Legislators approved accepting a $500,000 state grant for DSS. The money will be used for improving supervisory practices, increasing staff and enhanced and training.

It took until the wee hours of Friday morning, but members of the State Senate finally found a way to meet and pass urgently needed bills.

The Senate met as a complete body for the first time in a month because the Democrat who flipped to the Republicans in exchange for something good for himself flopped back to the Democrats in exchange for something good for himself.

The Fulton Common Council meeting Tuesday was notable for one thing: The return of Alderman Norman “Jay” Foster. The fifth ward’s representative has been away from the Council table, though not from his work as an Alderman, during his fight against lymphatic cancer.

‘Rock the Block,’ a one-day festival of music and food on the Fulton riverfront, returns from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., Wed. July 22, it was announced by Wes Dean, event chair and owner of Red Baron Pizza, an event sponsor.
“We wanted to keep the good times coming to downtown Fulton following the momentum of [...]

The Oswego County Legislature today takes up a plan to increase the number of county social services caseworkers.

The increase was recommended by the authors of a study from Cornell University of the county’s Social Services department in the wake of the death of 11 year old Erin Maxwell of Palermo.

There’s no word yet on what caused a house fire in Volney Wednesday.

The home at 1508 County Route 57 was destroyed by fire late in the afternoon. The one-family home is owned by Sandra Audas, according to the county’s online property tax database.

No injuries were reported. An investigation into the cause of the fire is underway.

Well, that didn’t take long.

At 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, Governor David Paterson appointed a Lieutenant Governor in an attempt to end the two-party standoff in the State Senate.

By 1:00 a.m., a judge blocked the appointment.

Submitted by Fulton history buff Tom Tryniski

This report a courtesy of Oswego County Department of Community Development, Tourism and Planning.
The following notice has been posted for Lake Ontario waters:
Remember the area around the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Facility is off limits to boating. The restricted area stretches 1,000 yards offshore and extends from the Alcan plant to the Sunset Bay area along Lake Ontario, east of the city of Oswego.

The ASCS Patriot Sprint Car Series will make their only visit of the season to Brewerton Speedway this Friday, July 10. The winged rockets are sure to fly around the D-shaped Dirt Demon on Ingles Performance Night. The IMCA Modifieds, ESDCA Mod Lites and Four Cylinder Super Stocks will also be in competition this Friday. The great evening of family entertainment will start promptly at 7:30 p.m.

Once again the Rose Izzo Writing Award was presented to a departing Fitzhugh Park Elementary School sixth grader. The award, introduced several years ago by the Izzo family is presented to one outstanding writer among the FPS sixth graders. This year, Kristina Skogfeldt was the recipient.

The H. Lee White Marine Museum and the Oswego Maritime Foundation invite the community to join us for a fun filled day on Aug. 1 from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. and to help celebrate the New York State Barge Canal System.

As this column goes to press the 152nd Oswego County Fair should be in full swing at Sandy Creek. During the previous week the Heritage building was stocked full with many new and unique exhibits. We even brought down a piano for some live music!