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Birds Eye Is Being Sold To World’s Largest Investment Company; Deal Includes Fulton Factory

The Birds Eye logo.The company that changed the way America eats is being sold.

Birds Eye Foods, which employs about 250 people at its plant in Fulton at last word, is being bought by Blackstone Group LP’s Pinnacle Foods Group for $1.3 billion.

Posted Nov 20, 2009 at 6:36 am

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Fulton Officer’s Car Hit By Alleged Wrong-Way Drunken Driver

<p> </p>A Fulton Police Department vehicle was involved in a crash with a car driven by a man police say was drunk and driving the wrong way on a one-way street.

Fulton Police allege that officer Jeremy Algarin was driving along S. Fourth St. at about 9:12 p.m. Thursday when his car was hit by a vehicle driven by Peter Wahlstrom of Fulton.

Posted Nov 20, 2009 at 4:05 pm

RaiderNet Daily: The Next Play

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Fresh off the success of “Don’t Tell Mother”, Quirk’s Players are already gearing up for “The Sound Of Music.” Also today: the weekend NFL picks, a look ahead at Black Friday and a commentary on the economy.

Posted Nov 20, 2009 at 3:24 pm

OHS Inc. Bake Sale Serves Up Food And Experience

<p>Members of the Stability Fitness bake sale team, Karly Babcock, Eric Witmer, MacKenzie Stone-Sweeting, Nikki Paulhardt, and Emily Mears prepare to help a customer Thursday.</p>

OHS economics students learn about what it takes to run a successful small business. And, they help out the school’s Travel Club in the process. Several local business owners acted as consultants for the students.

Posted Nov 20, 2009 at 6:49 am

Oswego County Jobless Rate Falls

Unemployment in Oswego County continued to back down from recent highs, falling to 9.2% in October, according to the New York State Labor Department.

The jobless rate stood at 9.4% in September and had hit the 10% level earlier in the year.  A year ago, the jobless rate was just beginning to rise.  It stood at 6.6%.

Posted Nov 20, 2009 at 6:38 am

State Announces Cleanup Of County Tire Dump

<p>The state announced today that cleanup of the tire dump in West Monroe is nearly finished.</p>

The state’s largest tire dump is no longer in Oswego County.  State, county and local officials gathered at the Fortino Tire Yard today to announce that cleanup of the site is nearly 100 percent complete. It had been the largest tire dump in the Empire State.

Posted Nov 19, 2009 at 4:07 pm

Fulton Holds Public Hearing On Construction Plan, But There Was Almost No Public To Hear It

<p>Superintendent of Schools Bill Lynch, at far right, opens the public hearing to a nearly empty high school auditorium.  The one member of the public who came, retired principal Barbara Hubbard, is at top left.  The others are either district administrators or Board of Education members.</p>

The Fulton City School District was legally obligated to hold Wednesday night’s public hearing on its $3.85 million proposed construction project.

The public was not legally obligated to show up.

Posted Nov 19, 2009 at 7:58 am

Fulton Holds Public Hearing On Construction Plan, But There Was Almost No Public To Hear It
RaiderNet Daily: It’s Almost ‘Twilight’
Sea Scouts Prepare To Embark In Port City
Owens To Join Armed Services, Homeland Security Committees; Hoffman Alleges ACORN Tampered With Votes In Oswego County
SUNY Tuition Would Go Up $100/Semester In Trustees’ Budget Proposal
Erin’s Playground: Volunteers Gather Saturday to Dedicate Play Equipment In Her Name

A View of History

Looking South On S. 1st St., 1920s

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Archivist Tom Tryniski sends us this look at downtown Fulton — one of the streets that locals would come to call the “Dizzy Block”.  This is S. 1st St. as it looked sometime in the 1920s.  This is just a small part of a great panoramic photo.  Click the story to see the entire streetscape.

Sports

Hannibal’s Burridge Scores 25 But Lakers Lose Basketball Opener

The Oswego State men’s basketball team lost its season opener 82-71 to Utica at Max Ziel Gymnasium on Tuesday night. Second half shooting proved to be the difference in the contest as the Pioneers shot 55.2 percent from the field on 16-of-29 shooting, while the Lakers went 14-of-39 for 35.9 percent.

Posted on Nov 18, 2009 at 8:23 pm

Rudy’s B Mites Start Season With Two Wins

The Rudy’s Mite B Team captured two wins over the weekend against Valley and Lysander to start their regular season.

Posted on Nov 18, 2009 at 11:43 am


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Fishing Reports for November 17, 2009
Fulton Savings Bank Tip-Off Tournament Set
Oswego State Mens Club Hockey news
Professor Studying Breeding Potential of Local Sturgeon
Fans Can Ride in a 2-Seater Supermodified in 2010 at Oswego Speedway and Can Sit in it in Syracuse Nov. 20-22.
Fishing Reports for November 13, 2009

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Community News

OHS Trio In November Teacher Spotlight

You really can’t have one without the other. This month, three Oswego High School teachers are in the “Teacher Spotlight” as they work hand-in-hand with one another.

OCO Supporting United Way’s Annual Campaign

When it comes to the United Way’s Annual Campaign, the staff at Oswego County Opportunities realizes full well just how important the success of that campaign is to the hundreds of individuals and families that are served through OCO’s many human services programs.

Ginny Stamm Tells Oswego Sunrise Rotary About Heifer International
United Way ‘Stone Soup’ Holiday Luncheon Set Dec. 10
Hannibal Village Market IGA Hosts 12th Annual Senior Citizens Christmas Luncheon
OHS Buc Gear On Sale For Holiday Season
KPS All County Performers
Craft Fair, Chicken BBQ, Bake Sale & Luncheon at Fulton Church
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Columns & Blogs

Oswego County Tourism

Fishing Reports for November 17, 2009

Autumn’s for the Birds


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American Red Cross

American Red Cross Recognizes Two Dedicated Volunteers

American Red Cross to Hold 4th Annual Bridges to Caring Walk
Memorial Golf Tournament Raises Funds For American Red Cross

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Misc. Columns

Half-Shire Historical Society

October 30, 2009
Our October 24th meeting which coincided with archives day went quite well at our Richland facility. We had 30 for a sit down lunch at noon, and another 10 or so folks came in and out through the afternoon. At 1 pm we held a brief meeting of the society, our [...]

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