Oswego Daily News
Fort Ontario Closed
As part of an agency-wide effort to achieve savings through operational reductions, Fort Ontario State Historic Site will not be opening this weekend for the season.
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Fulton Daily News
RaiderNet Daily: Seeing The Consequences
It’s Prom weekend, a great time to remind students what can happen when you mix alcohol and driving. A mock DWI crash showed students how a bad decision can ruin lives. Also, students hear a first-hand account of the Holocaust and the school hosts Solofest.
Fulton Daily News
Hannibal Board Rejects Contract Extension for Superintendent
Here’s a rare thing: A Board of Education rejecting a contract extension for the Superintendent of Schools. That’s what happened in Hannibal, and it may mean the end of Superintendent Mike DiFabio’s tenure at the end of the next school year. Some of the reasons for the tension between administration and some board members was on display at a meeting Wednesday night.
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Fulton YMCA Launches ‘Accentuate the Y’ Gala Auction, 93Q’s Amy Robbins to Emcee Event
The Fulton Family YMCA is introducing “Accentuate the Yâ€, a fundraising event to auction off unique, hand painted, hand made works of art, it was announced by Irene Southard, event chair. The gala auction is […]
Fulton Daily News
RaiderNet Daily: Out To Sea
Today, there’s news that a GRB teacher will spend some of his summer vacation on a ship in a distant sea. Also today, the band warms up for the Memorial Day parade, and a plea not to catch the dreaded disease “senioritis”.
Fulton Daily News
Hannibal Budget Hearing Focuses on Cost of Contracts
Hannibal’s budget eliminates or downsizes 15 positions and raises the tax levy 2.99% in a year in which Gov. Paterson’s across-the-board education aid cuts will drain more than a million dollars from Hannibal. It cuts into the Reading First program credited with helping get the district off the state’s “in need of improvement” list, eliminates band for 5th graders and preserves varsity and modified sports.
Fulton Daily News
Survey Says: Fulton’s High School Logo Will Be a Native American
More than 80% of those surveyed said that the icon should be a Native American.
The committee that tackled this issue will keep on working. Now, it will come up with some ideas for what the logo will look like.
The district will likely keep the block “F” logo you see at left for district-wide issues. The new logo will represent the high school and sports teams.
Oswego Daily News
Oswego School Chief Talks Budget
With the Oswego City School District’s budget vote less than a week away, Superintendent Bill Crist is cautiously optimist that the voters will approve the $74,848,045 spending plan. He recently sat down and answered various questions about the proposed spending plan and the budget process.
Oswego Daily News
Police ID Body Found In Lake
BREAKING NEWS: Oswego Police, working with the Onondaga County Medical Examiner’s Office and the Oswego County Sheriff’s Department, have determined the identity to be that of 61-year-old Robert E. Arden of County Route 57, Oswego.
Oswego Daily News
Facing Protest, McHugh Withdraws from SUNY Oswego Commencement
Secretary of the Army John McHugh will not attend SUNY Oswego’s 149th Commencement on Saturday, May 15, to receive an honorary degree. He informed college President Deborah F. Stanley of his decision Monday.
Referencing objections by some members of the campus community to his appearance, he explained, “it is clear my presence at the ceremony might well have a disruptive effect.”