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Fulton Aldermen Enact New Budget Amidst Discussion of Police and Fire Overtime Costs

December 16, 2009 Contributor

Fulton City Aldermen Tuesday approved a budget for 2010 that raises spending about $100,000 but contains no tax increase.

“When you consider that over the past six years, our city has suffered the loss of the Nestle Company, the Fulton Cogeneration Company and the A. L. Lee Memorial Hospital most recently, I feel we are fortunate to have been able to keep taxes as stable as they have been,” Mayor Ron Woodward said in a brief address at the start of the public hearing on the budget.

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Bion Says Schroeppel Board OKs Cattle Processing Plant

December 16, 2009 Contributor

Bion Environmental Technologies‘ plan to build the largest cattle processing facility in the East has won the backing of the town of Schroeppel, where the plant would be located, according to the company.

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County’s Last P&C Could Become A Price Chopper Soon

December 16, 2009 Contributor

There’s only one P&C Foods store left in Oswego County, after the chain closed its Fulton and Oswego stores in the last year.Ã‚Â The store is in Pulaski, and there’s news that the store and 21 others could be sold to Price Chopper as part of P&C’s bankruptcy.

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County Legislators Say ‘Yes’ To Budget, ‘No’ To Closing Hannibal Transfer Station

December 15, 2009 Steve Yablonski

<p>Legislator Jack Beckwith makes an impassioned plea to keep the Hannibal Transfer Station open. Between 1,700 and 2,000 residents use the facility weekly, he said. Listening to Beckwith are, seated from left, legislators Doug Malone, Kevin Gardner, Jim Oldenburg and Fred Beardsley.</p>

Legislators voted in favor of the budget plan on Tuesday night. They nixed several attempted to cut it a bit further. They also defeated a move to close the Hannibal Transfer Station.

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RaiderNet Daily: Roll Up Your Sleeves

December 15, 2009 Contributor

Students at G. Ray Bodley High School got H1N1 flu shots on Monday, as the vaccine arrived not in time to help with the recent outbreak but perhaps to help head off an expected third wave in 2010.Ã‚Â Also, you’ll read what the HOPE club is up to, how well last night’s band concert went and much more.

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County’s Planned Emergency Radio System Gets A Small Boost From Feds

December 15, 2009 Contributor

The county's E-911 communications center, in a photo from the county's website.

Oswego County got a little bit of help Monday for its massive plan to rebuild its emergency communications system.

US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced that she has secured $200,000 for the project in the federal appropriations bill approved by the House and Senate over the weekend.

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Fulton City Budget Goes To Public Hearing Tonight

December 15, 2009 Contributor

The public can have its say tonight on the proposed budget for the city of Fulton.Ã‚Â The legally required public hearing on the budget begins at 7:00 p.m. in the Common Council chambers of Fulton City Hall.Ã‚Â The budget will spend about $120,000 more than the 2009 city budget, but the tax rate will not change.Ã‚Â It will stay at $16.40 per $1,000 of assessed value.

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Port City Hands Over Armory’s Deed To YMCA

December 15, 2009 Steve Yablonski

At its meeting Monday night, the Common Council approved deeding the Armory to the YMCA. The YMCA is proposing some major alteration to the Armory, for which it must obtain funding. It is necessary for the YMCA to have ownership of the Armory in order to obtain the needed funding for the proposed project.

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Report: Student Brought BB Gun To Mexico School

December 15, 2009 Contributor

NewsChannel 9 reports that a student at Mexico Middle School brought a BB gun and knife to school. Watch their story for details:

RaiderNet Daily: Concert Tonight

December 14, 2009 Contributor

Today in RaiderNet Daily: The students you see above are juniors who got tours of Syracuse-area colleges recently.Ã‚Â Also, it’s holiday concert night at the high school for the bands and jazz bands, with a special performance from local music teachers.Ã‚Â And we’ve got some advice on staying warm in cold weather.

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