A traffic pattern change is anticipated for a portion of State Route 481 in Fulton on Tuesday, September 19. Traffic will be lessened to one lane in both directions in the area near the former Nestle site to allow for completion of demolition. City officials are warning travelers of this route to be aware of the lane reduction and prepare for any traffic delays that may result.
The Fulton City School District hosted its annual Attendance Awareness Celebration as part of a district wide campaign to promote regular attendance for all students. Earlier this month, Fulton Mayor Ronald Woodward Sr. and the Fulton Common Council officially declared September 2017 as Attendance Awareness Month in the city of Fulton. In an effort to encourage good attendance to benefit student success and positively impact the community as a whole, the district has led an attendance awareness campaign to significantly reduce the amount of chronic absences.
Voters took to their respective polling places Tuesday (September 12) to cast their ballot for which candidates will appear as the primary runner for their party in November’s general election. Polls closed at 9 p.m. and the unofficial results have been tallied. Read the full article for all Oswego County results.
An Upstate New York native, up and coming country star Steven Cali has the charm of a true Southerner. Together with his laid back tude and vocals that can silence a packed house in awe, his performance is not one to miss. Despite a rainy night halting an outdoor performance at The Sting in Oswego, Cali seamlessly rolled with the punches and moved his production inside. Rather than being halted by a storm, he settled in and took The Sting by storm instead.
A stretch of State Route 481 is scheduled to be closed to all lanes of traffic on Thursday, September 14, and Friday, September 15, between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. each day. A detour will direct traffic both north and southbound off of State Route 481 onto South First Street. Northbound traffic will divert onto South First Street at Prime Auto, the former Chevrolet dealership, and take Division Street to return to State Route 481. Southbound traffic will turn off of State Route 481 onto Division and then follow South First Street until returning to State Route 481 at Prime Auto. Local law enforcement and city officials are encouraging anyone who may have to travel this route to avoid the detour if possible or plan accordingly for possible delays.
Although a rainy first week, the smiling faces of Fulton City School District faculty, staff, and students shone in the halls of each of the six buildings throughout the district. The 2017-2018 school year kicked off on Tuesday, September 5 for students in grades first through ninth with kindergarten students and high school students in grades tenth through twelfth starting the following day and finishing with pre-school students in the Universal Pre-Kindergarten program starting today (September 7.) “We’re off to a great start!” said Superintendent of Schools, Brian Pulvino.
People from across the nation have sprung into action to help those affected in the path of Hurricane Harvey. The dramatic storm, reaching category 4, has severely flooded parts of Texas as devastating pictures of water rescues have been surfacing on several news outlets. Americans from across the country are fleeing to the scene to help in any way they can.
Executive director of instruction and assessment, Elizabeth Conners, along with G. Ray Bodley High School principal, Donna Parkhurst announced that the FCSD high school graduation rate was officially reported at 84 percent for the June 2017 graduates. While the final number has room to slightly fluctuate with the official results of August graduates pending completion of summer courses, Parkhurst said the current rating brings an increase of eight percent over last year’s 76 percent graduation rate. Following the announcement, the board of education was given a brief overview of recently released state testing results for grades third through eighth, with a more in depth presentation to follow at a later meeting.
The Fulton Common Council has unanimously approved a demolition resolution that may be the final stage in the ongoing demolition at the former Nestle site. Rowlee Construction Inc. of Fulton was awarded the demolition project to tear down the remaining structures on the 24-acre site including buildings #2,4A,58,60,63,70 after submitting the lowest bid. Demolition on site has been ongoing since shortly after the city received the 24-acre site located at 555 S. Fourth St. on tax foreclosure in November 2015.
The Friends of History in Fulton’s seventh annual Hunter Arms Homecoming weekend brought collectors and enthusiasts of the historic L.C. Smith guns back to the city where the once thriving factory once persevered. The Hunter Arms Company lasted for 60 years in what became known as “the city the Depression missed” as Fulton saw economic stability even through troubling times for much of the country. The Hunter family has remained closely connected with its rich family history, even returning alongside several Hunter enthusiasts from across the nation at Fulton’s annual Hunter Arms Homecoming Weekend. They stumbled across their history serendipitously, but the story is one that they won’t soon forget as they went on to discover they have a plentiful history with much to explore in a small city in Upstate New York.
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