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Well-known fine-dining spot to close: The Arad Evans Inn in Fayetteville, a fine-dining restaurant located in a historic estate, will close later this month after 30 years in business. (Don Cazentre photo)
The latest
Syracuse City School District creates 13 new jobs to deal with payroll problems: The Syracuse City School District added 13 new jobs to deal with a new payroll system after a rocky transition left hundreds of teachers unpaid or underpaid to start the school year. The SCSD Board of Education unanimously voted to approve the creation of the jobs with little discussion on Wednesday. The salaries total at least $912,000 a year, plus benefits.
NY puts off implementing law that would ban natural gas in new homes, buildings: New York state officials have agreed to suspend implementation of a revolutionary new rule that would ban natural gas or other fossil fuel equipment from all new homes and buildings of seven stories or less. The All-Electric Buildings Act had been scheduled to take effect Jan. 1. Now it’s on hold. Here’s why.
Another Upstate hospital worker detained by ICE, union says: Less than two weeks after two Upstate hospital employees were detained by ICE after attending immigration hearings, a third worker from the hospital has been detained. The person was taken into custody this week while walking in Syracuse’s Hawley-Green neighborhood, where he lives, a union official said…