Coats and mittens donated to area youths in need
Jeanne McManus of Ontario Cleaners and Joe Cortini of Cortini's Shoe Store organized a drive collecting over 300 coats with matching hats and mittens for area schools and human service agencies. Oswego County Crisis Development Services director Eric Bresee participated. agencies may contact Cortini at 593-8914 to join the effort.
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Jeanne McManus
Ontario Cleaners
Fulton
Joe Cortini
Cortini
Eric Bresee
Oswego
Judge Rejects Smegelsky Plea Deal in Fire Dept Scandal
Minetto town judge Ken Auger rejected a proposed plea by former fire chief Joseph Smegelsky Jr. to plead guilty to a disorderly conduct violation. The case stemmed from a state audit noting about $22,000 misused. later documents reduced alleged misdeeds to $4,720, with most funds tied to a sale of equipment Smegelsky bought.
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Minetto
Joseph Smegelsky Jr
Smegelsky
Greg Oakes
Tim Kirwan
Minetto Town
Kenneth Auger
Auger
Kirwan
Thomas DiNapoli
Oakes
Charter school clashes draw thousands to Albany protests
In Albany, about 13,000 charter school supporters rallied on the Capitol steps urging Gov Cuomo to expand publicly funded but privately run charters. Meanwhile roughly 1,100 public school teachers gathered at Empire State Plaza to oppose his policies including tougher evaluations and tenure changes.
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Albany
N.Y
New York State
Capitol Steps
Andrew Cuomo
Kathy Hochul
Empire State Plaza Convention Center
Cuomo
Andrew Pallotta
New York State United Teachers
State Capitol
State yanks license of former Fulton doctor
A former Fulton physician had his medical license revoked in February after the ARB found he was impaired by alcohol while practicing. Mahender Goriganti, who had offices in Fulton and later Syracuse, lost his license in a 5 to 1 vote on February 27, per court documents. Earlier proceedings had suspended his license pending completion of an alcohol abuse treatment program, with a plan to place him on three years probation thereafter.
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Fulton
Mahender Goriganti
Syracuse
Professional Medical Conduct Administrative Review Board
ARB
State Department of Health
DOH
Goriganti
City and SUNY Oswego leaders say communication improving
Oswego officials report better dialogue after recent meetings between City Council members and SUNY Oswego President Deborah Stanley and administration. Council President Eric Van Buren notes past gaps and cites improved collaboration on issues such as student behavior and use of city property.
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Deborah Stanley
van Buren
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