Articles by Steve Yablonski

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Harborfest Terminates Executive Director

September 28, 2011 Steve Yablonski

UPDATED with Harborfest’s press release  Oswego Harborfest is looking for a new executive director. The board terminated Tom Van Schaack at its last meeting. He said he was informed that the board was looking to take the festival in a new direction and “reenergize” the festival with the 25th edition of Harborfest coming up next year.

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Race To The Top Runs Into Debate At Oswego School Board Meeting

September 27, 2011 Steve Yablonski

After hearing an update on the Race To The Top initiative for nearly an hour Tuesday night, members of the Oswego City School District’s board of education agreed with the plan in principle. However, the part about pulling educators out of the classroom to be trained didn’t sit well with the board.

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Westside Residents ‘Fed Up’ With Rowdy College Kids’ Behavior

September 26, 2011 Steve Yablonski
James Castiglia speaks to the Common Council

The fall semester isn’t a month old yet and already some westside Oswego residents are fed up with the rowdy late-night behavior of some SUNY Oswego students. Speaking at the public session of Monday’s Common Council meeting, two residents asked the council to give the police department whatever it needed to put an end to the bad behavior.

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