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Fulton Daily News

Do This This Week: Turn In Overdue Books In Fulton

<p>One library patron works with a library employee while another patron searches the library's catalog on a computer.</p>

So you’ve kept that book that you took out of the Fulton Public Library in 1978 for a book report.  The fines on that book are now larger than your mortgage.

Well, this is the week to make a clean sweep of things.  The library is holding Amnesty Week through Nov. 21.  Bring in your overdue books.  Doesn’t matter whether you owe a buck or two or the gross national product of Guatemala — the slate will be wiped clean.

Don’t wait — when the library closes on Saturday afternoon, you’ll be left with that book…and your guilty conscience.

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Fulton Daily News

Recount Tightens Race For Congress; Hoffman Camp Wonders If He Conceded Too Soon

<p> </p>Did Doug Hoffman give up too soon?

At least one of his campaign staffers thinks that might be true, after revised numbers show the race for Congress is closer than it appeared to be on Election Night.

So, the question: Can Hoffman still win after all the absentee ballots are counted?

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Fulton Daily News

Hannibal Schools To Explore Talk That Private Land At The High School May Be For Sale

For decades, Hannibal High School has had to share space with and work around a home located smack dab in the middle of its frontage along Auburn St.

This week, Superintendent of Schools Mike DiFabio told the Board of Education that the land and home may be for sale.  The board gave him approval to get more information.

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Oswego Daily News

New State Budget Deficit-Cutting Deal Close; License Plate Fee May Be Out

<p>The state's new design for its license plate, to be used beginning in May, 2010</p>Gov. Paterson held conference call meetings with leaders of the Senate and Assembly this week and said afterwards he’s open to changing his mind. “I’ll go back and take a look at the license plates because it has upset so many people. I’m optimistic I can find a way to replace the $129 million hole and I’ll reconsider it,” he said, according to the New York Post.

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Oswego Daily News

Aubertine, Farmers Sow Seeds For Agriculture’s Future

<p>Senator Darrell Aubertine, chair of the Agriculture Committee, gestures as he makes a point Thursday afternoon at a roundtable discussion with several area farmers in Granby.</p>Senator Darrell Aubertine wants to maintain agriculture’s position as New York’s number one industry and ensure it plays a significant part in rebuilding the state’s beleaguered economy. For more than two hours Thursday, Aubertine listened to the questions and opinions of nearly two dozen farmers from across the Central New York region.

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