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PACS students and teachers have a ball at fundraising event

For the seventh time in as many years, the Pulaski Academy and Central Schools mystery team defeated the boys’ varsity basketball team for bragging rights during a recent charity game. The fundraising event began seven years ago when PACS teachers Ashleigh Wilson and her husband, Jamie Hefti, decided to rally around an organization on the other side of the globe.

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Oswego Superintendent Warns Of Possible Staff Reductions

During the past two weeks, he has met with principals and department heads in an effort to reduce spending and review staffing of each area. He said, “There has been a significant amount of work done to get to the next level” and that there had been approximately $3.8 million in proposed reductions. Approximately $329,000 in reductions is not “people related.”

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Phoenix Instrumental Music Students Earn Several Honors

Students from the John C. Birdlebough High School in the Phoenix Central School District have recently earned several outstanding musical distinctions and honors. Twenty instrumental music students were selected to represent the school district at the Oswego County Music Educators Association (OCMEA) All-County Band Festival.

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Fairgrieve Elementary Celebrates Music In Our Schools Month

Members of the fourth grade Glee Club at Fairgrieve Elementary School were recently recognized at Morning Express as part of Music In Our Schools Month. Students are led by music teacher Hope Lawton. The Glee Club is a great introduction to chorus, which is offered in fifth and sixth grade. The group performs at the school’s virtue of the month award ceremonies.

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Constellation Energy Nuclear Group’s Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Unit 2 Begins 14th Refueling Outage

Operators removed Nine Mile Point Unit 2 from service at approximately 12:30 a.m. today (March 24) to begin the station’s planned refueling outage. During the outage, Constellation Energy Nuclear Group employees and more than 1,200 supplemental workers will perform more than 2,000 maintenance activities, tests and safety inspections on a variety of plant components and systems.

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