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Fulton Daily News

Fulton’s Invisible Park is Visible After Liverpool Eagle Scout Candidate’s Work

Michael Sanson of Liverpool, the Eagle Scout candidate who worked  to restore Schenk Park.Did you know that Fulton has a park called Schenk Park?  Don’t worry, you’re in good company.

“You meet people 70, 80, 90 years old and they don’t even know it was a park,” said First Ward Alderman Tom Kenyon, who says he refused to let the city sell the tiny sliver of land for a dollar and began looking for a way to save it.

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Oswego Daily News

With Fort Ontario Closed, Local Officials Will Ask State If Volunteers Can Run The Site

The sign on the gate at Fort Ontario tells the story -- closed for  the season, or, at least until state lawmakers come up with a budget  that funds state parks.Local officials are not willing to let Fort Ontario sit idle for the entire summer.

At a meeting of the county’s Tourism Advisory Council this week, county officials and local tourism business owners decided to ask the state if there’s a way to get the fort open. Fort Ontario is one of 55 state parks, historic sites and golf courses that either closed or were not allowed to open for the summer because state lawmakers have not approved a state budget yet.

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