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Voters in Onondaga County school district resoundingly reject electric bus purchase
Voters in the Baldwinsville school district Tuesday overwhelmingly turned down a proposal to buy an electric school bus. Voters rejected the measure 1,423 to 716. The state legislature electric school bus mandate, enacted in 2022, requires new school bus purchases to be zero emission by 2027 and all school buses in operation to be electric by 2035.
Section III girls lacrosse playoffs: Late goal lifts Fulton over Jamesville-DeWitt in Class C semis
With just less than four minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, Fulton’s Anna Bednarz netted the go-ahead goal that gave the second-seeded Red Dragons a 10-9 win over No. 3 Jamesville-DeWitt in Thursday’s Section III Class C semifinals at Christian Brothers Academy. “The fact that Anna could get...
Baldwinsville flag football season ends in regional finals defeat
ENDICOTT – No matter what took place otherwise, the Baldwinsville girls flag football team of 2024 will always be regarded as pioneers on several fronts. Just getting on the field was important enough. Then winning on a consistent basis in the regular season and stirring excitement in the community about flag football only added to the impact.
Fulton Teachers’ Association Honors Outstanding Students
FULTON – The Fulton Teachers’ Association held their annual awards ceremony to recognize outstanding students and school citizens in each of the six Fulton CSD schools. More than eighty students were honored at the event, which was held at G. Ray Bodley auditorium on Tuesday, May 14. Students were announced by members of the Student Recognition Committee and called up according to their school. Recipients were recognized for a variety of reasons including academic excellence, overcoming obstacles and civic involvement. The evening concluded with refreshments in the auditorium lobby.
Art students at G. Ray Bodley High School Create Posters For The Annual Fulton Memorial Salute
Art students at G. Ray Bodley High School recently had the opportunity to create posters for the annual Fulton Memorial Salute. The contest is sponsored by the local Kiwanis, Lions, and Rotary clubs. Pictured are Rotarian and MDS member Doug Stevens, first place winner Abby Waters, second place winner Hailee Rose, and Rotarian and MDS member Linda Rossiter.
Section III baseball playoffs: Sophomore’s shutout fuels huge 1st-round upset over top-seeded squad
The Jordan-Elbridge baseball team entered Tuesday’s first-round playoff game as the 16th seed and a huge underdog against top-seeded Holland Patent, but the Eagles did not let that faze them. The Eagles defeated the Golden Knights 2-0 on the road in the opening round of the Section III Class...
Baldwinsville baseball falls to CBA in Class AAA sectional semifinal
AUBURN – Sometimes having a top seed isn’t exactly the best thing, especially in area large-school baseball, where so many times through the years the team with that no. 1 seed didn’t end up with a Section III championship. What happened before happened again with Baldwinsville, who...
Marcellus, J-E, Solvay, Skaneateles softball all win playoff openers
CENTRAL NEW YORK – Area high school softball teams found themselves in four different Section III playoff brackets early last week, all of them trying to make it through opening-round tests – and mostly doing so. The big activity was in Class B, where Marcellus was the no....
Liverpool, C-NS flag football compete in first-ever sectional playoffs
ONONDAGA COUNTY – Whenever something new takes place, anyone who is part of that history is proud of that mere fact, but in high school sports there’s also the desire to win and make those memories even better. This is what girls flag football teams at Liverpool and Cicero-North Syracuse desired in the first-ever Section […]
Le Moyne College’s oldest graduate to get degree this weekend at 82 years old
Syracuse, N.Y. — When some students entered their classrooms at Le Moyne College, they often mistook 82-year-old Mary Anne Winfield as their professor. The students, some younger than her own grandchildren, would sometimes ask her why she was there and who she was. She was a student, she would...
Fayetteville-Manlius baseball eyes sectionals after defeating Baldwinsville in regular-season finale
Fayetteville-Manlius baseball wanted to close the regular season on a high note. And that’s exactly what the Hornets did with their 15-6 victory over Salt City Athletic Conference foe Baldwinsville on Friday night. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site,...
J-E students learn about healthy habits
You like eating watermelon, what does it smell like?. Welcome to a Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) Age 4 classroom at Elbridge Elementary School in Elbridge, where it’s true that kids say the darndest things but with their five senses–sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch–they’re also learning healthy eating habits through the Mindfully Growing program.
Phoenix Hosts 9th Olympiad Invitational
PHOENIX, NY – For the ninth consecutive year, John C. Birdlebough High School in Phoenix played host to the county-wide Olympiad Invitational event. This event took place on May 16 and welcomed 403 athletes and their families, support staff, and spectators alike. Athletes took part in friendly competitions which included track races, softball throw, shot put, standing and running broad jump, infield games and hand cycles. They had the opportunity to get their face painted, met the school mascots, and interacted with the many attendees.
Cazenovia girls track laps field at OHSL Liberty small-school meet
HANNIBAL – Everything is working for the Cazenovia girls track and field team just as the post-season push gets underway. All the Lakers did was win 11 different events, with second-place finishes in 12 events, on the way to winning Monday’s Onondaga High School League Liberty division small-school championshp at Hannibal.
VanSanford, Frost Receive First Hamer Music Awards At Celebration Of Community Music
G. Ray Bodley seniors Douglas VanSanford and Braeden Frost received the first Mary A. and Ernest A. Hamer Music Awards at The Fulton Music Association’s (FMA) 23rd Annual Celebration of Community Music, Saturday, May 11, at the G. Ray Bodley High School (GRB) Auditorium, it was announced by Steve Chirello, FMA president. Each Hamer award was $1,000. In addition, FMA Senior awards of $500 each were presented to Dawson Krause and Ashley Taplin. Luigi Giacomucci, GRB band director, emceed the event, and Bradford Hamer and Debra Hamer Rogers, children of the Hamers, presented the Hamer awards. In above photo, VanSanford is second from left, and Frost is second from right. With them are Bradford and Debra Hamer Rogers.
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