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IN MEMORIAM: Assemblyman Bill Magee; Allied With Seward To Benefit County

IN MEMORIAM Assemblyman Bill Magee, 81; Seward Ally In Benefiting All NELSON – William (Bill) Magee, who served Otsego County in the state Assembly for 28 years, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2020. He was 81. The younger of two children of Donald and Ruth (Hart) Magee, he lived in the Town of Nelson, outside Cazenovia, all of his life. The Magee family operated a small dairy and general store in Erieville. Bill graduated from Cazenovia Central School…

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Gloria Steinem: Surrogate Bill Would Put Poor Women At Mercy Of Rich Ones

COLUMN Steinem: Surrogate Bill Would Put Poor Women At Mercy Of Rich Ones Editor’s Note:  Another one of many troubling ideas out of Albany this session – the creation of a surrogate-mother industry – led Gloria Steinem to ally herself in opposition with the state’s Catholic bishops.  She wrote this letter June 11. The state Senate passed the bill, but as this edition went to press, it was stalled in the Assembly.  Happily, the legislative session ends today, June 19.…