Posted on Friday, 16 of May , 2008 at 9:05 pm
GLENS FALLS—State nursing home inspectors fail to cite serious deficiencies such as malnutrition, bedsores and abuse in their annual inspections of facilities such as Eden Park Health Care Centers and other nursing homes across the country, according to a report issued this week by the Government Accountability Office. (Read more…)
Category: Adirondacks, Business, Consumers, Disabled, Elder Care, Family, Government, Health, Nationwide, New York State, Opinion
Posted on Friday, 16 of May , 2008 at 8:01 pm
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLA—Last month, the seven-year-old boy, barely tall enough to see over the steering wheel, took the keys to his grandmother’s car and in his eight minute trip in rush hour traffic, ran over two mailboxes, hit two parked cars and two moving cars. (Read more…)
Category: Children, Family, Florida
Posted on Friday, 16 of May , 2008 at 6:51 pm
WESTCHESTER COUNTY—A husband and wife team have been convicted on charges they illegally billed the state $3.2 million when they provided health care services using unlicensed nurses. The charges, brought by State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, were the result of audits conducted by the state Comptroller’s office. (Read more…)
Category: Business, Consumers, Courts, Crime, Government, Health, New York State
Posted on Friday, 16 of May , 2008 at 6:44 pm
ALBANY—Medicaid inappropriately paid approximately $3 million in fee-for-service claims for recipients enrolled in three managed care plans according to an audit conducted by the state comptroller’s office. (Read more…)
Category: Government, Health, Insurance, New York State
Posted on Friday, 16 of May , 2008 at 6:41 pm
ALBANY—The state comptroller’s office has announced a $6.9 million private equity investment in Climax Manufacturing Company, a leading eco-friendly manufacturer and supplier of folding cartons and recycled paperboards. (Read more…)
Category: Business, Government, New York State
Posted on Friday, 16 of May , 2008 at 6:36 pm
MIAMI—A salvage diver has pleaded guilty to stealing 21 pearls during a salvage operation. (Read more…)
Category: Courts, Crime, Florida
Posted on Friday, 16 of May , 2008 at 6:30 pm
ROME, GA– Brenton J. Garmon, 36, of Cartersville, Ga., has been sentenced in federal district court by Judge Robert L. Vining Jr. for embezzling and converting $80,493.78 in public funds to his own use while he worked as a captain for the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office. (Read more…)
Category: Courts, Crime, Police
Posted on Friday, 16 of May , 2008 at 6:24 pm
MORIAH—The treasurer of the Moriah Ambulance Squad has been charged with stealing about $9,600 of the group’s monies. (Read more…)
Category: Adirondacks, Courts, Crime
Posted on Friday, 16 of May , 2008 at 6:15 pm
WASHINGTON COUNTY—Animal owners in the Washington County area have been notified by the state Department of Agriculture and Markets about invalid veterinary tests being conducted by Dr. Ronald Peters of Greenwich. (Read more…)
Category: Animals, Business, Consumers, Courts, Crime, Government
Posted on Friday, 16 of May , 2008 at 5:55 pm
MILTON, FLA– The owner and operator of an adult family care home in Milton, Santa Rose County in Florida’ Panhandle, was arrested on charges that she falsified crucial documents pertaining to the safety of her facility. (Read more…)
Category: Business, Courts, Crime, Disabled, Elder Care, Family, Florida, Government, Health
Posted on Friday, 16 of May , 2008 at 5:48 pm
NEW YORK—Timothy Montgomery, Olympic gold medalist and former world record holding sprinter, was sentenced Friday to 46 months in prison for his role in a check fraud scheme. (Read more…)
Category: Courts, Crime, Sports
Posted on Friday, 16 of May , 2008 at 5:33 pm
Kate Adamson, survivor of a massive double brainstem stroke at the age of 33, will be the special guest this week on “America’s Lifeline”, the weekly one hour radio show of the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation which will air Saturday, May 17 at 3 p.m. EDT, originating from the Tampa studios for Talk Radio 860 WGUL. (Read more…)
Category: Calendar, Disabled, Education, Elder Care, Family, Florida, Health, Media, Schiavo
Posted on Friday, 16 of May , 2008 at 1:54 pm
PATCHOGUE—A 29-year old former private school teacher and youth pastor was arraigned Friday in First District Court in Central Islip on charges related to an alleged sexual relationship he had with a teenage student. (Read more…)
Category: Courts, Crime, Education
Posted on Friday, 16 of May , 2008 at 1:43 pm
COMMENTARY
PINELLAS COUNTY—Over the past several weeks, The North Country Gazette has been taking a look at the operations of the office of Pinellas-Pasco state attorney Bernie McCabe. There is evidence that McCabe may have intentionally blocked investigations into public corruption in Pinellas County. (Read more…)
Category: Constitution, Courts, Crime, Florida, Government, Media, Opinion, Police, Politics
Posted on Friday, 16 of May , 2008 at 10:48 am
INSIDE THE FIRST AMENDMENT
By Gene Policinski
First Amendment Center
Why does the First Amendment protect those who are showing and saying things many of us would rather not see or hear? (Read more…)
