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Oswego Industries Dedicates Building to Betty Vaught Baasch

August 31, 2016 Mikayla Kemp

Oswego Industries is a private nonprofit that has served the developmentally and intellectually disabled population of Oswego County since its official beginning in 1968. Partnered with sister agency, ARC of Oswego County, together the two have established “a story of struggle, constant change, growth and courage in response to needs,” according to a historical overview of the agencies written by the late Elizabeth “Betty” Vaught Baasch, the founding executive director.

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Burglary Report Results in Several Arrests

August 30, 2016 Contributor

Five individuals unlawfully broke into a North Sixth Street residence and while inside a physical altercation ensued and property was damaged, according to the report. One suspect remains at large.

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Fulton Police Issue Traffic Alert

August 30, 2016 Contributor

Beginning at 9 a.m. on Wednesday (Aug. 31), the intersection of South Second Street (State Route 481) and East Broadway (State Route 3) in the city of Fulton will be reduced to one lane in each direction for road construction.

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Band Instructor Charged With Selling School Musical Instruments

August 29, 2016 Contributor

Today State Police arrested James Demauro of Syracuse for 25 counts of Falsifying Business Records and 25 counts of Criminal Possession of Stolen Property. While being employed as a band instructor at the Phoenix Middle School, he is accused of selling twenty-five band instruments belonging to the Phoenix School District to local pawn shops and then buying the instruments back.

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H.O.P.E Brings Narcan Training to Phoenix Community

August 23, 2016 Mikayla Kemp

Thirty-three members of the public are newly trained in Narcan administration for drug overdose situations after the H.O.P.E awareness group brought certified trainers from Syracuse Behavioral Health to the Phoenix community recently.

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Fulton School Officials Find Reason to Celebrate In Overview of State Assessment Results

August 18, 2016 Mikayla Kemp

All FCSD students in third grade through eighth grade had the opportunity to sit for NYS assessments earlier this school year. The results of such testing have recently become available to school officials. For the Fulton City School District specifically, school officials have found reason to celebrate in the broad overview of the results.

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Fulton Common Council Acts on Two Public Hearings

August 18, 2016 Mikayla Kemp

The Fulton Common Council hosted two public hearings at the most recent regular meeting held Tuesday, August 16. In other business, the council approved the sale of two properties obtained by the city through tax foreclosure.

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Fulton Officials Look to Combat Zombie Properties

August 17, 2016 Mikayla Kemp

The Fulton Common Council has approved a resolution to allow city officials to apply for state grant funding to combat zombie properties throughout the city.

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Fulton Police Charge Man With Drug Possession After He Flees in a Vehicle

August 16, 2016 Contributor

Today (August 16), a Fulton police officer stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation in the 300 block of East Broadway. Contact was made with the driver, Scott E. Brien, 45, of Fulton, and while waiting for the response of a computerized check of the driver’s license status the vehicle began to flee at a high rate of speed, police said.

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Traffic Stop Leads To Arrest For Possession Of Marijuana

August 15, 2016 Contributor

State Police in Fulton arrested Gregory J. Scerbo, 20, from 13 Powers Drive Fulton, and Steven R. Henri, 20, from 252 Kingdom Road Oswego, NY, both for Criminal Possession of Marijuana 4th degree, a class “A” misdemeanor. On August 13, troopers conducted a traffic stop on Second Street in the city of Fulton on a 2008 Pontiac G6 operated by Steven Henri.

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