Shortly after the polls closed Tuesday night, the Fulton Board of Education had the results: The 2013-2014 school budget passed. Along with the $65.3 million budget, incumbent board member David Carvey and newcomer Christine Plath were also elected.
The Oswego City School District’s 2013-14 budget was overwhelmingly approved by the voters Tuesday night. The unofficial results were 1,131 yes to 407 no. Voters also re-elected Kathleen Allen and Jim Tschudy. Heather DelConte was the second highest vote-getter.
The district is submitting its plan to the Supreme Court and State Education Department soon. District officials believe things will go smoothly and the school will be able to open at its new location, at 80 Dutch Road in the town of Scriba, in time for the start of the 2013-14 school year.
According to authorities in Providence, R.I., a Fulton man is somehow involved in an assault that left a college basketball player hospitalized in critical condition. Around 2:23 a.m. on May 12, Joseph Sharkey, a Brown University basketball player was punched in the head, leaving him seriously injured. Sharkey fractured his skull on the concrete and was taken to a Rhode Island hospital. A Connecticut man was charged with the assault. Dillon James “DJ” Ingham of Fulton was charged with one count of disorderly conduct related to the incident.
Kind of like a broken record – warm and humid overnight. Low about 65. Warm and humid on Wednesday. High near 80 again.
Councilors say they’d like to implement a bed tax of up to five percent. The revenue that it would generate will offset some of the recently lost funds in other areas. Proponents point out that it is not a tax on residents; rather it will be paid by visitors to the Port City.
During a special meeting of the Cayuga Community College Board of Trustees, the board issued a statement in support of college president Daniel P. Larson and the administration. The board also issued a statement that said it was unable to reach an agreement with the Faculty Association to help address the financial situation facing the college.
Continued very warm and humid on Tuesday. High in the 80s with a thunderstorm possible.
Oswego’s bookmobile operates differently from traditional bookmobiles. It delivers free books that don’t have to be returned. The bookmobile also delivers encouragement, modeled reading and activities to complement reading. Vandalism nearly thwarted the Bookmobile’s 2013 before it started.
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