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Weather Notebook For August 13, 2012
Temperature, threat of thunderstorms increase on Tuesday
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Photo Gallery: Large Crowd Enjoys Two Nights of Music and Food at Jazz Fest
Large crowds filled the field behind the Fulton War Memorial Friday and Saturday night for another edition of Jazz Fest. They enjoyed local food and danced to bands such as Brass, Inc.; Grupo Pagan; Isreal Hagan and Stroke and others.
Contributing photographer Rick Grosvent shares with us a gallery of photos from the weekend.
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Fulton Nears Citywide Synthetic Drug Ban
The city of Fulton is closing in on having its own law to ban the sale and possession of synthetic drugs and bath salts.
City lawmakers this week scheduled a public hearing for September 4 on a proposed ordinance. They can adopt the local law at the end of the public hearing.
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Fulton Man Charged with Sexual Assault Against a Child
The Fulton Police Criminal Investigation Division arrested John H. Heaphy, 39, of Oneida Street in Fulton, following an allegation of child sexual abuse. According to police, Heaphy allegedly engaged in multiple acts of sexual contact with a child less than 13 years of age over a three-year period.
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Potential Birds-Eye Buyer Wants Fee and Tax Breaks in Exchange for 180 Jobs
Fulton city lawmakers will soon be asked to provide significant taxpayer-funded breaks to lure a company into the closed Birds-Eye food processing plant, according to Fulton’s Mayor.
Ron Woodward said this week that a company is deep into negotiations to buy the Phillips St. plant and bring back a food processing operation.
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Fulton Lions’ 22nd Annual Duck Derby Launches Sept. 3
The 22nd Annual Fulton Lions Club Duck Derby splashes down from Noon to 5:00 p.m. Sept. 3 in the canal park behind Tavern on the Lock Restaurant, 24 S. First St., it was announced by […]
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Granby, Fulton Residents Tell Lawmakers What They Think of Plan to Annex Treatment Plant
Rose Anthony, a former Granby town board member, said that Granby residents will “have to carry more taxes for you people in Fulton.” “Why don’t you people work your own problems out,” she asked.
But Fulton resident Don Ross noted that utilities should not be taxes. “It’s patently wrong for anybody to tax a waste treatment plant and we shouldn’t be stuck with it.”
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Fire Destroys Hannibal Home
Fire destroyed a home at 574 Peat Bed Rd. in Hannibal on Monday. Four people living in the home got out safely. Officials said the fire appeared to start in the back of the home. It spread rapidly.
INSIDE: A gallery of photos of the firefight, contributed by Rick Grosvent. UPDATE: Fire officials reveal the probable cause of the fire.
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Annexation Public Hearing is Tonight in Fulton
Round one of the battle between the city of Fulton and town of Granby happens Monday night. A public hearing begins at 7:00 p.m. in the Fulton Common Council chambers on the city’s plan to […]
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In the Aftermath of Head Shop’s Closing, Police Expect Bath Salts Sales to Go Underground
The 420 Emporium may be closed and its owners headed for prosecution, but police expect synthetic drugs to remain a problem as they hope for more new laws to help them crack down on users and sellers.
Fulton’s 420 Emporium head shop was raided July 25 by federal agents and Fulton police during a nationwide crackdown on synthetic drugs brought about by a new federal law banning them.
INSIDE: How the crackdown has changed the price of synthetic drugs, why synthetic drugs have drained police time and resources, and one officer’s view of a “scary” class of drug users.