Month: August 2011

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Fulton Daily News

Scene Around Town: Boats on the Move

August 17, 2011 Contributor

The canal locks at Fulton were busy Tuesday night. Around 6:30 p.m., we caught sight of a small parade of boats making the turn along the Oswego River at the city's southern border. The two boats you see here were followed quickly by two others. A group of kayakers had just gotten out of the water at Indian Point Landing, and it was a good thing -- they'd have been tossed by the wake the boats made as they hit the curve doing the speed limit, 30 m.p.h.

The canal locks at Fulton were busy Tuesday night. Around 6:30 p.m., we caught sight of a small parade of boats making the turn along the Oswego River at the city’s southern border. The two boats you see here were followed quickly by two others. A group of kayakers had just gotten out of the water at Indian Point Landing, and it was a good thing — they’d have been tossed by the wake the boats made as they hit the curve doing the speed limit, 30 m.p.h.

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Oswego Daily News

Family of Girl Killed by EEE Virus Praises Decision to Spray but Says County Needs to Move Faster in the Future

August 17, 2011 Contributor

Maggie Sue Glenister WilcoxDonna Wilcox, the young victim’s aunt told Oswego County Today Tuesday night that “needless to say, her (Maggie’s) parents and the entire family are very happy that they reversed the decision and are going to spray.”

“We can’t stand the thought of another family going through what we’ve had to go through,” she added. “It’s been horrible. We are definitely very thankful they will be spraying.”

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