Articles by Mikayla Kemp

Fulton Daily News

Fulton Area Home Show Ties into Revitalization of City

April 4, 2016 Mikayla Kemp

The War Memorial filled quickly on Saturday (April 2) with vendors, home owners and prospective home buyers to enjoy the Fulton Area Home Show as put on by the city’s Community Development Agency. The annual event took a year off last year for budgetary reasons, said Executive Director of the Fulton CDA, Joseph Fiumara, but the event returned this year with more than 40 vendors from the Fulton area to cover all aspects of home owning and home improvement. Due to sponsorship from Burke’s Home Center of Fulton and Oswego and Fulton Savings Bank, Fiumara says they were able to break even on the event this year and at this point feel it is feasible to continue the event next year.

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Oswego Daily News

CiTi Hosts 12th Annual Regional Awareness Program to Combat Distracted Driving

April 3, 2016 Mikayla Kemp

CiTi, the Center for Instruction, Technology and Innovation recently hosted the 12th annual Regional Awareness Program for young drivers to raise awareness of the dangers of distracted driving. The three hour program, which recurs every year in early spring as warm weather arrives and prom season approaches, delivered powerful stories from victims of drunk driving as well as the current Oswego County District Attorney and offered numerous hands on demonstrations to the effects of distracted driving.

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Markee L. Cathcart
Fulton Daily News

Hearing in Manslaughter Case Against Teen Provides Testimony From NYSP

March 30, 2016 Mikayla Kemp

A Huntley Hearing brought three NYS Troopers and a NYSP Investigator to the stand in the case against Markee L. Cathcart, 19, indicted on charges of manslaughter in the second degree and assault in the second degree, both felonies to which Cathcart plead not guilty. All witnesses were called by the People, represented by Assistant District Attorney Matthew Bell, and were cross-examined by the defense counsel, Joseph Rodak.

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Sports

Fulton Athletics Boasts Successful Winter Sports Season, Recognizes Loss of Former Coach

March 30, 2016 Mikayla Kemp

Fulton City School District Athletic Director, Christopher Ells recently spoke to the Board of Education on the success of all Varsity and JV winter sports programs finishing with numerous honors and distinctions across all teams. Ten varsity programs with a total of 153 athletes placed four NYS scholar athlete teams, six teams with members with All-League honors, 2 Coach of the Year recipients, ample individual awards and championship and tournament wins. Board of Education member, Dan Pawlewicz took the opportunity to send condolences to the athletic and teaching departments at FCSD, as they recently lost a vital member of their team. Physical education teacher at G. Ray Bodley and long-time varsity volleyball coach, Caroline Richardson lost her battle to ovarian cancer on March 19, 2016. “We lost one of your coaches (recently), please share that our thoughts and prayers are with her, her family and everyone at GRB. Big loss athletically and academically for Fulton,” Pawlewicz said.

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Fulton Daily News

Oswego County Opportunities Celebrates 50 Years of Service

March 29, 2016 Mikayla Kemp

Oswego County Opportunities celebrates 50 years of service to the Oswego County community, providing 22,000 people each year with more than 60 different programs aimed at serving their mission to, “Inspire partnerships and provide services that empower people, support communities, and change lives.” Currently, OCO is within the top six private employers in Oswego County with more than 650 employees and 1200 volunteers working to provide over 60 programs for educational services, crisis and development services, health and nutritional services, transportation services, and residential services with over 80 sites throughout the county. The evolution over 50 years has shown exponential growth and need for services, as exemplified by the rapid advancement of programs offered, sites available to deliver programs and employees needed to maintain adequate services.

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Fulton Daily News

Nestles Demolition Becomes Visible to Public

March 24, 2016 Mikayla Kemp

A bittersweet day for many long term Fulton residents, as the former Nestles buildings can now be seen being demolished from Route 481, the main road the buildings sit on. According to Fulton City Mayor, Ronald Woodward Sr. this is not the first day of demolition as much of the work already completed was done in the back of the buildings to be able to access the front. “They have been demoing in the back for a while. The buildings in the front that are being done now had a lot hooked to them in the back, all of that needed to be done first,” said Woodward. Traffic was affected for the first time today, as Fulton City Police Officers monitored the road and traffic flow, creating one lane usage.

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Oswego Daily News

Assemblyman Barclay Speaks at Chamber Hosted Round Table

March 16, 2016 Mikayla Kemp

Community members, elected officials and local business owners filled the riverside room at Quality Inn and Suites recently to participate in a round table discussion with New York State Assemblyman Will Barclay. At the third round table discussion hosted so far this year by the Greater Oswego-Fulton Chamber of Commerce, Barclay discussed areas of concern on the state level and addressed questions from anyone in attendance.

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Fulton Daily News

County Legislator Ensures No Talk About Dissolving the City of Fulton

March 10, 2016 Mikayla Kemp

Oswego County Legislator (22nd District) James Karasek approached the Fulton City Common Council at a regular board meeting held on Tuesday, March 1 to ensure that there is no communication on the county level regarding the idea to dissolve the city of Fulton. The clarification comes after Oswego County Legislator (25th District) Frank Castiglia Jr. previously approached the council with the idea and suggestion to dissolve the city of Fulton for a multitude of reasons, most notably he targeted the financial burden the city is under.

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Fulton Daily News

FCSD Unveils First Draft of Budget

March 10, 2016 Mikayla Kemp

The first draft of the 2016-2017 Fulton school district budget in its earliest form shows a 1.97% increase from the previous year’s budget. In its draft form, schools officials ensure many changes to the budget will still take place before the April 12 tentative date of approval as the first draft is awaiting definite figures from the state. The draft budget expenditure total of $69,995,533 is up $1,345,472 from the 2015-2016 school year budget, an increase of 1.97%. However, the revenues draft brings forth $69,292,952 which totals a shortfall of $702,581 in revenues needed for the budget despite a local tax levy of $20,583,063, an increase within the limit at $88,451 from the previous year.

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Fulton Daily News

Fulton Officials Schedule Public Hearing

March 7, 2016 Mikayla Kemp

The Fulton Common Council has scheduled a public hearing regarding a proposal to mend non-conforming use laws. The hearing is scheduled to take place at a regular council meeting after the public comment section on April 5 starting at 7 p.m. in the city municipal building, 141 S. First St. City officials say they’d like to amend the law to consider each property on an individual basis.

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