Today’s News: AP Exams Begin Next Week; Students Headed to SUNY Drama Festival; STEAM Showcase Tonight; Scholarship Applications Available and more in today’s edition of The Raider – written by students in the GR Bodley Journalism Club and Journalism class.
The search for a new principal at the Fulton Junior High School has come to an end as the Board of Education unanimously approved the appointment of Christopher T. Leece, effective July 1, 2017. “I really think we made a great match,” Superintendent Pulvino said.
On April 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Fulton Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration will give the public an opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs.
On April 24, through April 28, the Fulton Police Department, along with law enforcement officers around the state, will participate in the “No Empty Chair” campaign. During the campaign, officers will conduct details focusing on different traffic safety threats each day.
Roughly 30 volunteers came together to work with Friends of Fulton Parks to honor Earth Day (April 22) by cleaning the area along the Oswego River and Fulton’s Veterans Park. As part of the Parks & Trails NY and NYS Canal Corporation’s volunteer event, Canal Clean Sweep, Friends of Fulton Parks organized a local Canal Clean Sweep for the city of Fulton, the fourth year participating. “I’m just proud to be a part of this community where people come together for things like this,” said FoFP founder, Kelley Weaver. Volunteers of all ages cleaned the Canal Landing Marina in Fulton along the Oswego River from the downtown gazebo to the public library.
The Fulton community came together to honor the life of 39-year-old Amber Neivel after her body was discovered in the Oswego River on Sunday, April 9. Neivel’s two children, father, sister, and several relatives were showered with support from loved ones and strangers alike offering words of comfort and sorrow as the community hosted a candlelight vigil in her honor.
Assemblyman Will Barclay (R,C,I – Pulaski) sat with a room full of constituents on Wednesday (April 19) to field any questions and address any concerns as part of the Greater Oswego-Fulton Chamber of Commerce “Meet the Officials” roundtable series.
The community will hold a candlelight vigil in honor of 39-year-old Amber Neivel whose body was recently found in the Oswego River. Neivel was a mother to two children. The community is hosting a candlelight vigil in her honor on Thursday, April 20.
For the second year, a Fulton family has taken the initiative to host an Easter egg hunt for children in the Fulton community. Last year, Robert Zentner, 26, and Char Zentner, 20, noticed that there was not anything for the kids to do in the Fulton community to celebrate Easter. Together, they decided to change that. The day before Easter, (April 15) the Zentners hosted their second Easter egg hunt event at Van Buren Park for all kids in the community.
If you’ve been traveling around the city of Fulton lately, you may have noticed a few changes. While the former building that housed Family Video is under construction, it has been confirmed that Auto Zone will be moving in. Family Video has relocated to 165 S. Second St.
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