Oswego and Fulton voters approve 2016-17 school budgets
Oswego City School District voters pass a 79.5 million budget by 2,521 to 1,116 amid high turnout and ballot shortages. The plan trims over 50 full time positions, cuts many sports, and includes library funding and bus purchases. Fulton City School District approves 70.3 million budget 652 to 235, keeping current programs and a 2.47 percent rise.
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Oswego City
Fulton City
Oswego
Fulton
Dean Goeney
Board of Education
Ing
Goewey
Massive Syracuse drug rings busted in multi-agency sweep
An 11 month probe led to more than 200 charges against 72 people, including 10 from Oswego County, in Operation Smackdown led by the Organized Crime Task Force. Four indictments targeted heroin and cocaine operations stretching from New York City to upstate. Authorities say the arrests will curb the drug market and require treatment for many addicts.
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New York
Syracuse Area
Oswego County
State Organized Crime Task Force
New York City
Upstate
Eric Schneiderman
Syracuse
State Police
Oswego County Drug Task Force
Forest pests threaten vast U S woodlands with billions in damage
In a study in Ecological Applications Gary Lovett and 15 colleagues estimate about 63 percent of U S forest land or 825 million acres face increased pest damage as more pests arrive with cargo from overseas. New York leads with 62 pest types, and the Northeast and upper Midwest show the heaviest infestations as trade spreads species.
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Albany
N.Y
Gary Lovett
New York
Catskill Mountains
Lovett
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Hudson Valley
Ecological Applications
U.S
Northeast
Upper Midwest
Oswego County school budgets approved in local votes
Multiple districts passed budgets ranging from 23.3 million to 72.3 million dollars. Votes show large majorities for school purchases including buses and library tax additions. Notable names include Brian Maclean Mark Haynes Camilla Lyndaker Philip Buddie and Casey Brouse with various vote tallies and several three seat or two seat candidacies.
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Brian Maclean
Mark Haynes
Camilla Lyndaker
Pulaski approves budget and bus purchases in council vote
The Pulaski budget of 24 114 273 passed 0 to 153. A second proposition to buy two 60 passenger school buses and one transportation SUV for up to 150 000 passed 441 to 104. Individuals Davy McCarty 434 votes, Joseph McGrath 348 votes, Travis Rice 217 votes.
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Goeney
Board of Education
Aimee Callen
Jim Bell
Callen
Bell
William Myer
Fran Hoefer
Kathleen Allen
Central Square
Philip Buddie
Timothy McCarthy
Michael Bedworth
Gary Ross
Stewart Brown
Michael Lawyer
Edward Kosakowski
Patrick Nichols
Gregory Muench
Mexico
Phoenix Public Library
Diana Cook
Robert Southworth
Rick VanGorder
Davy McCarty
Joseph McGrath
Travis Rice
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Onondaga County
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AP Phot
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Sandy Creek
Weather Opinion News of Record
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Entertainment Comics
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Ent
APW
Lic
Casey Brouse
Nicole Nadeau
Hannibal
Vern Cole
Carl Emmons
Phoenix
Pulaski
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