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Fulton Daily News

New Huhtamaki Contract Holds Pay Hikes, Keeps Benefits Intact

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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Fulton Daily News

Photo Gallery: Huge Crowd of Racing Fans Convinces Volney Leaders to Not Change Noise Ordinance

Fulton Speedway has been making noise on summer Saturday nights for half a century.  Thursday night, Volney town officials decided to leave the town’s noise ordinances just as they are.

See a huge gallery of photos from the meeting, courtesy of racing photographer Dave Medler.

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Oswego Daily News

Forum On Preventing EEE Outbreaks Praised By Young Victim’s Family

Maggie Sue Glenister WilcoxThe deadly illness Eastern Equine Encephalitis took its ultimate toll on Aug. 14. Maggie Sue Glenister Wilcox, a five-year-old girl from New Haven died from the mosquito-borne disease. In an effort to prevent this tragedy from being repeated, local and state officials gathered in the board room at the Oswego Education Center today for a three-hour forum on finding better ways to combat EEE.

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