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Oswego Daily News

OPD Peacefully Resolves ‘Domestic Incident’

October 28, 2018 Contributor
Today (October 28), at approximately 2:30 p.m., Oswego Police responded to an East Fourth Street residence regarding a third party report of a possible domestic incident in which one of the subjects may have been armed and possibly suicidal. Following a brief interview, the subject surrendered to police who took the adult male subject into custody under the NYS Mental Hygiene Law.

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Fulton Daily News

Mayor Woodward: Lake Neatahwanta Dredging Will Move Along ‘Much Faster’

October 28, 2018 Mikayla Kemp
In the third year of dredging Lake Neatahwanta, Fulton Mayor Ronald Woodward Sr. said that the process will move along “much faster” now as new equipment and training has been secured. The city of Fulton purchased a dredge from Groh Dredging, the contractor that had been performing the dredging in the first years of the project.

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Mayor Billy Barlow receuves the award from Vita Friedlander, center, Victory board president, and Daun Whittaker, founder of Victory Transformation
Oswego Daily News

Mayor Barlow Receives First Strength in Unity Award from Victory Transformation

October 27, 2018 Contributor
Mayor Billy Barlow was honored as the recipient of the first-ever Strength in Unity Award by Victory Transformation on Thursday October 25 at the second annual Victory Transformation Inc. Silent Art Auction event at the American Foundry in Oswego.

The Strength in Unity Award is presented to a community member who demonstrates strength, service, unity and leadership advocating for individuals in critical need.

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Oswego Daily News

Police Identify Suspected Shooter, Victim Still Critical

October 27, 2018 Steve Yablonski
Oswego Police Investigators, working with the Oswego County District Attorney’s Office, have charged 58-year-old Thomas E. Schrader of Oswego with the following: Attempted murder in the second degree. and
Assault in the first degree. The victim, also an Oswego resident, remains in Upstate Medical University Hospital in critical condition and is undergoing medical procedures, police said. The investigation remains on-going and anyone with information should contact Oswego Police at 315-343-1212.

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Fulton Daily News

Fulton Officials Thank Assemblyman Barclay for $100,000 Grant at Veterans Park

October 26, 2018 Mikayla Kemp
City officials invited NYS Assemblyman Will Barclay to Fulton to thank him for his work in securing a $100,000 legislative grant to install a stairway at Veterans Park. The cement stairway will connect Veterans Park on South First Street across from City Hall to the Oswego River waterfront. Barclay was welcomed by city officials, local volunteer effort leaders, and veterans as they commended him for his help in securing funds. “It’s very important to us because for years we’ve been trying to develop our waterfront,” Fulton Mayor Ronald Woodward Sr. said. “I’m really excited, I think the people of Fulton should give a lot of thanks to Assemblyman Barclay. He’s been very good for Fulton.”

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Fulton Daily News

Author Farfaglia Recalls Sweet Days and Bitter End Of Nestle in Fulton

October 25, 2018 Steve Yablonski
Some may say it’s biter-sweet. Local author Jim Farfaglia’s latest tome is Nestlé in Fulton, New York: How Sweet It Was. It will be published November 26 by Arcadia/The History Press. In 1898, Switzerland’s Nestle Company was searching for a location to build its first milk processing plant in the United States. Upstate New York’s bountiful dairy farms sealed the deal for a factory in Fulton.

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