Superintendent Ben Halsey handed out “a first blush” of the school district budget for the coming academic year. “We give it to you now so that you can take it with you and take the time you need to peruse it, make notes in the margins, generate questions and have a discussion,” the superintendent told the board.
Police say they followed the suspects’ footprints in the snow to their location and arrested them. The two teens are facing felony robbery and conspiracy charges. The investigation is continuing.
Work will include a fully accessible Waterman Theatre with modern seating, lighting, sound and multimedia; a two-story music rehearsal hall doubling as a new venue for small performances; facade improvements that include two inviting new entrances at the building’s eastern corners, leading to a spacious and welcoming lobby; an expanded box office, new elevator, larger and more flexible Tyler Art Gallery; a digital media lab and a recording studio; and a host of environmentally friendly improvements to the building’s heating, ventilation, air conditioning and other systems, from lower level to roof.
UPDATED Students at the Fitzhugh Park Elementary School were evacuated from the building for a short time this morning as smoke was reported on the second floor. There were no injuries. Officials have allowed the students to return to their classrooms.
The Governor anticipates $2 billion will be available surplus in the state’s fiscal years 2016-17. The first $1 billion is earmarked for a two-year “property tax freeze,” accomplished by sending rebate checks to homeowners in each tax jurisdiction that complies with the two-percent real property tax cap. Many counties and the New York State Association of Counties are proposing an alternative method to provide more property tax reduction to New Yorkers.
At 3:09 p.m. today (Feb. 13), the Oswego Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire at 328 Duer St. A neighbor called 911 and alerted the resident that there were flames coming from the rear of the home. Crews confirmed that two people were home at the time of the fire, but had exited safely without injury.
The board of education decided Wednesday night to repost the position of varsity boys’ track team’s head coach. During a lengthy debate, they stressed they aren’t against the veteran coach who was slotted for the job. The sticking point is the nearly $11,000 salary associated with the position.
Four Constellation Energy Nuclear Group employees recently were honored for their work in applying research and development by the Electric Power Research Institute), receiving EPRI Technology Transfer Awards, given annually to EPRI members who have led technology transfer efforts on behalf of their companies and the industry at large.
The Pulaski Marching Band has been selected to represent New York State in the National Fourth of July Parade in Washington, D.C. this year. The band will travel to Washington D.C. on July 3 and tour the nation’s capital and monuments prior to participation in the parade the following day.
The full implementation delayed until 2022. Teachers, students protected from impact of assessment transition inBloom delayed.
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