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School election 2024: See school budget vote results in Cayuga, Madison and Oswego counties
Voters across Central New York went to the polls Tuesday to cast votes for school boards and budgets. Some schools also had capital projects and library proposals on the ballot. Here’s the rundown of which budgets passed in Cayuga, Madison and Oswego counties. CAYUGA COUNTY. Auburn Enlarged City School...
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 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...
Prom 2024: See 42 photos from Port Byron high school junior prom
Students of Port Byron’s Dana L. West High School celebrated at their junior prom Friday evening. The event was held at Old Hickory Farm in Weedsport. Our photographer captured the excitement, fun and amazing gowns, suits, and accessories. We hope you enjoy the photos taken at the event, taken by contributing photographer Rhonda Hawes.
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.
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....
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...
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.
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,...
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.
Jordan-Elbridge baseball stuns top seed Holland Patent in Class B sectionals
CENTRAL NEW YORK – On a Tuesday where four area high school baseball teams would advance in four separate Section III playoff brackets, it was what took place in Class B that proved the most surprising – by far. Jordan-Elbridge, 4-12 in the regular season and the no....
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