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Palermo Elementary Thanks Its Bus Drivers With Breakfast

The Mexico Academy and Central School District had a successful start to the 2017-18 school year, thanks in part to members of its dedicated transportation staff. Palermo Elementary bus drivers and monitors received special recognition recently during the school’s annual bus driver appreciation breakfast.

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Inside the Cellar Door (Photo by: Samantha Flavell)
Oswego Daily News

3-Part Legislation Promotes Craft Beverage Industry

Sen. George Amedore Jr. and Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy’s trail of legislation is intended to cultivate the promotion of New York State craft beverages. The most recent addition to this string of similar legislation that began three years ago, was a bill that would allow New York State distilleries to sell New York State made beer, wine and cider by the glass. The bill (S.2481/A.2994) was signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on July 25.

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Florence Filby (center) collects donations on behalf of storm relief efforts from volunteers Gabrielle Trivigno (left) and Katelyn Gurney.
Oswego Daily News

Bishop’s Commons Resident Spearheads Fund Drive to Benefit Hurricane Victims

Bishop’s Commons resident Florence Filby decided it was time to take action after seeing an image on television of a mother wading through knee-deep waters clutching her two small children, after a devastating hurricane flooded her neighborhood. For the 103-year-old Filby, that scene and many others streaming to us from the storm-ravaged areas of the Caribbean, Texas and Florida over the course of the last few weeks made her want to help.

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Shineman Foundation Awards Grant For ARISE Ramp Efforts

The Shineman Foundation awarded a grant to ARISE in Oswego County to purchase additional aluminum ramps to be used for members of the community in need. The aluminum ramp program allows ARISE to bring people home from nursing homes, provide quality end of life for Hospice patients and it provides a quick fix for those that find themselves in desperate need of a ramp.

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Mexico Middle School student Autumn Hurlbutt, sixth student standing up from right, recently invited former German exchange student Nele Brockmann to visit her German class. Brockmann and her friend, Sandra Baden, are in front.
Community

Former MACS German Exchange Student Returns For A Visit

Mexico Academy and Central School District’s bond with former students never breaks. That was proven with the recent visit from former German exchange student Nele Brockmann of Schneverdingen, Germany, who returned to the Mexico community for a visit with her then-host family and now friends: the Hurlbutt family.

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