The New York Landmarks Conservancy has announced 13 Sacred Sites Grants totaling $200,000 awarded to historic religious properties throughout New York State including $2,250 to State Street United Methodist Church in Fulton to help fund a conditions report.
On Wednesday, the New York State Police Special Investigations Unit concluded a joint investigation with the city of Fulton Police Department into the possession and distribution of untaxed cigarettes in the city of Fulton and surrounding areas. That resulted in the arrest of Miguel Espinosa, 46, LKA of 91 Somers Drive, Fulton
Today’s News In The Raider: We get a first-first perspective of how breast cancer can affect someone’s life in today’s edition of RaiderNet Daily.
Bitterly cold today with a few flurries. Highs 5 to 10; windchills could reach -10.
The city’s budding partnership with the state’s new Financial Restructuring Board for Local Governments has moved from application to discovery as Fulton city leaders learn more about the program and Albany’s administrators identify their model. The NYS Restructuring Board for Local Governments was staffed with 10 appointees last fall to make recommendations to qualified local governments on improving fiscal stability, management and the delivery of public services. The board is empowered to provide awards of up to $5 million per municipality.
The Children’s Museum of Oswego is taking a giant leap forward as it will hold a presentation to reveal the results of its recently completed feasibility study. It will be on January 29 at 7 p.m. at the American Foundry. The board of trustees commissioned Dr. Robert “Mac” West of Informal Learning Experiences, Inc., to conduct the study. Dr. West’s study will help place CMOO into the dynamic community and includes an assessment of the current state of financial, cultural, and demographic aspects of our area.
Harborfest’s Novelis STEM Family Park has been awarded $5,000 by the Richard S. Shineman Foundation. This grant will allow the Novelis STEM Family Park to continue to grow its science, technology, engineering, and mathematics focus.
The state comptroller’s report listed the Oswego district as mid to mid-high level to being susceptible to fiscal stress. The state told districts to cut down their fund balances; now we’ve done that and all of a sudden we are in ‘financial stress’? the board vice president asked. As far as the money we have, cash on hand, I feel pretty good about how much we have in reserves, another board member said.
Assemblyman Will Barclay released the following statement today (Jan. 22) following the Governor’s 2014-15 Executive Budget proposal. I am pleased to hear about the tax cuts for Upstate manufacturers. Cutting corporate taxes will give businesses more reason to stay as well as attract others. It was disappointing to hear so little about Central New York in the speech. I hope the budget reveals other details for our region.
Hannibal school personnel, community stakeholders, students and parents continued to lay the groundwork for the district’s future during a meeting recently among the Strategic Plan Committee’s three task forces. Divided into groups targeting student engagement, family/community engagement and academic achievement, the task forces delved into lengthy discussions to help develop a five-year blueprint for Hannibal schools.
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