FORT PLAIN, N.Y. - Fort Plain residents Gary Lavalley (left) and Marie Robinson (middle) watch New York Army National Guard Soldier Spc. Brendan Miller bulldoze rocks and other flood debris from Otsquago Creek here July 4. Miller belongs to the Buffalo-based 152nd Engineer Company. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called up the company and other Soldiers of the 204th Engineer Battalion to remove flood debris and prevent further flood damage in the Mohawk Valley. In addition to other missions, the engineer Soldiers removed an island of debris which had choked the Otsquago Creek’s flow. Miller is from Buffalo.
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CNY Central -- Tue, 30 Jun 2026 Exclusive access: The CNY pilots and drones of the 174th Attack Wing (video) SYRACUSE, N.Y. Since the days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, Central New York has been home to an active Air Force base. The 174th Attack Wing https://www.174attackwing.ang.af.mil/... (more)
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