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Fulton Daily News

Fulton School Officials Update on Focus, LAP Plans

The Fulton City School District has been named a focus district for the 2016-2017 school year, with specific focus on G. Ray Bodley High School as a focus school, as well as two elementary schools in LAP status, Fairgrieve and Volney. Each of these distinctions require the schools to follow state protocol and come up with appropriate plans to combat the problem areas in the effected subgroups. Executive director of instruction and assessment, Elizabeth Conners updated the board of education on these plans at the first summer (July 12) board meeting. “This doesn’t mean we’re bad,” said Conners. “It means we have some structures and systems that we need to come back to and tighten up to ensure all students in the Fulton City School District are learning.”

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Zelko Kirincich is third from the left in the photo.
Oswego Daily News

Port of Oswego to Receive 14th Pacesetter Award

The Port of Oswego was awarded its 14th Robert J. Lewis Pacesetter Award on July 13 from the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, an agency of the U.S. Department of Transportation. SLSDC Administrator Betty Sutton presented the award to Zelko Kirincich, executive director and CEO of the port, during the semi-annual American Great Lakes Ports Association meeting held in Chicago.

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Oswego Daily News

Barclay: News of FitzPatrick Talks Should Propel PSC to Adopt Clean Energy Standards Quickly

Assemblyman Will Barclay released the following statement in support of the Public Service Commission’s new Clean Energy Standard in light of the news that Entergy and Exelon are in discussions to keep FitzPatrick operational. “I encourage the Public Service Commission to act quickly to adopt the newly proposed Clean Energy Standard. With the news today of Entergy in discussions with Exelon, it is critical that this newly proposed standard becomes the state’s new policy. Nuclear power supplies 30% of the state’s electricity with 17.9% of the power coming from Upstate.”

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The Ladies of Broadway, from left: Beth DeRousie, Nellica Rave Huff, Gina Holsopple, Sabrina Woodward and Marguerite Beebe, belt out a classy number during CNY Arts Center's Dessert Theatre series "A Night at the Tonys."
Arts and Entertainment

CNY Arts Center Celebrates Tonys With Dessert Theater Series

The series is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Tony Awards and will feature a collaborated cast of children and adults to make this an evening of luscious desserts and entertainment that families can enjoy together. The cast will perform Tony Award-winning Broadway songs from stage classics such as The Sound of Music, Annie, Into The Woods, Chicago and much more.

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