Month: July 2009
Correction: Aubertine’s Member Items Were $400,000 Larger
State Senator Darrel Aubertine secured $100,000 for the Michaud Nursing Home in Fulton to help the nursing home buy and install a kitchen to cook for the nursing home’s residents. The kitchen at Lee Memorial Hospital closed when the hospital closed.
The money was not in a line item under Aubertine’s name, but was part of a package of pork barrel items belonging to the Upstate Senate Delegation. Various coalitions of legislators received pork barrel funds to dole out, including the upstate Senators, a coalition of suburban Senators, separate delegations from Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx and Brooklyn, a conference of black Senators and one of Latin Senators.
Aubertine’s district received $400,000 in that package, bringing his direct total to $1.4 million, and the amount for Oswego County, with Assembly members’ pork items added in, to $700,000. Aubertine would, therefore, not have the lowest member item amount among majority Democrats.
The Senator’s spokesman, Drew Mangione, led us to this better information and we thank him and make this correction.
Democrats Set Date To Pick Congressional Candidate
In a statement, the chairs of the party in the 11 counties that make up the 23rd Congressional District said that they will meet with each candidate on August 10 in Blue Mountain Lake and choose a candidate that night.
Police: Man Threatened To Set People On Fire
The Oswego County Sheriff’s Department alleges that a man from Schroeppel threatened to end a domestic argument by pouring gasoline on two people, setting them on fire and killing them.
Fulton Library Passes Halfway Point In Drive To Renovate
The Fulton Public Library is busier than ever and is on the verge of substantial improvements to its aging home.
The library is more than halfway to its goal of raising $204,500 to build its first-ever elevator for the four-story building. The money will also begin the job of fixing up the bottom floor of the library, a place that’s been off-limits for the public for decades.
The Oswego Children’s Theater Presents a Second Weekend of “The Road to Oz.”
Big Block Modified Super DIRTcar Series To Visit Brewerton Speedway On Friday, August 7th For Summit Motors 100
County Takes Wait & See Approach To Slaughterhouse Proposal
County lawmakers have decided to seek more information from Bion Environmental Technologies before making any decisions regarding the companies plan to start a business somewhere in the county. If Bion’s slaughterhouse plan becomes a reality, it would bring more than 70,000 head of beef cattle into the county.
Magic In Minetto Scheduled In August
Magic In Minetto is a fun event for the whole family. It is scheduled for Aug. 7, 8 and 9. A great concert is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday by the New Horizons Band a 35-piece band.



