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Fulton Kicks Off Memorial Day Salute

May 28, 2010 Contributor

Fulton’s annual weekend salute to the contributions and sacrifices of its veterans is here.

Memorial Day Salute begins Friday at 5:00 p.m. at the War Memorial complex.Â There’ll be rides and games, food and music, Friday night fireworks, and, on Saturday morning, one of Central New York’s largest parades.

Your guide to the events of the Memorial Day Salute:

Click inside to see a gallery of photos from last year’s parade — just the thing to whet your appetite for this year’s version.

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RaiderNet Daily: The Strikeout Queen

May 27, 2010 Contributor

Meet Jessica Palmitesso, the young woman who set a strikeout record that will be hard to beat.Â Also today, the annual debate over Senior Skip Day.

Click here to read RaiderNet Daily for May 27.

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Senate Honors Muriel Allerton as 2010 Woman of Distinction

May 27, 2010 Contributor

Muriel Allerton with State Senator Darrel Aubertine.

State Sen. Darrel J. Aubertine today welcomed former Fulton Mayor Muriel Allerton to the state capital, where she was honored as a New York State Senate Woman of Distinction for years of exemplary service to her community.

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RaiderNet Daily: Yearbook’s Here

May 26, 2010 Contributor

It’s a sign of the end of another school year — the new Yearbook is in.Â Also, physics students take a field trip to study physics at an amusement park.

Click here to read RaiderNet Daily for May 26.

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Fulton Board of Ed’s Second Chance Budget Cuts Another $132K

May 26, 2010 Contributor

A disappointed Fulton Board of Education proposed a new 2010-11 budget that cuts a lean budget a little more deeply.

Voters shot down a $60.8 million budget earlier this month by just 7 votes.

Tuesday night, the board reviewed some fresh cuts made to the budget in hopes of winning enough votes to secure passage in June.

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Police: Fulton Woman Tried To Run Over Person

May 25, 2010 Contributor

A Fulton woman was sent to jail after police say she deliberately ran over a person with a car.

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RaiderNet Daily: Down To The Deadline

May 25, 2010 Contributor

Seniors are coming up against end-of-year and end-of-career deadlines.Â Also today, the advisory program will evolve a little more next year.Â And one student seeks a cure for the common hiccup.

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Fulton Common Council Tidbits

May 25, 2010 Contributor

Fulton Common Council members handled a handful of minor items at their meeting May 18.

They held a public hearing on a plan to amend the city Charter to allow the city to pick up garbage from a small number of homes outside the city that receive city water and sewer service.

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RaiderNet Daily: She’s K-Riffic

May 24, 2010 Contributor

Her name is Jessica Palmitesso and she’s done something no Red Raider pitcher has ever done:Â She’s thrown 1,000 strike-threes.Â She got her 1,000th K on Saturday.Â Also today, it’s Dance Team tryout day and students begin to make plans for the long Memorial Day holiday.

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Fulton’s Invisible Park is Visible After Liverpool Eagle Scout Candidate’s Work

May 24, 2010 Contributor

Michael Sanson of Liverpool, the Eagle Scout candidate who worked to restore Schenk Park.

Did you know that Fulton has a park called Schenk Park?Â Don’t worry, you’re in good company.

“You meet people 70, 80, 90 years old and they don’t even know it was a park,” said First Ward Alderman Tom Kenyon, who says he refused to let the city sell the tiny sliver of land for a dollar and began looking for a way to save it.

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