Fulton Junior High to Address Dangers of “Sexting”

A 7th grader holds her cell phone camera at arm’s length. She strikes a provocative pose. She clicks the shutter button. Moments later, that photo is on its way to her 7th grade boyfriend.

Cell phones make it easy to take and send such photos.  They also make it easy to forward those photos to hundreds of other people.

Oswego City Police are continuing their investigation into the March 14 death of a 44-year-old woman. Police investigators are working with the Onondaga County Medical Examiner’s Office to determine the exact nature and possible causes of the fatal injuries.

Future engineers and lawyers got glimpses of what the real world is like.  Also today, commentaries on video games and the new movie, “Alice in Wonderland”.  And the sports department catches up with the college careers of some former Raider athletes.

The Oswego City Police Department wishes to alert citizens that the New York State Department of Transportation will be starting the Utica Street Bridge project in the city within the next two weeks.

The state Division of Criminal Justice Services this week rolled out a program that will allow people to receive a message by e-mail, text message, fax or phone whenever an offender who is in the state’s offender registry moves into or out of a community.

The Common Council will consider whether to allow the annual summer market place downtown to open and closer earlier. The change could create parking problems, city officials said.

It’s a month of music at G. Ray Bodley High School, including a special brass concert.  Also, students take a trip to the science museum, and why some students avoid school bathrooms.

This week, archivist Tom Tryniski takes us back more than a century to see the old Fulton Water Works.  Visit Tom’s website, FultonHistory.com, for a rich trip through the decades.

This report a courtesy of Oswego County Department of Community Development, Tourism and Planning.
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