The Phoenix man responsible for fatally stabbing Fulton man, Sean D. Leonard, 23 in October was sentenced today (June 28) to serve three to nine years in prison. Markee L. Cathcart, 20 of Phoenix had previously submitted a guilty plea to the charge of manslaughter in the second degree as part of a plea deal proposing a sentence certain.
The Phoenix man that fatally stabbed a Fulton man at a house party in October 2015 was sentenced today (June 28) in Oswego County Court. As previously agreed in a plea deal, Markee L. Cathcart was sentenced by Honorable Judge Donald Todd to a sentence certain of 3 years minimum to 9 years maximum in state prison.
Dilip K. Roy, former Fulton doctor was sentenced today (June 27) to 28 days in Oswego County Jail to be served in intermittent 48 hour periods each week along with six years of probation. Roy was arrested in May 2015 after a patient reported to authorities in April that she was subjected to unwanted sexual intercourse at Roy’s medical practice, FastCare Family Medical located at 941 S. First St., Fulton in March of the same year when she was being treated as a patient. An eventual plea deal allowed Roy to plead guilty to a lessened charge of sexual misconduct, a class A misdemeanor, for which he was sentenced today.
“Indescribable, relieved, unreal” – just some of the ways the graduating seniors of the G. Ray Bodley class of 2016 are describing their new title as high school graduates. After years of schooling, homework, hard work, and early mornings, the senior class of the Fulton City School District finally walked across the stage, accepted their diplomas, and moved their tassels to become full-fledged graduates.
Superintendent of schools for the past eleven years, Bill Lynch will soon bring his lengthy position in the Fulton City School District to an end as he enters into a well deserved retirement. Starting work in the district in 1981 as a school psychologist through Oswego County BOCES, Lynch swiftly climbed the ladder of success within the district. The community recently came together to celebrate the legacy Lynch will leave behind, although due to his hard working nature retirement wont come with a lack of work as he plans to embark on a new journey with the FCSD.
A new tradition began this year as the G. Ray Bodley graduating class of 2016 traveled back to the elementary school where they began their education and walked the halls in their cap and gown. Besides taking a stroll down memory lane, the graduates were surrounded by young elementary students watching in awe as their older classmates exemplified their future. The young students lined the halls, awaiting high fives and hugs from the graduating seniors and in some cases, getting the first glimpse at the anticipated final outcome of the many years of schooling that are yet to come.
Community leaders and members of the public gathered to hear of the many possible benefits of establishing a National Marine Sanctuary for a southeastern portion of Lake Ontario. The presentation came from Jeff Grey, superintendent of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Michigan, the model for what Lake Ontario’s NMS would be based on. County Administrator Phil Church, who also serves as chairman on the National Marine Sanctuary Task Force, explained the unique opportunity the area has been given as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is accepting nominations to add new National Marine Sanctuaries around the world.
More than 90 people showed up to the Canalview Bridge Walk event with at least 60 of those people walking the 1.8-mile trail across Fulton’s bridges and through some of the city’s historic downtown area. A collaboration between Oswego County Opportunities, Fulton Footpaths and the city of Fulton, the event allowed the public to walk the Canalview Bridge trail showcasing new permanent signs marking the paved trail.
Dozens of people from all over Upstate New York gathered in New Haven Town Hall recently to honor the late Audrey Munson, best known for being “America’s first supermodel.” Many people may have seen Audrey without even knowing, especially in the NYC area where she is proudly displayed throughout the city in numerous monuments and sculptures including Civic Pride, the second tallest statue in NYC where Munson’s full body sculpture sits at the very top.
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