East Syracuse DPW Superintendent recognized for service
Richard Nixon was the nation’s president when Ron Russell III began his journey in the village of East Syracuse’s Department of Public Works.
Town moves toward Caz Lake herbicide treatment
The Cazenovia Town Board adopted the final State Environmental Quality Review scoping document for the 2012 lake herbicide treatment at its Feb. 13 meeting.
SED, NYSUT agree at last
After months of bitter dispute, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced that the New York State Education Department (SED) and the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) have finally reached an agreement regarding teacher evaluations. The compromise comes on the day the governor had set as a deadline in his January budget address to come up with a system; otherwise Cuomo himself would devise one.
No school districts served by ‘competitive’ state aid policy
Last week, we told you what we thought were the good points of the executive budget presented by Gov. Andrew Cuomo as presented in Syracuse Feb. 8, including SUNY reform, a focus on infrastructure and Medicaid relief. But we have one major bone to pick with the governor.
North Syracuse e-waste program a ‘win-win’
The village of North Syracuse is looking into ways to dispose of the community's electronic waste or “e-waste” through Regional Computer Recycling and Recovery, a company out of Victor, NY. New York state's Electronics Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act was passed on May 28, 2010, and it is now illegal to throw electronics out with the regular trash. This includes computers, televisions, small scale servers, monitors, keyboards and computer mice, fax machines, printers, scanners, cell phones, VCRs, DVRs, portable digital music players, DVD players, digital converter boxes, cable or satellite receivers, electronic or video game consoles and other devices.
Syracuse University awarded nearly $56K to investigate FOIAs
Syracuse University has been awarded $55,750 to look into denials of the Freedom of Information Act.
Final candidates in for village board election
Three candidates are officially running for the two village trustee positions coming up for election on Tuesday, March 20.
Village hall for sale, open for purchase bidding
The building that houses Skaneateles Village Hall, 46 E. Genesee St., is officially for sale, the village Board of Trustees announced at its Feb. 13 operations meeting after passing two resolutions to allow the action. Local realtors, many of whom attended the meeting at the trustees’ invitation, are now at liberty to show the property to prospective buyers, and are vying to find the highest bidder.
LRC to begin candidate selection
On Wednesday, March 7, the Lysander Republican Committee will meet to begin the process of endorsing a slate of candidates for this year’s general election.
Agreement reached on teacher evaluations
After months of bitter dispute, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced that the New York State Education Department and the New York State United Teachers have finally reached an agreement regarding teacher evaluations. The compromise comes on the day the governor had set as a deadline in his January budget address to come up with a system; otherwise Cuomo himself would devise one.
J-E school board votes 9-0 to approve Sue Gorton’s retirement
Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Sue Gorton turns 55 in August, making her just eligible to retire in September.
Liverpool's Deputy Mayor hopes to curb aggressive driving in village
Rush-hour motorists are by definition in a rush. But some drivers making their way through the village of Liverpool are in such a hurry they’re breaking the law by running red lights. At the village board’s Feb. 14 meeting, Liverpool Deputy Mayor Nick Kochan told Liverpool Police Chief Bill Becker that drivers are routinely ignoring traffic stop lights during both morning and afternoon rush hours.
Village board election will be contested
Resident Jim Lanning files paperwork to run
The upcoming election for village trustee will be a contested race. Village resident Jim Lanning filed his paperwork to run for a seat on the village board.
Salina cat law comes under fire again
Several residents appeared before the Salina Town Board Monday night to address the town’s controversial cat law, which is Chapter 70, sections 19 to 21 of the town code. Under the auspices of following said law, Salina’s animal control officer has been setting traps throughout the town after receiving nuisance complaints. Those traps have captured cats – some of which are feral, or wild, cats, but some of them are family pets – which the ACO has then transported to the CNY SPCA. If the animals aren’t claimed within five days, the animals can be put up for adoption or euthanized. According to the residents who spoke at Monday’s meeting, neither the animal control officer, the neighbors who made the complaints nor the SPCA made any effort to locate the trapped cats’ owners.
Fayetteville residents weigh in on proposed changes to Limestone Plaza
The Fayetteville Village Board of Trustees held a public hearing regarding proposed revisions to the Limestone Plaza area.
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