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Woodward Wins Fulton Republican Mayoral Primary

September 13, 2011 Contributor

10:50 PM: Results are finally complete: Ron Woodward has won the Republican primary for Mayor, beating Common Council member Tom Kenyon 361-229 in unofficial results.

Woodward got about 60% of the votes while Kenyon took about 39%. There were 3 write-in votes recorded.

Kenyon will be on the ballot in November as the Conservative Party’s endorsed candidate. An independent candidate, Ralph Stacy, Jr., will also run.

In the other primary in the city, Alan Emrich beat Woodward’s son, Ryan, in the race for the Republican endorsement to run for Common Council in the 1st Ward.

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District To Address Parents’ Concern Over Phys Ed Requirements

September 13, 2011 Steve Yablonski

The president of the Oswego Board of Education said he’d work with some concerned parents to ensure their children get the required amount of physical education

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Literacy Coalition of Oswego County Event, Sept. 24, Celebrates ‘One World, Many Stories’

September 13, 2011 ChirelloMarketing

The Literacy Coalition of Oswego County (LCOC), is hosting a free literacy event, “One World, Many Stories,” 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Oswego YMCA Armory, 265 W. 1st St., it was announced by […]

Two Firefighters Suffer Minor Injuries In Training Exercise

September 13, 2011 Contributor

First Assistant Fire Chief Donald Dowd and Captain Peter Coffey were operating the fire department’s jet sled ”Beau” in the area of the Varick Street Hydro-Electric Plant when Captain Coffey, the operator of the boat, while transversing the river, struck a steel pole sideswiping off that pole forcing him to strike a second pole.

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Weather Notebook For September 13, 2011

September 13, 2011 Steve Yablonski

Those isolated showers isolated someplace else yesterday. Will we be as lucky today? Wait and see.

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Traffic Stop Leads to Arrest in Volney

September 13, 2011 Contributor

State Police say they pulled over a vehicle for speeding and wound up making a drug arrest.

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Primary Election Features a Rare Battle for Mayor of Fulton

September 13, 2011 Contributor

Fulton’s incumbent Mayor faces a challenge for the Republican party line on November’s ballot from a man who’s been sitting about 10 feet to his left for the past few years.

Mayor Ron Woodward and Common Council member Tom Kenyon will provide the highest-profile fight on a day in which a number of ballot positions in the county’s towns and villages are up for grabs.

VIDEO: Hear their responses to four questions, inside…

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Oswego Council Recognizes Marching Buccaneers

September 12, 2011 Steve Yablonski

At its meeting Monday night, the Common Council saluted the Oswego High School Marching Buccaneers. Thousands of students and their parents have dedicated countless hours of to the marching band, Mayor Randy Bateman said. “On Saturday, Sept. 24, the Oswego High School Marching Band will celebrate their 33rd annual Pageant of Champions,” he added.

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Police Charge Man with Having Sex With Child for 3 Years

September 12, 2011 Contributor

The Sheriff’s Department alleged that Charles T. Morrison, Sr., 54, of 733 Kibby Road, Baldwinsville had intercourse with a child younger than 13 years old in Volney beginning in September, 2005.

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Schools Will Change Spring Break Week This Week

September 12, 2011 Contributor

If you’ve got a child in schools, you’ll be able to make your vacation plans for April after this week. Or you’ll be forced to.

Many Oswego County school districts this week will approve a change of the week of vacation forced on them by the state Education Department’s decision to schedule a test in the middle of the traditional week off.

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