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A new division has been created in the Project Explore Program at the Center for Instruction, Technology and Innovation, allowing participating students the opportunity to gain valuable experience in the areas of production and retail services. Students and staff recently held the grand opening of Retail CiTi, a new store that will sell student-created merchandise such as seasonal crafts, wooden crafts and specialty items.

Students at Volney Elementary School in the Fulton City School District received a healthy dose of music recently, as the Vitamin L Project, a group of Ithaca-based singers, visited the school to promote positive character development through the power of music.

The Oswego Pride Committee is a group of community members that is committed to helping to create a future for Oswego that is free from discrimination. In an effort to promote this philosophy the Oswego Pride Committee is thrilled to announce Oswego’s very first Pride Parade and celebration scheduled for October 12.

North Country Library System honored Marian Stanton, president of the board of trustees at the Fulton Public Library, as “Trustee of the Year” at its annual meeting on September 27.

With new leadership in place in the Pulaski Academy and Central School District, the community recently had a chance to meet the new superintendent and chat with him about his experience in education and the qualities he brings to the district. Brian Hartwell, who began his service as superintendent in August, said the Pulaski community has welcomed him with open arms.

Salmon River Alpacas of Pulaski will be among competitors from across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions at the 2014 nationally-certified Empire Alpaca Extravaganza at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse on October 25-26.

It may have been after school hours, but the hallways of Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Elementary School were bottlenecked Sept. 30 as hundreds of parents, students and teachers showed up for the school’s universal pre-kindergarten to second-grade open house.

There were plenty of reasons to celebrate when Dennis M. Kenney faculty and staff members gathered in September to usher in a new school year. In addition to welcoming teachers and staff members, Principal Dee Froio announced that the New York State Education Department removed DMK from its focus school rating and deemed it as a “School in Good Standing.”

Students in the Hannibal Central School District are making significant strides in the area of English language arts, and recently released state test results are proof that student achievement is on the rise.