The New York State Outdoorsmen Hall of Fame proudly announces that its class of inductees for 2014 will include Fran Verdoliva of Mexico. Verdoliva will be honored at the annual banquet April 26 in Canastota. He has been a spokesman and advocate for ethical fishing standards and increased opportunity for salmon and steelhead fisherman for several decades.
Accomplished SUNY Oswego alumni Peter Bocko, Mark Baum and Linda Clement each will address a Commencement audience as SUNY Oswego moves to three May graduation ceremonies for the first time. All will be May 17, in the Campus Center convocation hall.
Constellation Energy Nuclear Group and Entergy Nuclear will be upgrading the public warning system that CENG operates and that serves Oswego County’s nuclear facilities. The new sirens will sound at a volume similar to the old ones and the new warning system is expected to be tested the same number of times per year as the old system. This project will involve a total investment of more than $1.5 million.
Today’s News In The Raider: Gas prices are on the rise again and the yearbook needs pictures in today’s edition of RaiderNet Daily.
By a vote of 16-8-1, the Oswego County Legislature approved a resolution opposing a certain portion of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed state budget. The county administrator has said the governor’s plan would result in a $16.07 rebate check for two years for county taxpayers. An alternative being suggested by NYSAC would result in a permanent $514.08 tax cut for taxpayers.
As the region digs out of the relentless winter snow, federal, state and local jobs and unemployment data for January show a bright spot as the economy – even in Oswego County – continues its assiduous dig out of the 2008 recession.
According to New York State Department of Labor statistics released Tuesday, while Oswego County’s January numbers of 9.7 percent trailed the local region, the rate was 2.4 points lower than the county posted in January 2013.
At 10 a.m. today (March 13), Mayor Thomas W. Gillen lifted the Travel Advisory in the city of Oswego, which was imposed on Wednesday afternoon, due to the heavy snow and white-out conditions in our immediate area.
Today’s News In The Raider: A look back at a controversial decision in Arizona in today’s edition of RaiderNet Daily. And there is an urgent need of pictures for the Fultonian Yearbook for hockey, wrestling, swimming, boys basketball, bowling, indoor track and National Honor Society as the final yearbook deadline approaches. E-mail pictures to [email protected]
The SNOW EMERGENCY declared at 3 p.m. on March 12, was repealed on March 13, 2014 at 7:15 a.m.
SUNY Oswego has signed on with the newly launched Generation Study Abroad program, agreeing to increase the college’s participation in study-abroad opportunities to 20 percent of undergraduates — 1 in 5 — by 2019.
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