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Fulton Officials See The Light, Look To Change Bulbs To Save Tax Dollars

<p>One of the city of Fulton's thousands of street lights.</p>Fulton city officials are hoping modern technology lets them cut the city’s utility bill.

Mayor Ron Woodward said the city is studying whether LED-style lights can be used in some of the city’s street lights. LED lights burn a lot less energy and would save the city money on its National Grid utility bill.

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Legislature Cuts Budget Deficit, But Leaves Schools Alone…This Year

<p>The New York State Senate chambers.  Photo courtesy of the NYS Senate.</p>State Senators Wednesday filled most of a big gap in the state budget without hurting this year’s local school district budgets, but took a chunk out of next year’s budget in the process.

The Senate approved a $2.7 billion deficit reduction plan that the Assembly had approved in an overnight session that stretched into Wednesday morning.

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Fulton Daily News

Do This Tonight: Fulton’s Christmas Tree Lighting

‘Tis the season.  If steady rain doesn’t get you into the holiday mood, here’s how you can give it a jumpstart.  Head down to the Fulton Municipal Building tonight for the annual Tree Lighting Jubilee.  Santa will be there for the kids, there’ll be snacks and holiday music.  Click the story for the full details.  Ho ho ho!

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RaiderNet Daily: The School Mascot Controversy

The "Block F" logo that is the current logo for the Fulton school district, and the former logo, showing a Native American.Today, RaiderNet Daily digs in to the district’s controversy over a mascot and logo for the district and its sports teams.  For decades, a Native American head and headband with feathers served as the logo.  Under pressure from the state and after criticism from some Native Americans, the district changed to a red block “F”.  Find out what people are saying inside the school on this issue.

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