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Friends of History Annual Celebration Dinner to Honor Paul Foster

On November 7, Paul Foster will be honored at the Friends of History Annual Celebration Dinner. Paul has a life-long commitment to both Fulton and to Oswego County. Paul is the third generation owning and operating the Foster Funeral Home in Fulton. He has been active in various community centered organizations that serve our community.

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Fran Verdoliva, Salmon River program coordinator for the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, casts for steelhead on a channel of the upper fly-fishing section of the Salmon River. (Photo courtesy NYS DEC.)
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Salmon River’s Special Fly-Fishing, Catch-and-Release Areas

When it comes to world-class fisheries, you’d be hard pressed to find one that isn’t chopped up into special-interest sections. Oswego County’s Salmon River is a pioneer in this process, offering a place for every fishing taste. Its most famous section is at its headwaters a short distance from the Lower Reservoir’s dam. Restricted to fly-fishing, catch-and-release only, this mystique is more than purist anglers can resist. But there’s more to the place than just image.

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Running club on track for successful year at Granby Elementary School

Granby Elementary School students are hitting the ground running this school year, literally. A newly formed running club, spearheaded by teachers Jennifer Killian and Danielle Bovay, aims to get students moving on the path to a healthy lifestyle. The group meets for an hour every weekday and it is open to students in third through sixth grades.

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Birdlebough’s fall play ‘True Desperados’ to open Oct. 30

The John C. Birdlebough High School’s fall play production will be the comic Western “True Desperados.” Show dates and times are Oct. 30 at 4 p.m.; Oct. 31 at 7:30 p.m.; and Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices are $5 for students and senior citizens and $7 for adults. The play harkens back to the days before television when families sat by the radio every night and listened to their favorite shows.

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Granby Students Travel ‘Around NYS in 60 Minutes’

Mrs. Pulverenti’s fourth grade class participated in a four-way videoconference called “Around NYS in 60 Minutes,” which connected classrooms from four separate regions of New York State. Each classroom provided a short presentation on their geographic location to the other classrooms watching, without ever saying their region’s name.

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Safety Expo shines despite rainy weather

Dreary fall weather couldn’t keep the Phoenix community indoors on Saturday, as hundreds ventured into the cold for the Safety Expo. For the better part of a decade, the Phoenix Central School District Transportation Department has organized the event, which unites students, community members and local agencies for a day of safety and fun.

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Robotics Training Brings Novelis, ABB Robotics and CiTi Together

Novelis is introducing these manufacturing robots into its hot mill manufacturing process. The robotic arms will perform various machine functions, such as marking rolls of aluminum accordingly.
Forty employees from Novelis will attend a training provided by an ABB Robotics employee to learn how the machines work.

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