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Fulton Daily News

Hannibal Budget Hearing Focuses on Cost of Contracts

District business official Nancy Henner runs through the  information in the budget public hearing, as Superintendent of Schools  Mike DiFabio looks on.Hannibal’s budget eliminates or downsizes 15 positions and raises the tax levy 2.99% in a year in which Gov. Paterson’s across-the-board education aid cuts will drain more than a million dollars from Hannibal. It cuts into the Reading First program credited with helping get the district off the state’s “in need of improvement” list, eliminates band for 5th graders and preserves varsity and modified sports.

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Oswego Daily News

Facing Protest, McHugh Withdraws from SUNY Oswego Commencement

John McHugh, Secretary of the ArmySecretary of the Army John McHugh will not attend SUNY Oswego’s 149th Commencement on Saturday, May 15, to receive an honorary degree. He informed college President Deborah F. Stanley of his decision Monday.

Referencing objections by some members of the campus community to his appearance, he explained, “it is clear my presence at the ceremony might well have a disruptive effect.”

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