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Overcoming Obstacles Earns SUNY Oswego Freshman Statewide Scholarship

October 10, 2019 Contributor

SUNY Oswego freshman Samia Montgomery has shown an ability to overcome much — the death of her father, an illness for her mother, homelessness and hunger — while continuing to excel, which made her one of five statewide recipients of the Carey Gabay Scholarship Program.

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Oswego Daily News

Woman Charged With 33 Counts of Animal Cruelty

October 9, 2019 Steve Yablonski

State Police arrested Amy M. Grandazzo, 43, from 205 Martville Road in Martville, for 32 counts of NYS Agriculture and Markets Law §353: Overdriving, torturing and injuring animals; failure to provide proper sustenance (class “A” misdemeanor) and one count of §357: Selling or offering to sell or exposing diseased animal (unclassified misdemeanor)

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Hovercraft Project Speaks At Fulton BOE Meeting

October 9, 2019 Kassadee Bradshaw

Board of Education gives update on elementary school students.

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Fulton Announces First Downtown Revitalization Initiative Meeting

October 9, 2019 Contributor

The city of Fulton announced today, October 9, that the first Downtown Revitalization Initiative meeting will take place on Thursday, Oct. 10, at 4 p.m. at City Hall community room.

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Deadline to Apply for Flood Damage Funding is Oct. 31-

October 8, 2019 Contributor

Property owners whose homes were damaged by this year’s Lake Ontario flooding may now apply for state funds to help offset damages to their homes.

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Mayor Barlow Quells Uproar Over Street Trees

October 7, 2019 Steve Yablonski

The recent uproar over the city’s plan to replace the old trees along West First Street with new, flowering, trees was debunked by Mayor Billy Barlow Monday night. “People just need to take a breath.”

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Oswego Daily News

Mayor Barlow To Propose Service Dog Program for Disabled Military Veterans

October 7, 2019 Contributor

The proposed agreement partners with the Oswego County Veterans’ Agency and Director Jamie Hamlin to provide dogs to military veterans with a documented need for service animals.

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Spirit Week at Bodley

October 5, 2019 Contributor

The Raider – written by students in the GR Bodley Journalism Club and Journalism class.

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Fishing Boat Accident Claims Life

October 4, 2019 Steve Yablonski

One of the two elderly victims of Thursday’s fishing boat accident on the Oswego River has died, officials report.

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Mayor Barlow Announces ‘Creepy Crawl’ on Oswego’s Haunted Riverwalk Halloween Event

October 4, 2019 Contributor

Mayor Billy Barlow announced today October 4, the city will celebrate Halloween with a new event along the West Linear river walk from behind the Pontiac Terrace Apartment building to the Utica Street Bridge.

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