Teachers’ union has agreed to a pay freeze for the coming school year. This puts $88,000 back into the school district’s budget, the superintendent noted. The district has come up with a little more than $500,000 in savings elsewhere. The final budget proposal will be presented March 22.
A long list of cuts will affect nearly every student in the Fulton school district next year, leave many teachers and staff without jobs and reduce the district’s spending from last year. There’s only one thing those cuts won’t do: Balance Fulton’s budget.
The track teams are ready for a fresh season. Also, a poetry competition and students pick their favorite sport of the new season.
Things quieted down on Monday. According to Fulton’s weather observer, no snow or rain fell on March 7. And, today looks pretty good, too.
Disney’s popular stage musical comes to life on the G. Ray Bodley High School stage in Fulton. The play opens Thursday and you can see a full gallery of photos from rehearsals.
A city man who called police claiming he had been assault was himself arrested over the weekend. In the course of their investigation, police discovered allegedly unlawfully possessed hypodermic instruments in his residence. The assault investigation is on-going.
It might be the middle of winter, but city officials have warm, toasty fires on their minds.
City Aldermen recently approved what Mayor Ron Woodward called a clean-up of a city code.
UPDATED: Oswego County Court Judge Walter Hafner has postponed the sentencing of Joyce Malone until next month. Malone, who was convicted Jan. 24 in the shooting death of her husband, appeared in court today (March 7) with her attorney, James Eby. The defense attorney explained that his client is undergoing treatment for an inoperable cancer. An interruption in the treatments now, he said, “would be life-threatening.”
A Raider bowler finished second in all of New York State. Also, a profile of the man behind the curtain at Quirk’s Players, and why hunting coyote can be tricky.
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