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Little-Known Alternative Location School Program Is Keeping Students From Quitting

Kristina Rathbun was going to quit school.  A straight A student whose grades sank because of problems with other students, she thought the only alternative was to leave.  Instead, she landed in a little-known district program for students with poor grades, attendance or behavior.  She and many of the nearly two dozen other students in the program are in the midst of remarkable turnarounds.

The debate over a Native American mascot for Fulton’s sports teams got a full airing recently and RaiderNet Daily was on hand for all of it.  Also today, see photos from a U.S. Navy rock band’s appearance at the high school, see award-winning photos, get the latest sports news and more.

Fulton’s Board of Education meets tonight.  The board will discuss its budget for next school year, will hear an update on the district-wide construction project, consider approving two new high school courses, and more.

You can read the entire Board of Education meeting agenda at this link (pdf).

A request by Steven Thomas for a zone change in the Second Ward failed to make it past the Common Council on Monday night. Neighbor opposition played  a big part in the aldermen’s decision. The council also said it wanted more information about what the property might be used for. The zone change request was withdrawn from council consideration last year – also due to neighbor opposition.

The investigation is continuing into the late-morning crash that injured two residents of 516 Highland St. in Fulton

The annual storytelling competition will be underway soon, but it will go on without G. Ray Bodley High School.  Also today, a fire drill empties the school and the weekend’s sports roundup.

Hannibal came together this past weekend for Winterfest, a weekend of outdoors activities designed to make the best of the harshest weather of the year.  Lots of folks showed up for a variety of contests, food and music.

Click inside to see a gallery of photos from a few of Sunday’s events.

This week, local history buff Tom Tryniski takes us back to 1930 and the long-gone Phillips St. School for this class photo.  Click inside to see signatures from the students.  And make sure to visit FultonHistory.com for all the local history photos you can find.

This report a courtesy of Oswego County Department of Community Development, Tourism and Planning.
The following notice has been posted for Lake Ontario waters:
Remember the area around the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Facility is off limits to boating. The restricted area stretches 1,000 yards offshore and extends from the Alcan plant to the Sunset Bay area [...]

February finds a lot of New Yorkers complaining about the weather. They’re sick of snow banks lining sidewalks and streets, dirty slush soiling their shoes, pant legs and cars in streaks of mud and salt. But there’s a lot of color around if you know where to look for it, and the best place to catch a rainbow right now is Oswego County’s Lake Ontario tributaries.

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The Fulton District Wide Storytelling Festival was held and storytellers from throughout the district showcased their talents in telling a wide variety of stories. Participants told a folktale, fairytale, myth, legend, tall tale or fable. The stories ranged from spooky legends to hilarious tales and many had a useful moral attached that provided a bit [...]

The following students are on the Dean’s List for their outstanding academic achievement for the Fall 2009 semester from the Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering at Binghamton University, State University of New York.
The criteria for the Dean’s Honors list is a minimum grade point average of 3.5.
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Happy New Year to all of our readers in the tri-county region!
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