Friends of Great Bear is pleased to announce the completion of a natural stone staircase near the historic Oswego Canal guard lock at Great Bear Springs Recreation Area. The stone steps replace a steep eroded hillside trail connection. A grant was awarded from the Oswego County Community Foundation to help fund the construction of the stairs.
The Fulton City School District Board of Education heard of the benefits and possibility of implementing a NYS school-based health clinic in one of the district’s elementary schools. Though still in it’s infancy stages, the CNY Leadership Development Program, made up of Jon Fasulo, Angela Ferlito, Matt Kimpland, Ami LaDue, Nate Murray, Dan Stadtmiller and Kelly Stadtmiller have thoroughly examined the needs and desires for a school-based health clinic within the district. “This is something we would really like to do,” said executive director of instruction and assessment, Betsy Conners.
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.
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.
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.
Investigation at the scene revealed Carrie F. Dalton, 36, from 408 S. Fourth St., Fulton, allegedly concealed several unpaid items in a shopping cart under shopping bags containing paid items.
On June 18, at approximately 8:28 p.m., State Police responded to a report of a fight involving a knife at a party on Senior Avenue in Granby. Following investigation, Daryl Chetney stands accused of removing a knife from his pocket and threatening to harm family members with it during an argument.
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