Fulton Daily News
RaiderNet Daily: Tough Day
Red Raider sports teams have a tough night. Also, Christmas on the farm, and a look at the Champions League matchups.
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Fulton Daily News
Fulton City Budget Holds The Line on Taxes But Cuts Jobs
Fulton has a budget for 2011. It does not raise taxes, but cuts jobs. It spends more for worker retirements, takes in less in state aid and cuts every department’s budget a little bit more. Mayor Ron Woodward used the words “pain and sacrifice” to describe the budget.
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Fulton Daily News
Wednesday’s Links Worth Clicking
23% fail Army entrance exam | theithacajournal.com | The Ithaca Journal Nearly one-fourth of the students who try to join the U.S. Army fail its entrance exam, painting a grim picture of an education system […]
Oswego Daily News
Oswego School Board Eyes Possible 2% Tax Levy Hike
The Oswego School Board will present its trimmed down version of the 2011-12 draft budget to the administration by the end of the week. According to board vice president John Dunsmoor, chair of the BOE’s finance committee, the tentative budget might include a two percent tax levy increase.
Fulton Daily News
Fulton Martial Arts Teacher Sentenced To Prison
The founder of Fight Science, a martial arts studio on South First Street in Fulton, was sentenced today (Dec. 21) to 2 to 3 years in state prison for having sexual contact with two of his students.
Fulton Daily News
RaiderNet Daily: Winter’s Here
Aspiring meteorologist Carson Metcalf takes a look back at some of the biggest winter storms ever to hit the area. Also today, a loss for the volleyball team, the basketball squad hopes to get its first win, and students reveal what they’d really like for Christmas. (A sheep? Really?)
Oswego Daily News
Probability of a White Christmas: 68%. Likelihood of a White Christmas: 100%
There’s a difference between what’s probable and what’s likely. The prospect for a white Christmas in Oswego County is a fine example.
This past week, Cornell University’s climatologists predicted that Oswego would have about a 68% chance of having a white Christmas.
Fulton Daily News
Tuesday’s Links Worth Clicking
State police accuse Fulton man of driving while intoxicated after his vehicle strikes snow plow | syracuse.com State police accused a Fulton man of driving while intoxicated this morning after his car collided with a […]
Fulton Daily News
Fulton Stores & Bars Pass Test, but Police Nab Man in Underage Alcohol Sales Sting
Fulton Police sent an underaged person into eight local stores and bars to try to buy alcohol.
All eight of the locations did the right thing, police say: They said no.
Oswego Daily News
Teen ‘Elves’ Read Santa Letters To Children
Students from around the county visited KPS to read holiday letters to kindergarteners. The elementary students shared their Christmas wish lists, sang a few songs, promised to be good and leave some treats out for Santa and his reindeer.