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National Grid bills getting worse this winter; more top stories (Good Morning CNY for Feb. 10)

Syracuse.com · last updated February 10, 2026 – 5:26 AM

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Weather

High: 39. Low: 29. More snow, but finally above freezing. See 5-day forecast.

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Common Council protesters — Common Councilor Marty Nave speaks with protesters during a meeting at Syracuse City Hall, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026.Jeremy Boyer

Protest disrupts council meeting: Common Councilor Marty Nave speaks with protesters during a meeting at Syracuse City Hall on Monday. Protesters interrupted a council meeting, shouting over the council president until lawmakers were forced to adjourn the meeting and have police remove two people. About 20 protesters attended a meeting where the council adopted a plan to replace the company that runs the city’s license plate readers. (Jeremy Boyer photo)

The latest

An Onondaga County district may start high school an hour later to improve teen learning. Will it work for families? Baldwinsville’s school district is seriously considering pushing back the first bell for high school students by more than an hour. The change would reshuffle bus routes, teacher schedules and after-school activities, but would also align with a schedule that education and medical professionals say is better for teenage minds.

What’s trending

Think your National Grid bills have been awful this winter? They’ll get worse: Thought your heating bills from November through January were bad? Get ready: February will be worse. The average Upstate household with gas and electric service is expected to get a National Grid bill of more than $360 for the month of February. Yes, the bitter cold is a factor in the higher bills — but it’s far from the only reason.

Bruce Blakeman picks Central New Yorker as running mate in NY governor’s race: Bruce Blakeman, the likely Republican nominee for governor, on Monday picked Madison County Sheriff Todd Hood to serve as his lieutenant governor running mate in November’s election.

Beef prices jump again (Syracuse.com grocery price tracker): Bad news for meat-eaters: While the prices of some food items are down compared to a year ago, beef prices have jumped nearly 18 percent in the last 12 months. Check out our price tracker to find out how the prices of beef, chicken, milk, eggs and more are changing year-to-year and month-to-month.

Looking ahead

NYS Fair adds country star to 2026 concert lineup: Trace Adkins — a Grammy-nominated country singer known for hits like “You’re Gonna Miss This,” “(This Ain’t) No Thinkin’ Thing,” “Ladies Love Country Boys,” “Rough & Ready,” and “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk” — will perform a free show at the New York State Fair’s Suburban Park stage this summer. Here are the details.

Sports

Is Syracuse ready to embrace women’s basketball? Felisha Legette-Jack sees hope: Late is better than never. Kathrine Switzer, the Syracuse University alum who became the first woman to officially run the Boston Marathon in 1967, is a symbol of that. It took nearly 60 years for the school to put her Boston Marathon bib number (261) in the JMA Wireless Dome rafters during halftime of an SU women’s basketball game Sunday. Switzer said she was inspired by the 3,600-plus fans in the dome for the Orange’s game against No. 6 Louisville. While that attendance number is still modest compared to many other schools, the enthusiasm the crowd showed gave SU coach Felisha Legette-Jack hope. “We learned about our fans here,” she said.

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