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Friday, March 30, 2012

Hamilton College Students march in light of Trayvon Martin
There has been a raging dispute in the Trayvon Martin case over whether who is incident, and who is guilty.Some feel that Martin was a...
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CDC Reporting 1 in 88 Children Affected by Autism
Information on NY ACTS, a state initiative for adults and children on the Autism Spectrum.
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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Common Council Approves Restructuring
Tonight Utica's Common Council didn't add or eliminate any firefighters but it did approve a plan that allows fire chief brooks to structure his department in (what...
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Common Council votes on UFD command structure
The Utica Common Council is set to vote on the re-structuring of the Utica Fire Department.When the council passed the city's budget last week, it...
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CNY'ers are betting against the odds in the Mega Millions Lottery
You still have one more day to buy a ticket in the hopes of winning half a billion dollars. About one in 175 million people has...
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Storm Damage Relief for Businesses
Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente Jr. today urged local business owners who suffered damages in two severe storms of 2011 to contact the Oneida County...
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Ordinance Amending Composition of the Bureau of Fire
Here are both the old and new breakdowns:OLD:JOB TITLE, NUMBER AUTHORIZEDFire Chief - 1Assistant Fire Chief, 1Chief Fire Marshal, 0Assistant Maintenance Superintendent, 1Deputy Fire Chiefs,...
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Senator Schumer Says Unclaimed Taxes Soon to Disappear!
The IRS gives you three years to file an old tax return and claim your old refund. So if you have not filed your 2008...
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

2012 Challenge: Not Just About Dropping the Pounds
This contestant in the 2012 Challenge says it's not just about losing weight...
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Helping Hands: Avoiding a Fall
When we're a baby we can fall down, laugh it off and get back up and back to action. We know as we get older,...
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Auto Fraud is Big Business
"We call this Alice's Law in her memory." It's been nine years since the death of 71 year old Alice Ross. She was killed as a result...
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Some community members concerned with cuts made in UCSD 2012-13 budget
More than two hundred jobs are on the chopping block as the Utica City School Board is trying to adjust for a $10 million deficit. Some Utica...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Karam: "This is a very painful and devastating budget"
The Utica City School Board has voted unanimously to adopt the 2012-2013 budget.That means the district is looking at some deep cuts like eliminating several...
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Preview: Utica City School District's Proposed Budget
Eyewitness News took a look at the Utica City School District Budget before voting began on Tuesday night. The school district is looking at a...
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Remington Arms hopes microstamping will not push them away
Remington Arms in Ilion is reportedly threatening to take their business elsewhere. A potential bill mandating that all firearms made in the state of New York be microstamped...
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Boilermaker: Butch Custodero
34 years ago earl reed unveiled the first boilermaker road race. One of the original boilermaker runners is Butch Custodero. At the age of 30 Butch decide...
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AIDS Hike for Life Kick-Off Event
Every step makes a statement. That's what organizers say about the annual AIDS Hike for Life. Today organizers and Hamilton College students held two kick-off events on...
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Monday, March 26, 2012

Two districts discuss sharing services
Adirondack and Remsen Central Schools have been discussing sharing services for the past few months. Now that the districts are moving forward, the next step is...
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Employers asking job seekers for Facebook & e-mail passwords
Many people are outraged over the news that some employers are demanding passwords to job seekers' Facebook and e-mail accounts. Now, even public officials are weighing...
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Meet the Eyewitness News Team

Joe Parker
Joe Parker is an award-winning, well traveled journalist. He's been broadcasting since 1984...more than half his life, so far. Joe comes to the Utica area from the Gulf Coast (Florida,...
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Jeff Matthews
The only thing Jeff ever wanted to do more than be an on-camera Meteorologist was play left field for the Yankees. By the age of 7, he was already posting...
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Elsa Gillis
Elsa is thrilled to be part of our team as an Anchor and Producer for WUTR & WFXV Eyewitness News. Coming from Newtown, Connecticut, she graduated from Cornell University with a...
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Jennifer Lee
Jennifer Lee joined WUTR/WPNY/WFXV as a Multimedia Journalist in August 2011. She is eager and honored to be apart of the news team and becoming the voice for the Central...
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Stephen Bond
Born and raised in the Central New York area, Stephen is excited to launch his career at home as a multimedia journalist at WUTR. He earned a bachelor's degree from...
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Rachel Polansky
Rachel is excited to join the Eyewitness News team as a Multimedia Journalist. Rachel is a 2012 Penn State graduate with a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism. While there, she was...
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Michael Spellman
A true hometown talent, Michael was born and raised in Central New York. His first taste of journalism came as a Sports Reporter for his high school newspaper...
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