Budget defeats spark district review across several towns
East Syracuse Minoa Skaneateles and Tully districts faced uncertainty after defeat of budgets while Baldwinsville Fayetteville Manlius Jamesville DeWitt and Liverpool Central districts approved their plans. Voters in ESM rejected a 12.854 million proposal, while Baldwinsville passed a 12.28 million budget and Fayetteville Manlius approved 11.63 million with tax changes. Ballots saw varied turnout and multiple board seats contested, with close margins in several districts.
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East Syracuse Minoa
Skaneateles
Tully
ESM
Fritz Hess
Hess
Albert L. Pultz
William Rasbeck
Rasbeck
Baldwinsville
Board of Education
Thomas Cuslin
Robert Bitz
William Krental
Donald Mott
Krental
Mott
Evelyn Mercer
Syracuse-Minoa
Marilyn Peet
Howard Evans
Caroline Hrovich
Rita Contino
Donald Wagner
Neil DeWald
Peter Monteleone
George Raterman
Fabius-Pompey
Open School Board
Robert MacLaughlin
Priscilla Norris
Paul Besser
Besser
Fayetteville Manlius
Jamesville
DeWitt
Liverpool vote may face test over school district registration
A Liverpool School District voter, Robert Hennessey, plans a legal challenge to test the district’s registration rule for voting. He says county registration should suffice, citing a law change signed Aug 5 by Governor Hugh Carey that Sept 1 made district registration mandatory.
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Liverpool
Robert Hennessey
Forester Road
State Supreme Court
County Board of Elections
Hugh Carey
Hennessey
Robert Kolch
South Onondaga honors national spelling champion Tim Kneale
Tim Kneale of Walter Wheeler Middle School won the National Spelling Bee in Washington DC. At the school, Principal Dick Meyer announced the victory over the loudspeakers as hundreds of students cheered. Teachers and classmates praised his achievement and discussed its impact on the community.
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Deborah Abbott
South Onondaga
Tim Kneale
Walter Wheeler
Washington, D.C
Dick Meyer
Tim
Herald- Journal
Meyer
Doris Day
National Bee
Airport shuttle plan endorsed by SMTS committee
The Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Study Policy Committee endorsed a no cost to taxpayers shuttle bus proposal to the airport. Private funding is expected for the service with fares of 2 to 3 dollars and hours running 12 per day. The plan includes route extensions if demand requires, plus city standards and a taxi dispatcher.
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Lewis Freedman
Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Study
SMTS
Common Council
Richard Wiles
Syracuse University
Seventh North Street
Hancock Airport
Aviation
William Meadows
Budget cuts eyed by City School District commission
Education commissioners will review a budget priorities report proposing 93 cut areas worth 4.8 million to close a 4.4 million gap. Final report due after three sessions ahead of July 27 public hearing and August 1 budget submission.
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Susan Preston
Budget Priorities Committee
Board of Education
Janet Edison
Edison
Special Projects
Prescott
Clinton
Diocese endorses SUPPORT Pregnancy Counseling Service
The Diocese of Syracuse led by Bishop David F. Cunningham endorses SUPPORT Pregnancy Counseling Service after reviewing its programs. The bishop notes the board’s reaffirmed stance against abortion as an option and that the group will not assist a young woman in obtaining an abortion. He praises the board and staff for integrity and commitment.
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David F. Cunningham
Syracuse
Cunningham
Child care units face funding squeeze amid rising needs
Opening address at the second annual conference of the State Council of Voluntary Child Care Agencies highlights the dilemma of doing more with less as fiscal restraints press on agencies. About 28,000 children receive services from 124 agencies across the state, with 66 percent in foster care facilities funded by voluntary groups.
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State Council of Voluntary Child Care Agencies
Augustine Lees
Joseph Gavrin
New York State Council of Voluntary
Hotel
Syracuse
Conservatives quarrel over Auer endorsement in Onondaga
Dissension rises in the Onondaga County Conservative Party after the Syracuse district committee endorsed State Senator Martin S. Auer for re election. Some members question meeting procedure and plan to present at the executive committee meeting. Col Kenneth C. Jones defended the vote saying Auer remains the candidate. Bragman declined to comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Michael Kelly
Onondaga County
Conservative Party
Uth
Senate District Committee
Martin S. Auer
Herald-Journal
Onondaga
Madison County
Albany
Michael J. Bragmin
Auer
Kenneth C. Jones
Auburn
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Minoa
Fabius
Pompey
Fayetteville
Manlius
Mantius
Frank Heath
Barbara Weinstein
Robert Salisbury
Maurice Axenfeld
Lansing Baker
John Mallan
Joyce Bird
Frederick Cargian
Liverpool Central School District
White Tim
Washington
Commission To
Near Northside
Nottingham
la Salle School
Edwin Schumacher
Bragman
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