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“In recent years we’ve made great progress to grow the agriculture industry, increasing funding for critical programs and making investments in initiatives that support our state’s hardworking farmers,” said Senator Ritchie. “I am thrilled to once again be named as chair of the Agriculture Committee and am looking forward to working alongside my colleagues and New York’s farmers to help the industry continue to grow.”

Oswego County public officials and tourism partners gathered last week to learn how they can participate in a new project to increase the number of visitors to the area. Tourism offices in the five counties that make up the CNY Regional Economic Development Committee (Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga and Oswego) are working together to conduct a regional visitor study.

Vice president of the Oswego County Dental Society David MacGregor of Great Lakes Oral Surgery presented Karrie Damm, executive director of the Child Advocacy Center of Oswego County, with a donation of food items and more than $1,600 in checks on behalf of the Oswego County Dental Society.

Students from both the Alfred campus and the School of Applied Technology campus in Wellsville are selected for the Dean’s List if they maintain a 3.50 grade-point average (GPA) out of a possible 4.0.

Students at Michael A. Maroun Elementary School recently received a lesson in how to stay active outdoors during the cold winter months. As part of a physical education unit, students in Melissa Bailer’s third grade class learned how to utilize snowshoes, a specific kind of footwear designed for walking over snow without sinking.

Students in the Heavy Equipment Repair and Operation program at the Center for Instruction, Technology and Innovation now have the luxury of operating a brand new piece of excavating equipment.

As the campus renovation project draws to a close, students and staff at the Center for Instruction, Technology and Innovation are reaping the rewards of new student program work spaces. The project got off the ground in 2011, after all nine component districts voted in approval of the renovations, which included improved classrooms and equipment upgrades.

YAC used to meet at the CiTi campus before CiTi’s renovation project, which was approved in 2011 by all nine component school districts. Once construction commenced, classroom space became limited and the group moved their meetings to the Mexico United Methodist Church.

Last June the Hannibal Central School Districted unveiled the inaugural Distinguished Hannibal Warrior induction class, and now nominations are being sought for this year’s honorees. The effort is designed to recognize notable Hannibal alumni, faculty or local citizens who have contributed to the community and/or school district, achieved distinction for their work and set the standards for others to emulate.