Here’s a notice from the City of Fulton:
The Fulton Water Department Flushing Program will begin Monday, August 16, 2010. Flushing will begin in the morning and continue until sunset. Flushing will start in the southeast quadrant and proceed in a northerly and westerly direction. This program should be completed no later than August 31, 2010.
CUSTOMERS MAY EXPERIENCE LOW PRESSURE AND/OR DISCOLORED WATER.
This story’s a little unusual. Police say a Volney man gave a local credit union five minutes’ warning that he intended to rob them, then took off. Police say they found him on his getaway vehicle — a bicycle.
Schools across the state want to know when the new federal education aid to hire teachers will show up. In Hannibal, the Superintendent of Schools worries it won’t show up in time to hire teachers before school begins, and even if it does, the district may end up laying off those teachers next year.
The state’s sudden change in scoring its statewide grades 3 through 8 tests dealt a cruel blow to some students and possibly a very expensive blow to school districts, including Fulton. Hundreds of students who had scored as proficient in math or English found themselves in the not-proficient category after the tests were rescored. And that could cost the district money it doesn’t have to help those students.
They’re checking under the sofa cushions for cash these days at Fulton City Hall.
The Common Council recently approved hiring a company called Computel Consultants to go through the city’s cable TV franchise agreement to see if the city was overbilled, said Mayor Ron Woodward.
Voters in many Oswego County communities will have new polling places this fall. Election Commissioners Donald Wart and Richard Atkins said several polling spots were consolidated or moved in order to accommodate the new optical scan voting systems and improve accessibility to people with disabilities.
The too-brief life of Reba Landers was honored Thursday night at a graveside memorial service at Fulton’s Mt. Adnah Cemetery.
Oswego County and the counties of New York State got some help Wednesday paying for rising Medicaid costs. The U.S. Senate approved a $26 billion plan, most of which will pour money into a Medicare fund. The county and all of its school districts will get money from this bill, though it’s not certain what schools will be able to do with the money.
Weather permitting, the Oswego County Health Department will conduct an aerial spray of the Toad Harbor Swamp on the north shore of Oneida Lake this evening. The aerial spray will begin after 6 p.m. and continue until the area has been treated.
The city of Fulton has given the state Attorney General’s office the records requested as part of the office’s investigation into alleged pension padding.
“We’ve got everything we could get for him and we sent it to him,” said Fulton Mayor Ron Woodward, referring to Attorney General Andrew Cuomo this week. “We haven’t heard any more.”
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