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Wegmans Food Market is anticipating creating hundreds of positions with the company and 200 construction jobs with the future approval of its development planned for a location on Corporate Park Drive. Photo courtesy Wegmans.com
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Wegmans proposal speeds past environmental review

This story was updated on May 5, 10:18 a.m. Harrison has moved another step closer to approving the construction of a Wegmans Food Market along the Platinum Mile after the town Planning Board voted to approve the proposal’s environmental review. After determining the project would pose no environmental risks, the Planning […]

Elected, school officials tout free tuition despite fiscal uncertainty
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Elected, school officials tout free tuition despite fiscal uncertainty

With the passing of a proposal to provide free tuition for income-eligible residents statewide at SUNY and CUNY colleges and universities, several elected and school administration officials are weighing the forthcoming fiscal impact of the plan. On April 8, state leaders approved the plan known as the Excelsior Scholarship, which […]

Resident pleads guilty to defrauding federal program
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Resident pleads guilty to defrauding federal program

A Harrison native and grocery store clerk is facing 10 years in prison after allowing customers to redeem their food stamp benefits for cash and other items not covered under the federal program. According to U.S. Attorney Deirdre Daly, who represents the district of Connecticut, Tahir Shahzad, 33, of Harrison, […]

Adotei Akwei speaks at SUNY
Purchase College on women’s rights
in Africa on March 20 as part of the
Mary Edwards Memorial Lecture.
Photo/Chris Gitner
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Alum gives women’s rights lecture

SUNY Purchase alumnus Adotei Akwei returned to the college on March 20 to discuss the struggle of women’s rights in Africa. He spoke in front of a crowd of students and professors, some of whom taught him more than 30 years ago. Akwei is the managing director for government relations […]