The State Police in Fulton are requesting the public’s assistant with an investigation into an armed robbery attempt that occurred early Sunday morning. At approximately 1 a.m. on 3/6/16, a male subject entered the parking lot of the OTB. The suspect had what appeared to be a black colored, semi-automatic handgun, and demanded money from an employee.
The Oswego County Legislature will celebrate the 200th anniversary of Oswego County at its meeting at 2 p.m. today (March 10) in the Legislative Chambers of the County Office Building, 46 E. Bridge St., Oswego. Oswego County was formed in March 1816 out of portions of Onondaga and Oneida counties. Legislator Shawn Doyle, chair of the Oswego County Bicentennial Committee, will share information on the founding fathers.
Today’s News: The dance team hits the stage on Friday and a look at the major candidates for the presidency are in today’s edition of RaiderNet Daily.
The first draft of the 2016-2017 Fulton school district budget in its earliest form shows a 1.97% increase from the previous year’s budget. In its draft form, schools officials ensure many changes to the budget will still take place before the April 12 tentative date of approval as the first draft is awaiting definite figures from the state. The draft budget expenditure total of $69,995,533 is up $1,345,472 from the 2015-2016 school year budget, an increase of 1.97%. However, the revenues draft brings forth $69,292,952 which totals a shortfall of $702,581 in revenues needed for the budget despite a local tax levy of $20,583,063, an increase within the limit at $88,451 from the previous year.
Fulton Fire Department’s “D” Crew units had a working residential fire on Erie Street Wednesday night. The call came in at approximately 5:25 p.m. There are no reports of injuries. The cause in under investigation.
The grants, funded through the Environmental Protection Fund, will be matched by nearly $242,000 in private and local funding which will support projects to strengthen friends groups and enhance public access and recreational opportunities at parks and historic sites across the state. Include is Friends of Fort Ontario at the Fort Ontario State Historic Site
Today’s News: Students do some heavy lifting, new rules in boys’ lacrosse and dealing with a bad day are topics in today’s edition of RaiderNet Daily.
![Early image of Fort Oswego authored by Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry, Royal Chief Engineer in New France, and dated "done in camp before Chouaguen [Oswego], July 14th, 1729." Image courtesy of French National Archives.](https://i0.wp.com/oswegocountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Native-American-and-Local-Perspectives-Fort_Oswego2.jpg?resize=326%2C245&ssl=1)
The life and times of legendary Shawnee Chief Tecumseh, territorial claims and disputes in the Lake Ontario region, and Oswego’s involvement in the events leading up to the War of 1812 are among the topics presented at the sixth annual Oswego International War of 1812 Symposium scheduled for Friday, April 1 to Sunday, April 3.
Assemblyman Will Barclay made the following statement today (March 8) after nominating Oswego resident John Sheffield to serve on the Board of Regents during a joint Senate and Assembly session in Albany. The Assembly majority are largely favored in the selection process and Sheffield was not selected to serve on the board.
Today (March 8), at approximately 8:16 a.m., State Police in Fulton stopped a vehicle traveling southbound on State Route 481 in the town of Schroeppel, for a traffic violation.
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