Can what the Town Board does be called work?
Bee Editorial
      Deputy Supervisor Shelly Schratz's resolution "Putting the Work Session to Work in 2009" was approved at Monday's meeting, but given that the board failed to do any work, one would expect members to deny such a resolution.
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Spindle items
PATRICK NAGY Sports Reporter
      • SWEET VICTORY — Sweet Home's 35-28 victory over Burnt Hills for the Class A state football championship on Saturday at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse has brought together the entire Sweet Home community.
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Out of the Past
      125 Years Ago Dec. 6, 1883 The question of dividing Erie County is now agitating the Board of Supervisors, consequent on a resolution offered by Supervisor Foster of Marilla. The Bee is decidedly opposed to a division of the County. There is nothing to be gained and much to be lost by such a move.
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Schumer's clout, enormous ego may influence who will replace Clinton
DAN MEYER Political Columnist
      He wants to be the superstar. That's what some Albany insiders say is driving Sen. Chuck Schumer's ongoing efforts to buddy up with David Paterson as the Empire State's governor thinks long and hard about whom he should appoint as Hillary Clinton's replacement as New York's junior senator.
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Closing the state's budget gap
JAMES P. HAYES New York State Assembly
      The raid last week by Cayuga County sheriff's deputies on an Indian-owned convenience store is a reflection of mounting frustration with New York State's failure to come to grips with the flagrant, multibillion dollar illegal trade in untaxed cigarettes that is estimated to be costing the state a billion dollars in revenue.
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