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Updated: Friday, 22 Jun 2012, 5:42 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 22 Jun 2012, 5:42 PM EDT

Mark Parrotte
Posted by: Eli George

WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) - Employees who will be losing their jobs in the southtowns received the difficult news on Friday.

The Stryker Medical Device plants in West Seneca and Orchard Park are shutting down, meaning some 96-people will be out of work by the end of the year. The State Labor Department says the company is closing for economic reasons.

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