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Thank you for your service! For that special day, Mr. Locke wore a shirt that bore the words “USS Seminole,” his ship that operated in the Pacific theater during World War II. James Stickney and Fred Cockayne present Donald Locke with a United States flag that had flown over the U.S. Capitol Building on the occasion of his 102nd birthday. Christopher Lenney/Watertown Daily Times Rep. John M. Katko sent his best wishes for the special occasion. He represents the 24th Congressional District, which includes all of Onondaga, Cayuga and Wayne counties, and the western portion of Oswego C...

The city of Syracuse will receive $123 million from the federal government as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 signed into law in March. The act totaled $1.9 trillion. As part of the law’s provisions, it will infuse state, county and municipal governments with hundreds of billions of dollars to help them recover from the economic effects of the novel coronavirus. So it’s good that Syracuse will be able to use this money. The funds will amount to about half the city’s annual budget. But one item prioritized by officials is raising eyebrows, and for good reason. The S...