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Mayor Urges College Students To ‘Leave Green’

May 9, 2012 Steve Yablonski

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. The reuse effort, called “Leave Green,” will help the local Oswego community while diverting usable items from the waste stream.

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The Ultimate Fishing Town Contest: Vote for Your Town!

May 9, 2012 Steve Yablonski

World Fishing Network.com is searching for the Ultimate Fishing Town, and Oswego County has not one, but two communities nominated: Oswego and Pulaski. The town that wins will be crowned WFN’s Ultimate Fishing Town, receive a $25,000 community donation, and have a television feature produced on WFN as the Ultimate Fishing Town!

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GRB Senior trip finalized

May 9, 2012 Contributor

Today’s News In RaiderNet Daily: Pregnancy prevention month underway
And, Raiders take two in lacrosse

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Weather Notebook For May 9, 2012

May 9, 2012 Steve Yablonski

A little fog, some sunshine, a few clouds and maybe more showers. But the weekend looks pretty good.

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Fulton Schools’ Revised Policy Bans Many Students From Parties With Alcohol

May 9, 2012 Contributor

Fulton high school students who play a sport or act in a play will be barred from attending parties where alcohol is served illegally, under revisions to a policy that are moving towards approval. Members […]

Oswego School District Moves Ahead With Lighting Project

May 8, 2012 Steve Yablonski

The contract was awarded to CPS Electric of Oswego “for a total amount not to exceed $268,000.” Also Tuesday night, no one spoke at the second public hearing on the proposed budget for the next school year.

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Spring clean-up a success

May 8, 2012 Contributor

Today’s News In RaiderNet Daily: Quirk’s Players seeks male actors
And, Tennis improves to 8-1

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Fulton Approves Pawn Shop Law, Aiming to Stem Rise in Burglaries

May 8, 2012 Contributor

Do pawn shops lead to burglaries? Fulton city officials think there’s a correlation. They hope a new pawn shop law, approved recently, will help them solve some of these property crimes. The city hosts two […]

Zaryski Seeks Oswego City School Board Seat

May 7, 2012 Submitted article

Native Oswegonian Francis Zaryski has announced his candidacy for consideration as voters head to the polls on May 15 for the Oswego school board elections.

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8-Year-Old Uses CPR To Save Mother’s Life

May 7, 2012 Steve Yablonski

For Kara O’Neil, Mother’s Day came early. Her 8-year-old son saved her life recently. A little over a week ago, I collapsed from an ecoli infection. I had a seizure and I stopped breathing. My son, Austin Blance, who is 8 years old, performed CPR and mouth to mouth resuscitation on me, she said.

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