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Schuchman to take on leadership of Norwich High School next year

NORWICH – Norwich Middle School Principal Lisa Schuchman will assume a new role next year, one which will involve oversight of ..


Norwich adopts budget, still “work in progress” board president says

NORWICH – The $37,090,193 budget adopted by the Norwich City School District’s board of education Wednesday night represents a 2.07 ..


Believing in the (seemingly) impossible: Lessons from Amy Brillinger Pole, Rudy Giuliani and Alice in Wonderland

I make no bones about my frustration with our state government. In fact, there are times when I feel like ..


Local districts vote on DCMO BOCES budget April 28

NORTH NORWICH – The school boards of each of the 16 districts which comprise the Delaware-Chenango-Madison-Otsego BOCES will cast their ..


6.5 jobs cut plus 3.9 percent tax hike for Oxford

OXFORD – Oxford taxpayers will face an estimated 3.9 percent tax levy hike based on the tentative budget adopted by ..


Chenango schools could lose another $600,000 if Paterson has his way

CHENANGO COUNTY – As if the fiscal outlook for New York schools wasn’t bleak enough already, school leaders learned last ..


Oxford adopts village budget

OXFORD – Village of Oxford residents will face a 1.6 percent tax levy increase as well as higher water and ..


Maple producers lament short sap season

BAINBRIDGE – Reed Baker has plenty of descriptives to refer to this year’s lackluster maple season; none of them, however, ..


Oxford back at drawing board

OXFORD – With their proposal to reconfigure grades “dead in the water,” Oxford’s facility committee went back to the drawing ..


Please pass the hummus

There was a time when the idea of consuming anything made from mashed-up chick peas offended my naive sensibilities, not ..


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