT 080326CQ0HAL 0 Paterson pushes ahead on Midtown http://www.topix.net/metro/utica-rome-ny/2008/03/paterson-pushes-ahead-on-midtown?fromrss=1 "I wanted to see him because he is a fresh face. I'd never heard of him"

Gov. David Paterson entered Midtown Plaza shortly before noon on Thursday, and the crowd of several hundred people filling the atrium and lining the second-floor railings erupted in cheers, snapping pictures ... via Democrat & Chronicle

]]> Democrat & Chronicle Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:30:11 GMT 080324GF7DJQ 0 Clifford Chance duo jump to Dewey in Rome http://www.topix.net/metro/utica-rome-ny/2008/03/clifford-chance-duo-jump-to-dewey-in-rome?fromrss=1 The U.S. firm is bringing in Clifford corporate partner Tiziana Del Prete and capital markets counsel Guido Masini as partners, with both joining alongside small teams of associates. via National Law Journal

]]> National Law Journal Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:37:42 GMT 080321RNA9FS 0 Police Shooting Trial Winding Down http://www.topix.net/metro/utica-rome-ny/2008/03/police-shooting-trial-winding-down?fromrss=1 A defense attorney is asking a jury not to convict her client of killing an upstate New York police officer based on "speculation, sympathy and pity." Defense attorney Rebecca Wittman says prosecutors have a ... via WTVH Syracuse

]]> WTVH Syracuse Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:18:38 GMT 080319P6GE4E 0 T-burg superintendent gets Utica-area job http://www.topix.net/metro/utica-rome-ny/2008/03/t-burg-superintendent-gets-utica-area-job?fromrss=1 "The board felt that Cosimo Tangorra has a deep personal commitment to the success of all students and demonstrates expertise in the areas of instruction management and program supervision"

Trumansburg Central School District Superintendent Cosimo Tangorra Jr. has been hired as superintendent in the Ilion school district near Utica, the district's school board announced today. via Ithaca Journal

]]> Ithaca Journal Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:55:46 GMT 0803182OP674 0 Professor Dr. Lukas Vischer, 81, a Presbyterian scholar and early... http://www.topix.net/metro/utica-rome-ny/2008/03/professor-dr-lukas-vischer-81-a-presbyterian-scholar-and-early?fromrss=1 "The driving force in their lives was the vision of visible church unity"

Professor Dr. Lukas Vischer, 81, a Presbyterian scholar and early leader in the worldwide Faith and Order movement, died March 11. via National Council of Churches USA

]]> National Council of Churches USA Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:32:59 GMT 080316OB8KDM 0 Paterson takes on major issues in uncertain times http://www.topix.net/metro/utica-rome-ny/2008/03/paterson-takes-on-major-issues-in-uncertain-times?fromrss=1 "The personal tensions are out, the partisan tensions are mitigated and the incentives are in place to govern"

ALBANY -- When then-Monroe County Legislature President Dennis Pelletier fatally collapsed in 2004 during a speech before the state Association of Counties in Albany, it was David Paterson who took to the ... via PressConnects.com

]]> PressConnects.com Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:31:13 GMT 080314MPIUKP 0 Air Force lab buys PlayStations for research http://www.topix.net/metro/utica-rome-ny/2008/03/air-force-lab-buys-playstations-for-research?fromrss=1 By Patrick Winn - Staff writer Posted : Thursday Mar 13, 2008 7:22:07 EDT The Air Force Research Laboratory, preparing to buy 300 brand-new Sony PlayStation 3 consoles, is not setting up an awesome underground ... via Army Times

]]> Army Times Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:42:03 GMT 080313C26LS4 0 Gucci and the American Man http://www.topix.net/metro/utica-rome-ny/2008/03/gucci-and-the-american-man?fromrss=1 Two-button wool suit m cotton shirt , silk tie , and stainless-steel chronograph by Gucci; crocodile-leather attache by Gucci Heritage Collection) Ronald Reagan wore the loafers. via Esquire

]]> Esquire Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:45:32 GMT 080312R7CVGK 0 Yankee Stadium Mass proves to be hot ticket http://www.topix.net/metro/utica-rome-ny/2008/03/yankee-stadium-mass-proves-to-be-hot-ticket?fromrss=1 "I hope we get to meet the pope"

It's the kind of decision even wise old King Solomon might have tried to avoid. Imagine you're the pastor of a local Catholic church and your parish has been allotted, say, 20 tickets for Pope Benedict XVI's ... via Middletown Times Herald Record

]]> Middletown Times Herald Record Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:39:23 GMT 080310NLJAM3 0 6 more Catholic schools to close http://www.topix.net/metro/utica-rome-ny/2008/03/6-more-catholic-schools-to-close?fromrss=1 "There was no place else to go with these schools"

By Gary Stern The Journal News * March 8, 2008 The Archdiocese of New York, continuing the painful process of paring down its financially draining school system, has announced that it will close six more ... via The Patent Trader

]]> The Patent Trader Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:38:35 GMT 080308BMGQDR 0 Gisele Denies Plans for DandG Collaboration http://www.topix.net/metro/utica-rome-ny/2008/03/gisele-denies-plans-for-dandg-collaboration?fromrss=1 Supermodel GISELE BUNDCHEN has dismissed rumours she is to produce a special fashion line for Dolce & Gabbana. via PR-inside.com

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