The change would put the city on the same schedule as everybody else. It would also help city officials create a more accurate spending plan, the council president said. It would also alleviate the possibility of department heads coming to the council later in the year for budgetary transfers.
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Meet the Cast & Crew of The Odd Couple, and the weekend sports roundup
On the recommendation of interim Superintendent of Schools Pete Backus, the board voted to restore JV-level boys and girls basketball, girls volleyball and wrestling. The vote was 4-2, with one abstention.
Backus explained that the sports are being restored with a portion of an expected grant of state pork barrel funds from State Sen. Patty Ritchie.
The Palermo man who became an everyday presence at the child endangerment trial of Erin Maxwell has been charged with endangering his own child and a family pet.
State Police report that a person called to say that Steven D. Burdick, 45, of 4102 Route 3, Palermo, had a dog tied up in his front yard that had been hit by a vehicle the night before.
A resolution to initiate a request for proposals to explore alternatives for home health care in the county was sent back to the committee level at this month’s legislature meeting. Legislators have several questions about how this will impact the county’s employees and budget. New York State is no longer providing state aid reimbursements to counties for their Certified Home Health Agency (CHHA) and Long Term Care (LTC) programs.
A Phoenix high school football player died Friday evening after suffering an injury during his team’s game at Homer high school.
Ridge Barden, 16 and a junior, died after suffering what the school district describes as a head injury in the third quarter of the Firebirds’ Friday night game at Homer. He was taken by ambulance from the field to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
UPDATE: Ridge Barden’s obituary is here.
Seasonal changes fill nurse’s office
Also today -Odd Couple just a week away; NFL picks and Safety first in hunting
Looks like another damp day . . . and weekend
A Fulton couple and a man from Syracuse were arrested Thursday as police ended what they said was an investigation into drug sales in the city.
A long, tense period is over for Fulton’s largest private employer, as workers at Huhtamaki approved a new 3 year contract Thursday.
The contract, which is retroactive to February when the old contract expired, contains modest pay increases and maintains medical and pension benefits, according to Richard Knowles of the United Steelworkers Union.
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