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Friday June 01, 2007
Governor Spitzer Nominates Tina Marie Stanford for Chair of Crime Victims Board
Governor Eliot Spitzer has nominated veteran prosecutor Tina Marie Stanford of Buffalo to serve as chairwoman of the New York State Crime Victims Board. Ms. Stanford's nomination is pending before the Senate.
Commissioner Hooker Recognizes June as Dairy Month in NYS
New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker today announced that June is Dairy Month in New York State. Originally celebrated to help stabilize the demand for milk and dairy products during periods of peak production, today June Dairy M...
NYS Dept. of Labor: Operating Engineers Recruit Apprentices
The Engineers Joint Training Fund, IUOE Local 545, will conduct apprentice recruitment from June 4 through June 15 for three operating engineers (heavy equipment operator), State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today. Applications c...
Thruway Authority Announces Rock Remediation And Soil Slope Repair To Begin
The New York State Thruway Authority today announced that preparation work for a rock remediation and soil slope repair project along the New York State Thruway (I-87) is scheduled to begin Monday, June 4.
DEC Announces Investigation Results of Enforcement Detail
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced the results of a Department-organized enforcement detail involving several Environmental Conservation Officers (ECO) and DEC's Marine Enforcement Unit (MEU) that too...
DEC and Rockland Officials Announce Agreement
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis, Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee, and Rockland County Executive Scott C. Vanderhoef today announced that the state would be installing a permanent air quality monit...
NY Fruit Tree and Vineyard Survey Report
USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Field Office will issue a press release on June 8 with early results from the 2006 Fruit Tree and Vineyard Survey. Information on the number of trees and fruit acreage will be released...
USDA NY May 07 Milk Prices Increased from April 07
Prices received by New York producers for milk sold during May increased from a month earlier, according to Steve Ropel, Director of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Office. The price of potatoes, hay, apples, corn, and...
DEC and Friends of the Great Swamp (FROGS) Co-sponsor Great Swamp Clean-up
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the Friends of the Great Swamp (FROGS) will celebrate the success of the past 25 years of the Bottle Bill by conducting a clean-up of the Great Swamp on Saturday, June 2, 2007 at 10...
Tappan Zee Bridge Repairs To Continue
The New York State Thruway Authority today announced that routine repairs on the Tappan Zee Bridge will continue on Monday, June 4, through Friday, June 8, during off-peak travel times.
Hudson Valley Strawberry Harvest Will Be Starting Soon
Locally grown strawberries from farms in the Hudson Valley are nearly ready for harvesting and picking! May gave us good sunshine and favorable growing conditions, and the crop is expected to be good in 2007.
Madigan Begins Presidency of Nation's Largest Voluntary Bar Association
Kathryn Grant Madigan of Binghamton, a partner in the firm of Levene Gouldin & Thompson LLP, has ascended to the office of President of the 72,000-member New York State Bar Association, the nation’s largest voluntary state bar. Madigan i...