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Brewerton, Fulton Speedways Welcomes Back Billy Whittaker Cars & Trux For 2018 Racing Season

The management of the Brewerton and Fulton speedways is pleased to announce Big Block Modified racer Billy Whittaker and his Billy Whittaker Cars & Trux, located just minutes north of the Brewerton Speedway on Route 11, will continue their major support of both tracks during the 2018 racing season.

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Oswego County DA Greg Oakes, left, speaks to the media at a 2015 press conference (OCT file photo)
Oswego Daily News

County Approves State Mandated Pay Hike For DA

The Oswego County Legislature Thursday night approved a $12,400 pay increase for the county District Attorney. It’s not like they really had a choice in the matter. According the NYS Judiciary Law, each county’s DA salary is linked to the salaries of state judges. The salary for a DA must be equal to or exceed the salary of the county court judge or state Supreme Court justice. In a separate resolution, legislators urge the state to change the way it handles the raise.

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Teaching hosts Kate Thornton and Tenesha Murphy how to make origami butterflies are, from left, Liz Hein, Jen Marriner and Rebecca Fox. The group from CNY Arts Center made an appearance recently on Channel 9's Bridget Street to solicit the public's help in folding 15,000 butterflies in remembrance of the 15,000 children who passed through Terezin Ghetto during the Holocaust.
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15,000 Butterflies For 15,000 Children

With April being Holocaust Remembrance month, CNY Arts Center in Fulton is ambitiously trying to fold 15,000 origami butterflies to represent the thousands of children lost during the Holocaust. More than 15,000 Jewish children passed through Terezin on their way to the gas chambers. Only about a hundred were still alive when the ghetto was liberated at the end of the war.

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Oswego Daily News

Oswego Man Charged With Cocaine Possession

On April 9 investigators with the Oswego County Drug Task Force, with the assistance of the Oswego City Police Department and the New York State Police, executed a narcotics related search warrant at 110 W. Third St., Oswego. As a result, approximately 37.1 grams of cocaine were seized, police said. The resident, Nicholas D. Andersen, is facing several charges.

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