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Greater Pulaski Fund Awards $5,000 In Local Grants

August 18, 2014 Contributor

The Greater Pulaski Community Endowment Fund recently awarded $5,000 in grants to three Pulaski-area nonprofit organizations. The fund is a union of gifts contributed by the people of the Pulaski community that makes grants to support programs and projects of importance to the area. It is a component fund of the Central New York Community Foundation. Since its inception in 1992, the fund has provided $245,804 in grants to benefit the Pulaski community.

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FCRC Awards Dredge Bid, Now Seeks $12.89 (per cubic yard)

August 17, 2014 Janet Rebeor

The bid for $118,965.20 to begin dredging Lake Neatahwanta was awarded to an Illinois firm on Tuesday and the contract assures removal of the first 10,000 cubic yards of silt by mid-September. “Once the initial 10,000 cubic yards is dredged, any new money raised could be spent on a $12.89 per-cubic-yard basis for as long as (the contractor) is available or until the end of the season,” FCRC Director Joe Fiumara said.

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Fire Strikes Oswego Business, Apartments

August 16, 2014 Steve Yablonski

At 7:35 p.m. Saturday, the Oswego Fire Department was dispatched to a reported structure fire at 142 E. Bridge St. An active fire was reported in a second floor apartment of the building. Officials stated the structure contains a hair salon and four apartments.

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Oswego Man Reportedly Drowns In Lake

August 16, 2014 Steve Yablonski

For the second time within a week, a body has reportedly been recovered from the waters of Lake Ontario. Shortly after 4 p.m. Saturday, an Oswego man died while helping a child in distress in the water.

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Oswego Street Dedicated to Former Alderman

August 15, 2014 Contributor

At its meeting this week, the Common Council approved dedication of the street between City Hall and Pathfinder Bank as “John M. Canale Drive.” Canale has spent nearly three-quarters of his life as a teacher and was also a city alderman for more than two decades.

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Boy Scout Builds Handicapped Accessible Picnic Tables

August 15, 2014 Contributor

For his Eagle Scout project, Travis Kemp, a Boy Scout from Troop 715 in Fulton, completed and installed two picnic tables and two benches at Great Bear Springs Recreational Area. One picnic table was designed for handicapped accessibility compliant with ADA guidelines.

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Horse Dies of EEE in Oswego County

August 15, 2014 Contributor

A horse in southern Oswego County has died of the Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus, the Oswego County Health Department reported today (Aug. 15). The horse had been stabled near an area known to harbor the EEE virus in Oswego and Onondaga counties, and was probably exposed to EEE in late July, prior to the aerial spraying of the Toad Harbor – Three Mile Bay Wild Management Area.

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State Street UMC - Fulton. Photo courtesy of the New York Landmarks Conservancy

Fulton’s State Street United Methodist Church Receives Robert W. Wilson Sacred Sites Challenge Grant

August 15, 2014 Contributor

The New York Landmarks Conservancy has announced 22 Sacred Sites Grants totaling more than $300,000 awarded to historic religious properties throughout New York State including a Robert W. Wilson Sacred Sites Challenge Grant of $35,000 to State Street United Methodist Church in Fulton, for roof replacement and tower repairs. “Religious institutions anchor their communities,” said Peg Breen, president of The New York Landmarks Conservancy. “They remind us of our history and provide vital social service and cultural programs today.”

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Phoenix PD Hits The Hoops Saturday for CHOOSE

August 14, 2014 Janet Rebeor

Communities need to protect their most vulnerable citizens and members of the Phoenix Police Department are inviting families, friends, aunts, uncles, cousins, neighbors to come and hit the hoops in a show of support for a new awareness program.

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Washington Boulevard will be closed Aug. 18

August 14, 2014 Steve Yablonski

As part of the city sewer line upgrade, Washington Boulevard will be closed on Monday, August 18, from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. from the Forks of the Road to Fifth Avenue. Detour signs will direct traffic up Route 104 West to Fifth Avenue, and then back to Washington Boulevard. Limited traffic will have access to Raby’s Ace Home Center.

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