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Fulton Schools Getting Lawyers Involved As Errors May Force Changes To Construction Project

December 11, 2009 Contributor
The Fulton City School District is getting its lawyers involved to see if it can get back some of the money lost to errors in its district-wide construction project.

Superintendent Bill Lynch revealed this week that he has asked for legal opinions as members of the Board of Education expressed dissatisfaction with the cost of the mistakes and the problems those mistakes have caused.

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Hannibal Board Balks At Cost Of Adjacent Land, Possibility Of Asbestos

December 10, 2009 Contributor
Hannibal’s Board of Education wants to know more before it will even consider buying a piece of land that’s adjacent to the district’s high school property, but what they learned Wednesday night raised several red flags. 1045 Auburn St. is for sale.  It’s assessed at $47,000.  The property owner, the estate of Mary Blanchard, owes $13,000 in back taxes to the county, which may soon act to put the property up for tax auction.  And the estate wants to sell the property for $65,000.

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Fulton Voters Approve New Construction Project

December 10, 2009 Contributor
Voters said yes Wednesday to new roofs, boilers, security and wiring in the Fulton City School District.

They approved two construction propositions by votes of 211-128 and 209-130.

“Obviously, we’re very pleased with the vote,” said Superintendent of Schools Bill Lynch. “This is a great opportunity for the community and the kids to continue to modernize our facilities.”

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

December 8, 2009 Contributor
<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

December 3, 2009 Contributor
<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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