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An Upstate marathon swimmer is taking on the Oceans Seven Challenge to raise awareness for Miracle Hill and foster children.

The new U-Haul facility in Morton will feature more than 750 climate-controlled, individually alarmed, ADA-accessible indoor self-storage rooms.

Nineteen Morton businesses received $230,689 in business sustainability grants during the first three rounds in which the grants were awarded.

MORTON — Only about 2% of the calls the Morton Fire Department responds to are in the Groveland Fire Protection District. But when district officials asked Dec. 7 for a reduction in the annual amount the district pays the village of Morton for fire and emergency medical services, citing financial shortfalls, the officials got some heat from the Village Board. "This isn't the village's problem," said trustee Steve Leitch, who suggested the district put a tax increase referendum on the ballot. "We shouldn't subsidize them," said trustee Ken Newman. Trustees voted 5-1 against the district's pr...

MORTON – Jason and Amanda Parker will open a tattoo parlor Tuesday in downtown Morton.  The tattoo parlor won't be in the downtown location at 142 S. Main St. the husband-and-wife team and business partners coveted — they still harbor some bitterness about that — but they're thrilled with their 1,000-square-foot space less than two blocks away at 330 S. Main St., in the same building as the V Gallery portrait studio. "The people who didn't want us opening a tattoo parlor in our desired location will see that a tattoo parlor is not something to fear," said tattoo artist Jason Parker....