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Arts and Entertainment

New State Law Prompts Fall Production at Fulton High School

Techtonic Theatre Member Leigh Fondakowski (played by Grace Trepasso – left) interviews community members from Laramie, Wyoming, (Alexis Pawlewicz, Paige Havener and Steven McDougall) following the brutal kidnapping, torture and murder of college student Matthew Shepard. The scene is from Quirk’s Players fall production, The Laramie Project.In helping to promote the Dignity For All Students Act, Quirk’s Players of G. Ray Bodley High School is taking a bold step. They will present the critically acclaimed production The Laramie Project this fall. The story is based on the kidnapping, assault and murder of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old gay college student in Wyoming.

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Oswego Daily News

NYSAC Unveils Looming County Fiscal Crisis

The NYS Association of Counties updated projections that reveal an unsustainable county outyear fiscal gap. County leaders are signaling the alarm that looming multi-billion dollar budget deficits are being caused by state mandated programs, and therefore cannot be addressed solely through actions initiated locally.

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Fulton Daily News

Ritchie, Corrections Chair Meet With Local Sheriffs On Jail Crowding

Senator Patty Ritchie hosted a meeting with the Oswego, Jefferson and St. Lawrence county sheriffs, along with the Senate’s top expert on corrections and prison issues, to discuss the problem of state parole violators who are crowding county jails and costing local taxpayers millions of dollars in unreimbursed expenses.

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