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Fulton Lions Club Supports Playing 4 Poverty
Photo Gallery: Hannibal vs. APW Football Scrimmage
Let’s get you in the mood for high school sports with another photo gallery.
This one shows Hannibal hosting APW last Saturday for a scrimmage. Hannibal opens play Friday night at 7 in Weedsport. Click the story for the full photo gallery.
Fulton’s Home Rehab Experiment Makes Its First Sales, Turns A Profit
The city of Fulton’s first efforts at entering the real estate market have turned a profit.
The city this week approved the sale of homes at 470 S. 6th St. and 414 Park Ave. to new owners. (That’s the S. 6th St. home you see above.) The city seized the homes for having unpaid property taxes. Normally, local governments sell the homes at auctions, usually for the amount of taxes owed. But Mayor Ron Woodward had an idea: What if the city rehabbed the homes and sold them at market rates, just like any other homeowner?
Now, there’s an answer.
County’s Camp Zerbe Restoration Considered
The deteriorated basketball court and lodge at the camp are considered safety hazards by the state. The Youth Bureau has funds to repair the court. It is seeking grant funding for work on the lodge.
Police Investigating Injuries To Toddler
Former Pulaski Police Officer Sentenced To Community Service
Board Members Continue Six-Period Debate
Proponents claim if teachers teach an additional period a day it would be a win-win for everyone involved. Others say there is more to the situation than just adding one more period. During the public session, a speaker claimed one board member was crunching numbers to make his argument appear credible.
Fulton Church, Neighbors Square Off Over Driveway
Fulton’s Believer’s Chapel church lost its struggle Tuesday night to get a second driveway, in the face of polite opposition from the church’s neighbors.
Hannibal To Hold H1N1 Flu Public Meeting
The district intends to share its plan for communicating to the community during the expected outbreak of H1N1 this fall and winter. It will also outline the steps being taken at school to lessen the spread of the virus and give parents some ideas on how to protect their children from the flu.