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April is Autism Awareness Month. Autism and autism spectrum disorder are neurological disorders that impact human development, especially in the areas of socialization, communication and behavior. Many, but not all people with autism have an intellectual disability.

Grants totaling $3.4 million have been awarded to 18 organizations across the state to fund unique public and private partnerships between private and non-profit organizations to support early childhood to youth-aged programs in local communities in need.

The barber who survived last month's fatal shooting rampage in Mohawk told the Associated Press Wednesday that he played dead while the gunman shot up his shop, even as one of the victims fell on him.

The State Office of General Services estimates it will spend $60,000 in materials and labor to repair the grass of West Capitol Park. The grass was damaged by the combination of a large crowd and muddy conditions at a February 28 rally opposing the NY safe gun control law.

Four teams of students from SUNY Oneonta and the community will test their engineering skills in a “canstruction” competition this weekend at the Southside Mall in Oneonta. The teams will build structures out of canned food that will ultimately be donated to the local food pantries.

Over 100 people attended the Oneonta City School District Board of Education meeting held at the Greater Plains Elementary School on Wednesday. With the recent New York State budget being passed, Interim Superintendent David Rowley says the school district now knows how much it will receive in state aid.

As the Senate gets set to again take up the farm bill in the coming weeks, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced Tuesday a comprehensive plan to help provide long-term support and certainty for New York’s dairy farmers.

State Agriculture Commissioner Darrel Aubertine announced Tuesday that New Yorkers have chosen "Sharing the Bounty and Pride of NY" as the theme of the 2013 Great New York State Fair.

A report released Tuesday says that in 2014 approximately 1.5 million New Yorkers will be eligible for premium tax credits that will help them pay for health coverage. According to the report by Families USA, a national health consumer organization, most of those eligible for the premium tax credits will be in working families and have incomes between, $47,100 and $94,200 for a family of four. Rea

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is pushing for the Maple Tap Act legislation, which would boost syrup production and help the industry grow. The Maple Tap Act would provide USDA grants of up to $20 million per year to states that create programs to encourage individual landowners to open up their trees to maple tapping. Schumer’s legislation would also provide grants to states to support market promo