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Cayuga CC Board of Trustees issues statement of support of president, administration; fails to reach agreement with Faculty Association

May 20, 2013 Steve Yablonski

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.

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Weather Notebook For May 19, 2013

May 20, 2013 Steve Yablonski

Continued very warm and humid on Tuesday. High in the 80s with a thunderstorm possible.

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Oswego Bookmobile Repaired, Ready To Roll Into Summer

May 19, 2013 Steve Yablonski

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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Cayuga CC recognizes the Class of 2013 at its 59th annual Commencement

May 19, 2013 Submitted article

For Cayuga Community College graduate and Commencement speaker Brian Knapp ’13, this day almost never came. On August 4, 2008, nine days before his 21st birthday, he was driving his Marine commander through the country side of Afghanistan when they vehicle drove over an improvised explosive device. He sustained a traumatic brain injury and struggled to remember simple words like “gate.”

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Barclay: It Is Time To Put More Teeth Into Assembly’s Ethics Committee After Latest Public Scandal

May 19, 2013 Submitted article

Assemblyman Will Barclay said today the ethic’s oversight in the state Assembly is inadequate and needs to be reformed in order to protect the public’s interest, not political interest. Barclay is planning to put forth legislation that will create in law an Assembly standing committee on Ethics and Guidance that will be independent of the Assembly Speaker.

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Mayor urges students to ‘Leave Green’

May 19, 2013 Contributor

Mayor Tom Gillen has announced that an initiative of the Campus-City Relations Committee, the Hall Newman Center, and SUNY Oswego’s Campus Life and Residence Life and Housing offices will encourage students to donate rather than discard household and personal items as they prepare to leave town for the summer.

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Volney Elementary keeps up Earth Day Tradition

May 17, 2013 Janel Sullivan

Today (May 17), marked Volney Elementary’s annual Earth Day Celebration. Earth Day is an all-day event and has been a Volney staple for more than 15 years. “The kids are excited about this day every year,” said Principal Jeff Hendrickson. “It’s tradition. It’s become one of those things that’s expected.”

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Cayuga CC Board acknowledges receipt of no confidence vote by unions

May 17, 2013 Steve Yablonski

The board will discuss this matter during a special session at 6 p.m. May 17 in the college’s Business Industry Center in the James T. Walsh Regional Economic Center on the Auburn Campus, 199 Franklin St. Both the board and college president Daniel P. Larson are expected to make a statement at that meeting.

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What’s New at Old Fort Ontario

May 17, 2013 Steve Yablonski

In 2013 Fort Ontario State Historic Site will be open to the public from Saturday to October 13. Visiting hours will be Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The fort will be open seven days a week during the peak of tourist season from June 26 through Labor Day. Admission prices will remain the same as last year.

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Fulton Art Association Show, Competition Set This Weekend

May 17, 2013 Submitted article

The Fulton Art Association will present its 40th Annual Art Show and Competition this weekend, May 18 and 19. The show opens Saturday at 10 a.m. and goes until 8 p.m., and again Sunday 2-4 p.m. An artists’ reception will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, providing a venue with several artists available for comments on techniques.

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