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City Eyes Funding To Hasten Lighthouse Project

August 8, 2018 Steve Yablonski

At this week’s Administrative Services Committee meeting, councilors gave a big boost to the lighthouse restoration project. Mayor Billy Barlow requested discussion and funding approval for the Oswego West Pierhead Lighthouse-Exterior Restoration and Painting Project. The committee sent the request to the full council.

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Fulton Man Charged with Criminal Possession of a Firearm

August 8, 2018 Contributor

On August 7, the city of Fulton Police Department executed a search warrant at 207 Beech St., Apartment 5, in the city of Fulton. As a result of the search warrant and investigation, Robert D. O’Connor was arrested on August 9 for Criminal Possession of a Firearm, a Class E felony.

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County Health Department Reports EEE Found in Mosquitoes in West Monroe

August 8, 2018 Contributor

New York State Department of Health informed the Oswego County Health Department on Tuesday, August 7, that the Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus was detected in two pools of bird-biting mosquitoes collected last week from the field station at Toad Harbor Swamp in the town of West Monroe.

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Surface water affected by blue-green algae often is so strongly colored that it can develop a paint-like appearance. (Photo NYS Department of Health.)

David C. Webb Memorial Park Bathing Beach in Constantia is Closed

August 8, 2018 Site Administrator

The Oswego County Health Department announced today (August 8) that the David C. Webb Memorial Park Bathing Beach on Oneida Lake is closed to swimming due to the visual presence of a blue-green algal bloom. Several public beaches in Oswego County on Lake Ontario remain open to swimming.

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Fulton Schools Offer Free Breakfast, Lunch for All Students

August 7, 2018 Mikayla Kemp

Fulton City School District has been approved for participation in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) offering free breakfast and lunch daily to all students districtwide. Beginning in the 2018-2019 school year, students in grades pre-kindergarten through twelfth enrolled at any of the six district schools as well as students at the 4th Street CiTi BOCES location will be offered a nutritional breakfast and lunch each day, free of any cost to district students or families. There is no application or fee required with no action needed from district families. “They just show up, and students have free meals,” FCSD Superintendent Brian Pulvino said.

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Oswego Daily News

Mayor Barlow Announces Creation Of ‘Good Neighbor Award’

August 7, 2018 Contributor

Mayor Billy Barlow announced today (August 7) the creation of the city of Oswego Good Neighbor Award. The award program will recognize homeowners in the Port City who take exceptional pride in their property by caring for their yard, demonstrating care of their property or fully restoring a dilapidated building. Nominations are due by September 5 and will be judged by Oswego City code enforcement officers Curt Miller, Nick Saternow and Daniel Breitweg.

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Fulton Woman Charged In Connection With Dog’s Death

August 7, 2018 Site Administrator

She allegedly knowingly deprived two canines of proper sustenance (food and drink) when she left them locked in a residence with extremely high temperatures for an extended period of time. One of the dogs died.

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University Police Charge Cato Man With DWI

August 7, 2018 Contributor

SUNY Oswego University Police arrested a Cato resident on a motor vehicle felony and related charges on Aug. 3.

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A Healthy Start Begins with On-Time Vaccinations

August 7, 2018 Contributor

To celebrate the importance of immunizations for a healthy start and throughout our lives, and to make sure children are protected with all the vaccines they need, the Oswego County Health Department is joining with partners nationwide in recognizing August as National Immunization Awareness Month.

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Seven-Year-Old Brayden Munger Beats Cancer, Gives Back to Hospitals

August 6, 2018 Mikayla Kemp

It’s been three years since Cassi Munger heard the word “cancer” from her son’s pediatric doctor. Now, at just seven years old, Brayden Munger will have beat cancer and just as impressive, young Brayden continues to inspire others with a lesson well beyond his years by giving back to others even through his darkest days.

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