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Sep
14
2007
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by Marion Read
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Friday, 14 September 2007 |
 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Michael A. Arcuri
(D-Utica) issued the following statement today regarding U.S. military
involvement in Iraq following testimony by General David Petraeus and
Ambassador Ryan Crocker before a joint House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs
Committee hearing:
"I respect General Petraeus as an honorable man who serves
our nation. Unfortunately, General Petraeus' report to Congress was more of the
same rhetoric, which we have heard all too many times from this Administration.
I was truly taken back by his continued defense of the Administration's
misguided and ill-conceived war, which has cost this country far too many
lives.
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Sep
14
2007
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by Captain Mark Dresser
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Friday, 14 September 2007 |
 During the week-long traffic initiative "Taking action against Driver Distraction", the Tompkins County Sheriff's Office reports the following enforcement activity.
Dedicated patrols patrolled all townships within Tompkins County. Deputies issued the following traffic summons:
- 81 traffic summons issued for use of a cellular telephone while driving.
- 13 traffic summons issued for not wearing seat belts
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Sep
07
2007
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 07 September 2007 |
 The Lansing Fire Department responded to 24 calls in a three hour period when the storm hit Lansing on August 24th. That storm dramatically snapped five utility poles near the school campus and Lansing United Methodist Church, and downed trees and power lines all over town. Those calls raise the total for the month significantly in a month that already tallies a high number of calls. "For the month of August we had a total of 143 calls, 24 of them were storm calls on August 24th in a three hour period," says Chief Scott Purcell. "77 were responses to fire, 63 Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and 3 EMS not responded to."
When a 911 call comes into the Emergency Response Center on Brown Road, dispatchers signal Lansing fire fighters and EMS volunteers to respond. Those who can leave their jobs or who can make themselves available respond to the calls, often working in tandem with Bangs Ambulance, or other emergency response agencies such as fire departments from neighboring towns. The 911 dispatcher will send a second call to Lansing if there are no responses, and then, if there are still no responses, call a neighboring agency.
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Sep
07
2007
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by Marcia E. Lynch
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Friday, 07 September 2007 |
 By a vote of 13 to 1, the Legislature authorized the design and right-of-way plan for the reconstruction of one-and-a-half miles of Hanshaw Road. (Legislator Dooley Kiefer voted no; Legislator Tyke Randall absent.) The project will rehabilitate pavement from the intersection with Pleasant Grove Road in the Village of Cayuga Heights to the approach to Sapsucker Woods Road in the Town Dryden, with nearly all the work taking place in the Town of Ithaca .
The nearly $4.8 million dollar project will be 80 percent-supported by federal funds, and possibly eligible for an additional 15 percent state funding support. The reconstruction is scheduled to be completed during the 2008-2009 construction season.
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Sep
07
2007
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by Marion Read
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Friday, 07 September 2007 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Michael A. Arcuri
(D-Utica) issued the following statement upon his return from Iraq with a
bipartisan Congressional Delegation mission led by fellow U.S. Rep. Kendrick
Meek (D-FL). Below is also an overview
of Arcuri's itinerary in Iraq.
"In Iraq, I
saw first-hand what I already knew, that the brave men and women who are
fighting in Iraq and risking their lives are the very best that this country
has to offer and incredibly good at what they do. Their courage and
determination is inspiration to all of us.
If the Iraqi government were half as determined to make the present
government work as our troops are, the job would be done today and all of our
combat troops would be on their way home.
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