Fulton Daily News

The city’s budding partnership with the state’s new Financial Restructuring Board for Local Governments has moved from application to discovery as Fulton city leaders learn more about the program and Albany’s administrators identify their model. The NYS Restructuring Board for Local Governments was staffed with 10 appointees last fall to make recommendations to qualified local governments on improving fiscal stability, management and the delivery of public services. The board is empowered to provide awards of up to $5 million per municipality.

Hannibal school personnel, community stakeholders, students and parents continued to lay the groundwork for the district’s future during a meeting recently among the Strategic Plan Committee’s three task forces. Divided into groups targeting student engagement, family/community engagement and academic achievement, the task forces delved into lengthy discussions to help develop a five-year blueprint for Hannibal schools.

Lisa A. Merritt, 51, of Fulton, was arrested after an investigation by the Fulton Police Department. According to police, Merritt is accused of engaging in sexual conduct with a person over the course of a two-year period starting when the victim was 14 years of age. These incidents occurred at the suspect’s home in the city of Fulton.

The New York state Route 3 Broadway Bridge rehabilitation remains in winter hiatus, but despite the delay of one construction season, the project, sidewalk shuttle service and traffic patterns are moving along better than expected. Department of Transportation spokesman Gene Cilento said Jan. 17 that the comprehensive bridge rebuild is going as planned.