Oswego County TodayMay 2015FREE Independent News for Oswego County

Fulton School Budget Passes Despite Low Voter Turnout

May 20, 2015 Steve Yablonski

Fulton residents took to their local polling places Tuesday to cast their votes for the 2015-2016 school elections. The proposed budget for the coming school year was approved with 368 votes in favor and 262 votes against. Voters approved the $68.6 million 2015-2016 school district budget, a $1.3 million increase from the current year’s budget. Incumbents Daniel Pawlewicz and Timothy Crandell sought re-election. They ran unopposed. Crandell received 396 votes while Pawelewicz, current vice president of the board, received 391 votes.

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Incumbents Maintain Their School Board Seats, Budget Passed

May 19, 2015 Steve Yablonski

Garnering the most votes was Lynda Sereno, the current board vice president, with an unofficial count of 1,398. Tom DeCastro tallied the second most votes with an unofficial total of 1,310. The final count for the budget was 1,150 yes, and 1.079 no.

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Quick Results From Fulton School District

May 19, 2015 Steve Yablonski

Voters approve Fulton school budget

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Francis P. Kehoe – Burial Service

May 19, 2015 Contributor

Francis P. Kehoe, 86, of Fulton, who died on December 22, 2014, will be buried at 9 a.m. Saturday May 23 at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Fulton with Rev. John Cannoro giving the final rite of committal.

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Carmela Yager – Burial Service

May 19, 2015 Contributor

Carmela Yager, 87, of Fulton, who died February 12, 2015, will be buried at 10 a.m. Friday, May 22 at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Fulton, with Rev. Robert Stephenson giving the final rite of committal.

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Upstate Medical University Continues Partnership With SUNY Oswego

May 19, 2015 Contributor

SUNY Upstate Medical University’s leadership team visited SUNY Oswego recently as the two higher education institutions build ways to serve the region’s needs in research and development.

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Bernard Drake – Burial Service

May 19, 2015 Contributor

Bernard Drake, 95, of Fulton, who died on March 13, 2015, will be buried at noon Friday May 22 at Jacksonville Cemetery, Lysander, with the last rite of committal to be given by Rev. Jeff O’Brien.

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13-year-old Suspected In Early Morning House Fire

May 19, 2015 Contributor

At about 6:51 a.m. today (May 19), emergency crews responded to an East Sixth Street residence in the city of Oswego for a structure fire. As a result of the investigation, the Oswego City Police Department identified a 13-year-old as a suspect in connection with this fire.

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College Student Facing Felony Drug Charge

May 19, 2015 Contributor

On May 14, the Oswego County Drug Task Force with assistance from the New York State Police Financial Crimes Unit and Computer Crimes Unit executed search warrants for the residence and person of Dylan C. Soeffing at 210 Fifth Ave., Apartment # 7. Investigators seized 809 illegally possessed prescription Xanax pills, a small amount of marihuana and more than $170,000 in U.S. currency, police said.

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Phoenix Students Recognized For Qualities of Citizenship

May 19, 2015 Contributor

Emerson J. Dillon students were recognized by Principal Sue Anderson for being good citizens and demonstrating the qualities of being dependable, responsible, courteous, thoughtful of others, congenial, friendly and showing school pride through the “Dillon Way.”

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