Oswego Daily News
Rainstorm Soaks Area
Nearly 3 inches of rain hit the Oswego area Wednesday. It was mixed with a bit of sloppy wet snow, also
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Oswego Daily News
Forum Highlights Services For Youth
The event, held in the Oswego YMCA Armory, provided an opportunity to learn about the many human services programs available to youth in Oswego County. It showed those present how their agencies could work together. The presentations touched on job training, mentoring, juvenile justice services, recreation and much more.
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Literacy Coalition of Oswego County Targets Illiteracy Awareness, Posts Web Site
The Literacy Coalition of Oswego County (LCOC), which was formed last year, has posted a web site to make its mission and resources more visible and available to the community. “The goal of The Literacy […]
Fulton Daily News
RaiderNet Daily: Hockey Season Begins
Fulton’s hockey squad, already suffering from injuries, begins the season today with a scrimmage on home ice. Also, financial aid night is coming and it’s time to figure out which seniors have the best attributes.
Fulton Daily News
Fulton Lays Off 6 Workers to Make 2011 Budget
Six City of Fulton employees are ex-employees today. They were laid off last week as the city prepares its budget for 2011, the head of the union representing most city employees said.
CSEA local President Brace Tallents said the city notified employees last week that their job titles would be eliminated as of Dec. 1. “They called me in a week ago and said we’re going to have some layoffs,” Tallents said of his meeting with Mayor Ron Woodward and some city department heads. He said the news was a surprise.
UPDATED with comments from Mayor Ron Woodward.
Fulton Daily News
Wednesday’s Links Worth Clicking
The state may make school districts pay for your child’s Regents exam. That’s among the stories from elsewhere that you might want to know about today. Also: state tax revenues rise, a win for anti-hydrofracking activists, and going for the dreidel record.
Oswego Daily News
Oswego Working To Install Safety Measures Along River
On Tuesday night, city officials took the next step toward making the Oswego River a safer place for fishermen. They hope to have Brookfield Power, operator of the Varick Dam, help pay the costs of whatever solution is implemented, the mayor said.
Fulton Daily News
RaiderNet Daily: The Newest Eagle Scout
There’s a new Eagle Scout in town and you’ll meet him in today’s RaiderNet Daily. Also, the chorus holiday concert is set and it’s the VIP treatment for seniors.
Fulton Daily News
Tuesday’s Links Worth Clicking
Chewing gum ‘too sticky’ a problem, says Spanish government | World news | The Guardian A full cabinet meeting has decided that Spanish gum is just too sticky, costing local councils large sums of money […]
Fulton Daily News
Hannibal Prepares For Next Budget: ‘Prioritize Our Negative Impacts’
Hannibal school district leaders say they want to minimize the damage that they know next year’s budget will do to the school district.
Hannibal’s Board of Education met Monday night to begin figuring out how to put together the 2011-12 budget. It’s a good bet it will impose even more painful cutbacks on the district than this year’s budget did.