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Oswego Daily News

Staff Reductions Threaten Oswego School Budget Plan

The Oswego School Board held a roundtable discussion Thursday regarding the budget process. While not a popular idea, board members admit, some staff reductions may be necessary if other options cannot be found. The Oswego City School District has until April 24 to formulize the budget as it needs to be approved by that date in order to follow the requirements for the May 19 vote. “We have some time. But there’s a lot of work ahead of us,” Superintendent Ben Halsey said. “We’ve got some work to do.”

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Fulton Daily News

State Police Request Public Assistance In Identifying Suspect

On January 7, State Police in Fulton arrested Robert A. Boyd, 29, at the Granby Wal-Mart, where Boyd was employed as a cashier. Boyd was charged with Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument 1st degree for possessing counterfeit $100 bills. The investigation determined that Boyd was working together with the individual pictured in the attached surveillance photos to pass counterfeit money.

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Oswego Daily News

Oswego County Health Department Announces Changes to Rabies Clinic Schedule

The Oswego County Health Department today (April 9) announced changes to the 2015 rabies clinic schedule. The clinic scheduled for July 8 at the Parish Highway Garage has been re-located to the Williamstown Volunteer Fire Department on State Route 13 on July 8. The clinic scheduled for Sept. 9 will be held at the Granby Town Highway Garage, 820 County Route 8.

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Raiders perform March 28 at Disney World Resort.
Fulton Daily News

Fulton High School Concert, Jazz Band Performs At Disney World Resort

Members of the G. Ray Bodley High School Concert and Jazz Band became stars of their own Disney show on March 28 and 29 when they entertained resort guests at Waterside Stage at Downtown Disney and Melody Gardens Theatre at the Epcot Park. The group traveled from Fulton to the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida to take part in the Disney Performing Arts Program.

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Chelsea Frisbie (left), a SUNY Oswego junior broadcasting and mass communication major, speaks about Garbage Pail Kids, a campus recycling education initiative, with junior zoology major Karen Alvarado and junior biology major Sebin Joseph at a recycling station near the Crossroads cafe in Marano Campus Center. Co-founded by Frisbie and the college's sustainability program coordinator, Jamie Adams, the effort stationed volunteers near waste receptacles to clarify recycling guidelines. SUNY Oswego won honorable mention in the first-ever 3R Actions Challenge sponsored by RecycleMania, thanks to more than 700 texts and photos of the project in action sent through myActions.org
Oswego Daily News

College Earns National Honor For Students’ Recycling Campaign

The college earned one of four honorable mentions in the 3R (Reuse-Reduce-Recycle) Actions Challenge for racking up 700 actions in a peer-to-peer recycling education project called Garbage Pail Kids. Among 104 colleges and universities participating in the competition, the champions in four size divisions included University at Albany in the medium-size category.

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John Sheffield displays a stack of paperwork similar to the Governor's plan that the legislature "rushed to approve."
Oswego Daily News

Oswego Parent Debates State Test Opt Out Option

Parents should know that they can refuse to have their children take the state tests, he told the school board Tuesday night. Some NYS Regents have also spoken out against the testing procedure and how teachers are evaluated, he added. Superintendent Ben Halsey said the district is considering a compromise so as not to violate the commissioner’s regulations regarding the testing and evaluations.

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Oswego Daily News

Dewine Ready to Lead United Way

When it comes to the future of United Way it’s all about helping others. That’s the vision of new executive director of United Way of Greater Oswego County Patrick Dewine. A native Oswegonian, Dewine is well versed in the United Way’s mission and shares the agency’s vision of building stronger communities by ending hunger, helping children and youth succeed, and improving Oswego County’s overall health and well being.

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