At its worst, winds hit 47 miles an hour at the Oswego County Airport near Fulton, where the National Weather Service has a weather station, and 61 miles an hour in Oswego, as recorded by the weather monitor at the US Coast Guard station there.
The city of Fulton will soon tear down four homes that were in such bad shape that they could not be saved. “On our tax foreclosures this year, most of them, we’re fixing. Four of them have to come down,” said Mayor Ron Woodward. “I’m sure two of them won’t survive the winter.”
One of the touchstones of rural life — a barrel full of burning household garbage — is a thing of the past starting next week, at least as far as the law is concerned.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation will ban all open burning of residential waste as of October 14. The ban had applied only in towns of 20,000 people or more, which left out every town in Oswego County. There are exceptions to the new law.
It’s been more than a year since a company called Family Video announced plans to tear down the First Congregational Church in Fulton and build a video store at the busy corner of Route 48 and Broadway.
It appears that those plans are finally moving forward.
At the Oswego Fire Department’s annual open house on Oct. 3, at the Eastside Fire Station. Captain Raymond “Buddy” Wilson talks with “Patches” the fire department’s Dalmatian robot.
Captain Wilson and Patches discussed fire safety and fire prevention to the delight of all who attended the open house.
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