Teachers and administrators in Fulton will spend a lot of time as a new school year begins trying to answer this question: What’s going on in third grade?
Almost across the board, state tests find Fulton’s 3rd graders performing at lower levels than students in the higher elementary grades. […]
Alan Jones goes on trial beginning Tuesday morning for the death of his stepsister, Erin Maxwell.
The trial begins with jury selection before Judge Walter Hafner. District Attorney Donald Dodd and defense lawyer Sal Lanza will pick the 12 jurors and 2 alternates who will hear the evidence and decide whether Jones is guilty or not guilty. […]
Here’s a question: How much federal stimulus money is being spent in Upstate NY or in Oswego County?
Good luck trying to find out.
There’s no one-stop source for finding what’s being spent and where it’s being spent. Even state and federal lawmakers aren’t sure.
Which leads to the inevitable question: Is Oswego County getting its fair share? […]
Saturday’s your last chance this year for efficient garage sale shopping.
Fulton’s City-Wide Garage Sale takes place Saturday, all day, all over the place. If you’re running a garage sale, drop your info in the comments below.
And while you’re out, stop by the Fulton Farmer’s Market downtown. The county will be demonstrating the new voting machines that it will soon begin using. And the vegetables and fruits are pretty good, too.
Also this weekend: The International Classic at Oswego Speedway, an encampment at Fort Ontario reenacting the Jacobite Uprising of 1745, and Old Home Days in Redfield Saturday and Sunday, with a big parade Saturday night. […]
The share that local governments, and thus, taxpayers, pay into the retirement funds of their public employees is going up sharply. The retirement fund used my most state-system retirees will require local governments to pay 11.9% of the tab in 2011, up from 7.4% for 2010. And the fund for police and fire retirees will require an even bigger contribution, 18.2%, from 15.1% in 2010. […]
The city of Fulton’s first efforts at entering the real estate market have turned a profit.
The city this week approved the sale of homes at 470 S. 6th St. and 414 Park Ave. to new owners. (That’s the S. 6th St. home you see above.) The city seized the homes for having unpaid property taxes. Normally, local governments sell the homes at auctions, usually for the amount of taxes owed. But Mayor Ron Woodward had an idea: What if the city rehabbed the homes and sold them at market rates, just like any other homeowner?
Now, there’s an answer. […]
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The district will outline its plan for communicating during any outbreak, tell parents what they can do to help stop the spread of the flu and discuss the steps the district will take to keep flu from spreading. 
