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RaiderNet Daily: Game Day Preview; Decking The Halls
There’s still more to say about this weekend’s clash between state ranked football teams Fulton and New Hartford, and the student journalists at RaidetNet Daily are saying it today. Also, a look at the effort that goes into making high school Open House look good, the weekend’s NFL picks and more.
Fulton Hopes To Hold Line On Taxes In 2010 Budget Despite Big Pension Boost
That’s a big jump in an $18 million budget.
Star Power Arrives To Wake Up Sleepy Congressional Race
Top Republicans and Democrats stepped up this week to support their candidates, including President Obama, ending months of speculation that one party or the other would not worry about this race as it would not change the balance of power in Washington either way.
Sound Of Music Alive And Well In Oswego Schools
School board members hear about how important music is to a student’s overall education. According to one district’s study, the greater the students’ involvement in music, the less likely they are to drop out.
RaiderNet Daily: Meet Mr. Legs; Football Predictions; Quirk’s Players Ready
Today inside G. Ray Bodley High School, student journalists show us the young men (above) who will compete for the title of Mr. Legs during Homecoming Week next week. We’ve also got a farewell to a retiring school nurse, a look ahead at Quirk’s Players’ new production, all the varsity sports action and more.
High Winds Scour Oswego County, Take Down Power and Trees
At its worst, winds hit 47 miles an hour at the Oswego County Airport near Fulton, where the National Weather Service has a weather station, and 61 miles an hour in Oswego, as recorded by the weather monitor at the US Coast Guard station there.
Fulton To Tear Down Four Unfixable Homes
The city of Fulton will soon tear down four homes that were in such bad shape that they could not be saved. “On our tax foreclosures this year, most of them, we’re fixing. Four of them have to come down,” said Mayor Ron Woodward. “I’m sure two of them won’t survive the winter.”
Aubertine Secures $1.02 Million For City Of Oswego
Burn Barrels Banned Beginning Next Week
One of the touchstones of rural life — a barrel full of burning household garbage — is a thing of the past starting next week, at least as far as the law is concerned.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation will ban all open burning of residential waste as of October 14. The ban had applied only in towns of 20,000 people or more, which left out every town in Oswego County. There are exceptions to the new law.