Mayor Billy Barlow’s proposed comprehensive reforms to the city’s HUD Section 8 Rental Assistance Program were approved by the Common Council by a 6-1 vote on Monday night. Council President Eric VanBuren cast the lone nay vote. “After hearing the plan would be adopted then submitted and then brought back for revisions, it seems like we’re putting the cart before the horse,” he explained.
Anna Marie Julian McCann, 92, passed away peacefully on Friday December 8, 2017, surrounded by her family at the Cottages at Garden Grove, Cicero, NY.
Scott E. Elkin, 55, a resident of Oswego, passed away on Thursday December 7, 2017, at Unity Hospital in Rochester.
Members of the Oswego City School District’s Athletics Department are making their impact felt outside the gym this holiday season as student-athletes and coaches are pitching on service and charity efforts throughout their community. Bucs from all sports have been involved in the effort, said OCSD Director of Physical Education and Athletics Rhonda Bullard.
Recently, the Friends of History received a grant from the Fulton Sunrise Rotary Club and District 7150 for new computers and software updates. With these updates, the FOH will be able to catalog any Fulton
historical items loaned or donated to the John Wells Pratt House Museum, which is located at 177 S. First St. in Fulton.
“Our students recognize that these are the men and women who are working each day to make our community safer and we wanted to show them we appreciate them during the holiday time,” said OMS Principal Mary Beth Fierro.
On Jan. 11, ALDI, one of America’s favorite grocery stores*, will offer Fulton residents a fresh, new shopping experience as it opens its first Fulton store, at 555 S. Fourth St. ALDI currently has more than 1,600 stores in 35 states, serving more than 40 million customers each month. To celebrate the opening of its Fulton store, ALDI will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 8:25 a.m. on Jan. 11.
For students at Pulaski Academy and Central School District, the joy of reading will now be coupled with the thrill of competition. Twenty-one sixth grade students at Pulaski Middle School will compete in a Battle of the Books event, the first time the district has participated in the program.
A new group offering support for those who are experiencing grief due to the loss of someone close has begun meeting the fourth Tuesday of every month at St. Luke Health Services in Oswego. The next meeting takes place on December 26, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
State Police Investigators with the Bureau of Criminal Investigation are seeking the public’s assistance with identifying a male and female suspect wanted for burglary in the town Oswego. On November 17, at 3:08 a.m., the pair entered Malone’s Irish Hideaway on Barker Road and stole bottles of liquor.
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