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Fulton Daily News

Hannibal Board Candidates Agree More Than Disagree at Forum

Board of Education candidates, from left, Dale Young, Madeline Pittorf and John Metelsky discuss issues at Meet The Candidates Night, presented by the Hannibal Faculty Association.The candidates for Hannibal Board of Education agreed far more than they disagreed at their recent joint appearance.

The only major point of difference came when one candidate said Hannibal probably will have to merge with a neighboring school district in the next three years.  The other candidates didn’t endorse that point of view, but said that the next few years will be very difficult.

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Oswego Daily News

Hundreds Turn Out To Pay Tribute To Dr. Mary E. Walker

Dr Mary E WalkerThroughout the ceremony, the curtains hiding the guest of honor continued to billow, partially revealing the larger-than-life figure. It was as if Dr. Mary Edwards Walker was telling the speakers who paraded to the podium Saturday morning in front of the Oswego Town Hall to hurry up and introduce her.

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Oswego Daily News

Oswego County Companies Win SBA Small Business Excellence Awards

Two local business were honored last Friday with SBA Small Business Excellence Awards at the DoubleTree Hotel in East Syracuse. The U.S. Small Business Administration and the New York Business Development Corporation hosted the 14th annual luncheon to recognize the achievements of local small businesses.

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Fulton Daily News

Lobbyists Arranged Congressman Owens’ $20,000 Trip To Taiwan

Congressman Bill Owens (D-Plattsburgh).Two days after Christmas last year, Rep. Bill Owens, D-N.Y., and his wife, Jane, boarded a first-class flight to Taiwan for a four-day tour of the island. Although Owens filed a travel disclosure with the House Ethics Committee that identifies the trip’s sponsor as the Culture University, email messages and other documents reviewed by ProPublica show that lobbyists from the New York firm Park Strategies, founded by former New York Sen. Al D’Amato, had invited Owens on the trip and spent four months organizing it.

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