The district’s most recent draft of its budget shows a $60.8 million spending plan that increases real spending 0.6% (see note below) and requires a 3.8% increase in the tax levy. 18 jobs would be lost.
A new budget option proposed at Tuesday night’s school board meeting spares Leighton Elementary. It would also contain a zero percent tax levy increase, using funds from the reserves and surplus to get there.
Patty Ritchie, the County Clerk of St. Lawrence County, declared her candidacy for State Senate in the 48th District on Monday with stops in Fulton, Watertown and Canton. She intends to be the Republican party’s candidate to take on Democrat Aubertine, a former state Assemblyman who has won the Senate seat in two elections.
A Fulton man is charged with stealing credit cards from a Volney home. Police alleged he and the woman who lives with him used the credit cards at several local businesses.
A car driven by Darlene Halstead, of 1342 County Route 22, Oswego was hit by a vehicle that crossed over the center line of Oswego Rd. at about 10:05 p.m. She was taken to Crouse Hospital in Syracuse.
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