Plans are under way for the 34th annual Memorial Day Salute event to be held May 23 at the Fulton Community Center. The theme for the celebration will be “Remember Those Who Served.” John Young, veteran of the year, will serve as grand marshal of the Saturday parade.
An innovative plan aimed at preserving the future of family farming, increasing investments in vital agriculture programs and a renewed push to encourage people to “eat local,” are just several of the highlights included in the 2014 annual Report of the Senate Agriculture Committee, released Jan. 26 by the committee’s chair, State Senator Patty Ritchie.
RSVP recruits volunteer tax aides for the program in cooperation with AARP, the IRS and the state Department of Taxation and Finance. More than just preparation and e-filing of taxes, the volunteers provide counseling. Sessions are available for all, with special attention to those 60 and older.
Graduates were honored at a December recognition ceremony hosted by College President Nancy Kleniewski and held in the Dewar Arena of the Alumni Field House.
Fulton Youth Soccer registration for the 2015 season has begun. The first two registration days will be held on February 25 and 26 between 6 and 8 p.m. at the Fulton Community Center, 605 W. Broadway.
CiTi construction technology students are helping to build ramps for the ARISE Oswego County Ramp Program. The ramps will be built individually in sections and then assembled later on the site of qualified applicant homes belonging to persons with disabilities.
Seventeen Pulaski High School students received honors from the Scholastic Art Competition of Central New York. “I am thrilled to have seventeen artworks selected from Pulaski in this year’s award show,” said art teacher Karen Backus. “This is an unprecedented number of talented students.”
The newest residents of the town of Mexico received quite the introduction to the community during a ceremony held Saturday at Mexico Middle School. United States Army SFC Jeffery Hackett and his family were greeted by dozens family members, friends, local politicians and soon-to-be neighbors who thanked Hackett for his military service, which has left the veteran permanently injured.
Music, dancing, lights, and squeals of delight filled the Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Elementary School gymnasium as the APW Parent/Teacher/Student Association sponsored Glow-in-the-dark Dance lit up the night on Jan. 23.
On January 29, the students within the Fulton City School District in grades UPK – 12 will have an early dismissal. Grades 7 – 12 will dismiss at 10:30 a.m. and morning Pre K – 6 will dismiss at 11:15 a.m.
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