Fulton Daily News

As the person responsible for the crime of killing Anthony Miller during the robbery in February, Michael Celi, 17, pleaded guilty Nov. 17 to murder in the second degree, a class A-1 felony and in Oswego County Court Monday morning Judge Donald Todd sentenced him to 20 years to life in state prison, indeterminate, with $400 in fines.

As the mastermind of the plot to rob the Granby man, Glenwood Carr Jr., 17, pleaded guilty on Aug. 10 to murder in the second degree, a class A-1 felony, and on Monday was sentenced to 17 1/2 years minimum and maximum life in state prison, indeterminate, with $375 in court fees.

As an homage to the classic movie A Christmas Story, local businessman Mark Sherman has recreated the infamous “Fra Gi Le” leg lamp from the 1983 comedy.

Financially strapped city of Fulton taxpayers will see a zero percent increase in their current tax rate if the mayor’s $15.7 million proposed budget, published Tuesday (Dec. 9), is accepted by councilors next week. “We were able to balance the budget without a tax increase,” Mayor Ronald Woodward explained in an interview on Wednesday with Oswego County Today, by holding down spending and trimming the city’s workforce.

Village and area police are still looking for a man who reportedly robbed narcotics from Phoenix’s drug store at gunpoint on Tuesday. The armed man was caught on surveillance camera as he walked into The Medicine Place on Route 57 in downtown Phoenix at approximately 4:40 p.m. where he allegedly stole drugs, but no cash.