Category: Constitution, Consumers, Courts, Entertainment, First Amendment, Government, Media, Nationwide
Posted on Friday, 16 of May , 2008 at 9:15 am
DELTONA, FLA—A Volusia County sheriff’s deputy found out that bronc busting tactics on a alligator don’t work well. (Read more…)
Category: Florida, Police
Posted on Thursday, 15 of May , 2008 at 9:30 pm
ALBANY—The state Commission on Judicial Conduct received 1,711 complaints during 2007, the most ever in a single year and authorized 192 new investigations into allegations of judicial misconduct. (Read more…)
Category: Courts, New York State
Posted on Thursday, 15 of May , 2008 at 9:16 pm
LOS ANGELES - A Missouri woman was indicted Thursday on federal charges for fraudulently using an account on the social networking Web site MySpace. (Read more…)
Category: Children, Consumers, Courts, Crime, Internet, Technology
Posted on Thursday, 15 of May , 2008 at 7:43 pm
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have revealed a strong link of Salmonella infection to dry dog food. (Read more…)
Category: Animals, Business, Consumers, Government, Health, Nationwide
Posted on Thursday, 15 of May , 2008 at 7:14 pm
GLENS FALLS—An 83-year-old city woman has been charged with assault and endangering the welfare of a child for allegedly punching and biting an 11-year-old boy who had been left in her care. (Read more…)
Category: Courts, Crime, Elder Care, Warren County
Posted on Thursday, 15 of May , 2008 at 6:48 pm
SYRACUSE—An Oswego County garage builder who defrauded homeowners in Central New York by failing to start jobs for which he was paid, and performing incomplete or shoddy work for the jobs he began has been sued by the state Attorney General’s office. (Read more…)
Category: Business, Consumers, Courts, Government, New York State
Posted on Thursday, 15 of May , 2008 at 6:41 pm
QUEENS—The 31-year-old Queens woman, Hua Zheng, who is charged with recklessly endangering the life of her newborn daughter by abandoning the infant on a doorstep just hours after her release from the hospital, has been arraigned before Queens Criminal Court Judge Gene Lopez on charges of first-degree reckless endangerment, abandonment of a child and endangering the welfare of a child in that case. (Read more…)
Category: Children, Courts, Crime
Posted on Thursday, 15 of May , 2008 at 6:33 pm
NASSAU COUNTY—The former operator of a Manhattan-based home care agency and his former billing manager have pleaded guilty to stealing over $314,000 from the state through false Medicaid billing schemes. (Read more…)
Category: Courts, Crime, Disabled, Elder Care, Government, Health, Insurance, Taxes
Posted on Thursday, 15 of May , 2008 at 6:01 pm
SYRACUSE—A nursing home company has been sentenced to pay $15,000 in fines, has been barred from the business and ordered to accept responsibility for patient neglect that occurred at its Cortland facility. (Read more…)
Category: Business, Courts, Disabled, Elder Care, Family, Government, Health, New York State
Posted on Thursday, 15 of May , 2008 at 5:55 pm
NEW YORK—A public hearing on employment arrangements at Long Island school districts will be held as part of Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s statewide investigation into pension fraud in New York’s school districts, local governments, and special districts. (Read more…)
Category: Business, Education, Government, Insurance, New York State
Posted on Thursday, 15 of May , 2008 at 5:48 pm
TOMPKINS COUNTY—A Tompkins County business owner has been sentenced to one year in the Tompkins County Jail for violations of state labor laws. (Read more…)
Category: Business, Government, New York State
Posted on Thursday, 15 of May , 2008 at 5:44 pm
TALLAHASSEE, FLA—The Florida Attorney General’s office has asked the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) to fine Verizon Florida LLC $6.5 million for repeated violations of service rules in Florida during 2007. (Read more…)
Category: Business, Consumers, Florida, Government, Technology
Posted on Thursday, 15 of May , 2008 at 5:38 pm
ESSEX COUNTY—The Pyramids Child Development Center, with facilities in Clinton and Essex counties, improperly claimed reimbursement for nearly $240,000 in taxpayer money for unexplained, undocumented or improper expenses, such as the preparation of the executive director’s personal income taxes, according to an audit released Thursday by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. (Read more…)
Category: Business, Children, Government, New York State
Posted on Thursday, 15 of May , 2008 at 4:55 pm
QUEENSBURY – In a what became a bizarre trial and is certain to be headed for an appellate review, a Warren County jury has found Alicia Lewis guilty of all charges for her role in the beating death last fall of her 7-month-old son by her roommate. (Read more…)
Category: Adirondacks, Breaking News, Children, Courts, Crime, Warren County
Posted on Thursday, 15 of May , 2008 at 1:33 pm
A year has passed since the largest pet food recall in history which resulted in the death and/or illness of nearly 5,000 dogs and cats but there are still contaminated products on the market. (Read more…)
Category: Animals, Business, Consumers, Education, Government, Health, Nationwide
