Rotary Honors Youth At Fulton Club Award Presented
Judy Young, Youth Activities Chair, presents the Rotary Youth Achievement Award for February to G. Ray Bodley High School senior Olivia Coakley. She ranks in the top 25 of her class, earned National Honor Society induction, and has engaged in Salvation Army bell ringing Memorial Day Salute and other community activities. Coakley has signed to play Division II lacrosse at LeMoyne College and aims to major in math or engineering.
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Fulton Noon Rotary Club
Judy Young
G. Ray Bodley High School
Olivia Coakley
Olivia
Salvation Army
LeMoyne College
Late payments to SolarCity workers in Buffalo project
State officials say 82 million dollars in late payments are owed to contractors who laid off scores of construction workers at Gov. Cuomo’s SolarCity project in Buffalo. Empire State Development and SUNY Poly announced payments will be disbursed as soon as Tuesday, with about 200 tradesmen affected and the project slated to open on time in 2017.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Andrew Cuomo
Empire State Development
State University of New York Polytechnic Institute
Carpenters Union Local
Man pleads to DWI crash that killed two on motorcycle
Earl Wilson of Romulus pleaded guilty to five charges from last September’s crash in Seneca County. Police say his blood alcohol nearly tripled the limit when his pickup hit a motorcycle on Route 96A in Fayette, killing Steven Lester and Patricia Perry Man. Wilson has six prior DWI convictions dating to 1993 and faces sentencing in March.
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Waterloo
N.Y
Upstate New York
Earl Wilson
Romulus
Seneca County
Wilson
Fayette
Finger Lakes
Steven Lester
Patricia Perryman
Ontario County
Deficit erased but district aims at personnel cuts
Oswego City School District Superintendent Dean Goeney told the board a revised budget eliminates the $5 million gap through retirements and layoffs. The plan adds over $1 million in revenue, trims $3.9 million in expenses to reach about $78.8 million, with 10 instructional and 13 support positions cut or left unfilled. The district targets $2 million in health insurance restructuring and $250,000 in athletic budget reductions.
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Oswego
Oswego City
Dean Goeney
Goeney
Board of Education
Goewey
David Gryczka
Adirondack climber guards against slips on ice walls
Don Mellor, 62, ice climbs at Pitchoff Quarry Wall amid cascading icicles in the Adirondacks. A veteran climber and Lake Placid prep school teacher and counselor, he warns that slips and failures can be costly and says he always has multiple back-up plans while guiding students and popularizing the sport.
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Don Mellor
Pitchoff
Keene
N.Y
Mellor
Lake Placid
Adirondack
Keene, N.Y
Farfaglia to write book on Oswego County SAR origins
Writer Jim Farfaglia, an Independent Artist Commission recipient, will explore how the Oswego County Pioneer Search and Rescue Team formed after the 1971 missing child case of Douglas Legg, growing into a model for SAR groups statewide. The project follows his 1966 Blizzard stories and draws on local history.
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Farfaglia
Fulton
Douglas Legg
Baldwinsville
Adirondacks
Oswego County
The
CNY Arts
Oswego OCSD board race begins with Todd decision ahead
Oswego City School District voters will elect two board of education members in May. Incumbents Kathleen Allen and Heather DelConte are undecided about seeking new terms as petitions open. Allen was first elected in 2010, DelConte in the 2013 race, with 1024 and 970 votes respectively. Both said they remain undecided amid budget and curriculum questions.
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Oswego
Oswego City
Board of Education
Kathleen Allen
Heather DelConte
Allen
DelConte
County committee backs new department head evaluation plan
Oswego county officials moved toward a new performance appraisal system for department heads. The Finance and Personnel Committee endorsed a draft linking seven core competencies and 1–5 personal goals to annual reviews by the department jurisdictional committee, county administrator, and county chair.
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Oswego
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