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‘Combative Patient’ Taken Into Custody

September 3, 2018 Site Administrator

At approximately 2:16 p.m. today (September 3), Oswego Police were dispatched to the area of Orville Street near East Twelfth Street in the city of Oswego to assist EMS with a combative patient. Prior to police arrival the patient allegedly threatened EMS and then threatened suicide. The patient did not allowed police or EMS to enter his residence.

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Historian Corey King leads a walking tour of Fort Ontario’s post cemetery Saturdays this fall. The four-part series begins on September 8 and continues September 15, 22 and 29. Each unique tour begins at 8 p.m. in the upper lot overlooking Lake Ontario, situated between the fort and the post cemetery at the end of East Fourth Street in Oswego.

Fort Ontario Hosts Lantern Tours of the Post Cemetery

September 2, 2018 Contributor

Historian Corey King will lead a lantern tour series of the post cemetery at Fort Ontario State Historic Site in Oswego this fall. The four-part series begins at 8 p.m. on Saturdays, September 8, 15, 22, and 29. Admission is $15 and reservations must be in advance.

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Fulton Fire Department Prepares To Launch Community Risk Reduction Initiative

August 31, 2018 Mikayla Kemp

“It’s really to become more customer service focused and engaged with the community. We want to reach not only our kids but the adults and senior citizens of our community as well. It is our goal to reduce the risk of fire, rescue, and medical events in our community by being involved, relevant, and engaged,” Chief Eiffe said.

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Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Unit 2 Returns To Full Power

August 31, 2018 Contributor

Operators at Exelon Generation’s Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station returned Unit 2 to full power at 8 p.m. yesterday (August 30) following a brief shut down for repairs to an electrical monitoring component.

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Tops Markets Files Plan of Reorganization and Disclosure Statement

August 31, 2018 Site Administrator

Tops Markets, LLC today (August 31) announced that it has filed a Plan of Reorganization and a related Disclosure Statement with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

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Oswego Daily News

Council Approves Pumpkin Fest, Positive Messages

August 31, 2018 Steve Yablonski

Besides approving the 2019 Oswego budget on Monday night, the Common Council sailed through a relatively light regular agenda. Councilors OK’d plans for the 2018 Pumpkin Fest, Positive Messages and other events.

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Environmental activist and photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier will present "Flint Is Family," the title of her 2016 project during the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 27, in SUNY Oswego's Marano Campus Center auditorium.

Diversity Speaker Series To Feature Photographer’s ‘Flint Is Family’

August 30, 2018 Contributor

SUNY Oswego’s “I Am Oz” Diversity Speaker Series will open this fall with an appearance by LaToya Ruby Frazier, a photographer and environmental activist who uses her art as a catalyst for social justice.
Frazier will make a presentation titled “Flint Is Family” at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 27, in Marano Campus Center auditorium (Room 132). Doors open at 6.

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Bishop Cunningham Designates Day of Prayer and Fasting for Hope and Healing for Victims of Clergy Sexual Abuse

August 30, 2018 Contributor

Most Rev. Robert J. Cunningham, Bishop of Syracuse has asked every parish to celebrate a Mass on the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows (September 15 and 16) with the intention of the Church asking for forgiveness and for the healing of victims of abuse.

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Tops Intends to Close 10 Underperforming Stores; Fulton On The List

August 30, 2018 Steve Yablonski

Tops Markets today (August 30) provided an update on the progress it is making on its financial restructuring process. The West First Street, Fulton, store is one of the company’s targeted “underperforming stores.” The company today received court approval of its final agreement with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union.

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Granby Elementary Starts School Year with New Principal

August 30, 2018 Mikayla Kemp

As the start of the 2018-2019 school year rapidly approaches, Granby Elementary plans for the beginning of a new year with a new principal. Members of the Fulton Board of Education unanimously approved the appointment of Gina Salerno as Granby principal beginning September 1, 2018.

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