Old Man Winter is still sputtering. According to Fulton’s weather observer, 1.0 inch of snow fell on March 12 with another 0.3-inch on the 13th. Total snowfall for March now stands at 5.0 inches. Oswego received just a trace of snow on March 13. The monthly total stands at 4.0 inches and the winter season to 176.5 inches.
“Camp Hollis is a landmark for Oswego County. It really is. I am glad to be a part of it,” says Brandon Morey. There are certain things that make a camp a camp and should never be changed, never ever, he said, adding he hopes to continue and enhance Camp Hollis’ tradition for many years to come.
Assemblyman Will Barclay presented a pair of local heroes with NYS Assembly Resolutions honoring them for their life-saving efforts in January. Lori Lawton, an Oswego City School District bus aide, and Jack Zeller, a bus driver for the district, were honored at the Transportation Center during a brief ceremony March 11 attended by dozens of their friends, family and co-workers.
Mark Grandazzo, of 405 Oneida St., Fulton, was arrested on March 11 at approximately 1:15 p.m., following an on-going drug investigation by the City of Fulton Police Department. Chrystal Recore, also residing at 405 Oneida St., was arrested during the execution of the search warrant. Police say she did knowingly conduct and maintain her residence where persons came and gathered for the purpose of engaging in the unlawful sale of controlled substances.
An alleged online predator, with the screen name “Blade Rapture,” was attempting to persuade young boys into meeting him for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity, according to the police. One boy told his mother who contacted police.
Village of Phoenix Police Chief Rod Carr died this morning, officials say.
He suffered a heart attack at home.
Carr began his career as a news anchor on what was then WIXT, Channel 9. He became spokesman for the Syracuse Police Department under then-Chief of Police Thomas Sardino.
Carr lived in Clay with his wife.
The Hartford Courant has the wonderful love story of Bill Hart and Phyllis O’Brien.
They fell in love when they were students at what was then called Oswego State Teachers College. Bill went off to war. Phyllis, of Baldwinsville, dated and then married another man. Bill married when he came home from the war.
Donna Blake ended 15 years on the Hannibal Board of Education with a brief speech imploring her fellow board members to stop fighting each other and focus on students.
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