With a bit of swagger, junior classman Ben Bulgrien’s humor, quick-wit and eloquent interview answer earned him the crown and title of Mr. Phoenix, the district’s third annual male pageant event.
The Oswego City Police Department’s Anti-Crime Team today (March 25) arrested and criminally charged two individual’s relating to the criminal sale of prescription drugs within the city of Oswego. One involved a sale of drugs across the street from Oswego High School, police said.
G. Ray Bodley’s Women’s Choir and Concert Choir performed before an audience March 20 as part of Music In Our Schools Month.
Hannibal Senior High Band and Chorus celebrated Music In Our Schools Month March 18 with a concert in the auditorium. Under the direction of Shirley Terrinoni, the Senior Jazz Band performed three numbers.
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.
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.
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.
Through the grant, which was awarded by the State Education Department, Hannibal will receive $200,000. Other districts also slated to receive funding include Oswego and Phoenix, which helped write the grant as well. School officials in Hannibal are allocating the funds to create district-wide career ladders for teachers and principals.
The Phoenix Central School District Transportation Department will be joining the 10th Annual Regional Awareness Program for Young Drivers event on March 26 at SUNY Oswego. This year’s program is centered on distracted driving and is being held in conjunction with the New York State University Police at Oswego, the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee and Oswego County BOCES.
The Hannibal Central School District has hired a School Security Aide. Ed Brisson is a retired Onondaga County police officer with 23 years of experience. His position is being paid for through a Title VI grant, a non-competitive grant that is part of the Title I consolidated application.
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