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Public Welcome To ‘Cruise Campus At The Holidays’

December 11, 2014 Contributor

SUNY Oswego President Deborah F. Stanley has invited the public to enjoy free use of many of the college’s recreational and educational facilities during the second annual Cruisin’ the Campus at the Holidays from Dec. 22 to Jan. 25. Special hours will be in effect during Cruisin’ the Campus at the Holidays for a variety of activities: public skating, hiking, walking, running, library browsing, shopping, and viewing of art, history and planetarium shows and exhibits.

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Fulton Mayor Proposes Jobs Downsized For Zero Percent Tax Increase

December 10, 2014 Janet Rebeor

Financially strapped city of Fulton taxpayers will see a zero percent increase in their current tax rate if the mayor’s $15.7 million proposed budget, published Tuesday (Dec. 9), is accepted by councilors next week. “We were able to balance the budget without a tax increase,” Mayor Ronald Woodward explained in an interview on Wednesday with Oswego County Today, by holding down spending and trimming the city’s workforce.

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Raider football makes a big impact on the all-league team

December 10, 2014 Contributor

Today’s News: The G. Ray Bodley chorus concert kicks off the holiday season and pictures from the language clubs’ trip to Michaud Nursing Home are in today’s edition of RaiderNet Daily.

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Masked Man Reportedly Robs Phoenix Pharmacy

December 10, 2014 Janet Rebeor

Village and area police are still looking for a man who reportedly robbed narcotics from Phoenix’s drug store at gunpoint on Tuesday. The armed man was caught on surveillance camera as he walked into The Medicine Place on Route 57 in downtown Phoenix at approximately 4:40 p.m. where he allegedly stole drugs, but no cash.

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Favorite holiday movies highlighted

December 9, 2014 Contributor

Today’s News: HOPE Club helping others stay warm and the Yearbook club and class officers schedule are in today’s edition of RaiderNet Daily.

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National Grid Clears The Air Over Tree Trimming

December 9, 2014 Steve Yablonski

Representatives from National Grid meet with city officials and a handful of residents Monday night in City Hall. The meeting was facilitated by the city in the wake of some residents’ concerns over what they say was unannounced tree trimming by National Grid.

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Sex Offender Sentenced To Prison

December 8, 2014 Contributor

Today (Dec. 8), Richard M. Switts, 40, of Mexico, was sentenced by the Hon. Donald E. Todd, Oswego County Court, to 10.5 years in state prison and 10 years post-release supervision based upon his conviction for multiple sexual offenses. On October 23, a jury convicted Switts of five counts of Criminal Sexual Act in the Second Degree (Class D Felony), two counts of Sexual Abuse in the Second Degree (Class A Misdemeanor), and three counts of Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree (Class B Misdemeanor).

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Student Charged In Credit Card Theft

December 8, 2014 Contributor

Kevin B. Figaro, 21, of Onondaga Hall on campus and the Grand Concourse in the Bronx is accused of stealing a credit card from another resident of Onondaga Hall and using it to order food.

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A sign from a previous winter season's alternate parking ban

Oswego’s Alternate-Side Winter Parking Restriction Starts Tuesday

December 8, 2014 Contributor

The “Alternate-Side Parking Restriction” will be in effect, commencing Tuesday, December 9, at 1 a.m.
During such time as the parking restriction is imposed, the parking of any vehicle on any city street or highway from 1 to 6 a.m. on an even numbered side of the street on an odd calendar day, or an odd numbered side of the street on an even calendar day, shall be prohibited.

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Enter to Win the Oswego County Fishing and Hunting Guide Photo Contest

December 8, 2014 Contributor

The Oswego County Promotion and Tourism Office announces a new photo contest for all shutterbugs. Winning pictures will be featured in the new Oswego County Fishing and Hunting Guide, which will be published in 2015. The contest is open to county residents and non-residents, as long as the photos are taken in Oswego County within the last three years.

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