Lots of city governments want to get smaller. Fulton city government workers did it. No, they didn’t cut jobs or eliminate departments. Instead, they cut fat and eliminated pounds. Lots of pounds. City employees gathered Monday night to celebrate weeks of effort towards losing weight.
How much weight? Who was the biggest weight loser? Click inside…
Fulton city lawmakers have a dispute to mediate among downtown Fulton businesses over parking. The owner of the Tavern on the Lock restaurant is asking for the second time for the city to end all day parking in the city parking lot adjacent to his restaurant. About half of the spaces in that lot, Lot 5, are all-day spaces and the other half are two hour spaces.
More information: See a map of downtown Fulton parking spaces here.
We caught a glimpse of these flowers in the flower garden that serves as the gateway to downtown Fulton at the intersection of S. First St. and Oneida St.
During the evening hours of Thursday July 15, the Fulton Police Department utilized two officers to participate in its Quality of Life Patrol. The patrol resulted in the arrest of a Fulton man wanted on several warrants, some felonies. He is also under investigation for other crimes.
Unemployment rose in Oswego County in June, and the jobless rate remains among the state’s highest. Even so, there is some hopeful news in the numbers.
“We’ve started to see some over-the-year job growth,” said Karen Knapic-Scalzo of the state Labor Department’s Syracuse office.
Fulton Mayor Ron Woodward has short, sharp advice for Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and his investigation of alleged “pension padding” that puts pressure on local governments to solve the problem:
“Change the damn law.”
Fulton Police charged Zachary R. Parker, 18, of W. Fourth Street in Fulton, following the investigation into the break-in of a local business.
The new turf field at the Fulton school district athletic complex is nearly complete.
The field, complete with a huge block “F” Fulton logo, was installed over the past couple of weeks.
“It’s moving right along,” said Jerry Seguin, the district official in charge of the school district’s construction projects.
UPDATED: Fulton Police have arrested 9 people, including three juveniles, for the break-in at the former Fulton Chocolate and Confections plant. The cost to clean the property was estimated at $3,800. It was also found that the individuals stole numerous miscellaneous items from throughout the property which totaled a cost of $4,254.50.
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