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RaiderNet Daily: Game Day Preview; Decking The Halls

There’s still more to say about this weekend’s clash between state ranked football teams Fulton and New Hartford, and the student journalists at RaidetNet Daily are saying  it today. Also, a look at the effort that goes into making high school Open House look good, the weekend’s NFL picks and more.

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Fulton Hopes To Hold Line On Taxes In 2010 Budget Despite Big Pension Boost

Mayor Ron Woodward said the city was notified recently that its contribution to retirements for most of its union employees will increase by $310,000 next year.  He estimates that when the retirements of all employees are added in, the final number will be around $365,000.

That’s a big jump in an $18 million budget.

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RaiderNet Daily: Meet Mr. Legs; Football Predictions; Quirk’s Players Ready

Today inside G. Ray Bodley High School, student journalists show us the young men (above) who will compete for the title of Mr. Legs during Homecoming Week next week.  We’ve also got a farewell to a retiring school nurse, a look ahead at Quirk’s Players’ new production, all the varsity sports action and more.

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Burn Barrels Banned Beginning Next Week

One of the touchstones of rural life — a barrel full of burning household garbage — is a thing of the past starting next week, at least as far as the law is concerned.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation will ban all open burning of residential waste as of October 14. The ban had applied only in towns of 20,000 people or more, which left out every town in Oswego County. There are exceptions to the new law.

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RaiderNet Daily: It’s Open House Tonight

In today’s look inside G. Ray Bodley High School, we get a reminder that tonight is open house at the high school. Also, the Dance Team finds the going difficult because of construction at the high school.  In sports, a preview of this weekend’s big football game and a tie game in boys varsity soccer.

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Paterson Orders Big Cutbacks To Fill Part Of $3 Billion Deficit

Paterson mandated $500 million in cuts to the operating budgets of all state agencies, with the size of the cuts being made proportional to their budgets. So, the agencies with the largest operating budgets will suffer the largest reductions. The largest belongs to the State University of New York system. SUNY is being asked to give back $90 million from its current budget.

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