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Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

Another Flawed Budget Process

In effort to provide the Governor and Legislative leaders the political victory of claiming the budget was passed on time, both the State Senate and Assembly worked all night on Thursday in effort to get it passed. However, due to the sheer size of the budget, its complexity and the complete lack of transparency during budget negotiations, it took the Assembly until 8 p.m. April 2 to pass the final budget bill.

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Fulton Daily News

Hannibal Man Charged With Forcibly Touching Victim

On April 1, at approximately 1:02 p.m., State Police responded to a report of a forcible touching incident in Granby. Following an investigation, troopers and the State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation arrested Richard L. Burdick, 71, of Hannibal, and charged him with Forcible Touching, a class “A” misdemeanor.

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The Richardson Theater as it looked in 1906.
Arts and Entertainment

The Richardson Theater: Oswego’s Premier Playhouse

Prior to the opening of the Richardson Theater on January 24, 1895, theater in Oswego had a varied and sporadic history. Before becoming a city in 1848, entertainment in Oswego ran the gamut from traveling shows, science demonstrations (On March 9, 1820, Dr. Thornton gave a lecture on the effects of laughing gas), to professional theatrical companies.

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