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Fourth Annual ‘Play for Bray’ Tournament: August 4 and 5

August 2, 2018 Mikayla Kemp

Brayden Munger of Minetto, a seven-year-old cancer patient, is nearing the end of his treatment. However, his generosity is infinite as he plans on using an annual fundraiser to purchase items for Golisano Children’s hospital and Upstate Children’s Cancer Center’s wish lists. “Brayden’s end to treatments are right around the corner, but his desire to help other children and families in his position is so very strong,” his aunt, Crystal Bracy said. The fourth annual “Play for Bray Volleyball Tournament” located at Cheap Seats Sports Bar and Grille, 6 Hillside Ave. in Oswego, will use 100 percent of all proceeds to purchase wish list items for children and families undering hospital stays for cancer treatment.

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Senator Ritchie is joined by Brigadier General Patrick Donahoe and the 2018 Veterans Hall of Fame honorees.

Veterans Recognized for Contributions to the Military and their Communities

August 2, 2018 Contributor

State Senator Patty Ritchie honored more than 60 veterans from Jefferson, Oswego and St. Lawrence counties, including more than 50 individuals who fought in World War II, at her annual “Veterans Hall of Fame” ceremony at the Dobisky Center in Ogdensburg on Tuesday (July 31).

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As Perry Visits FitzPatrick to ‘Make Nuclear Energy Cool Again,’ Environmentalists Demand Cuomo Reverse Policy of Forcing NY Ratepayers to Subsidize Failing Nuclear Plants

August 1, 2018 Submitted article

While the Trump administration’s Secretary of Energy Rick Perry is at the FitzPatrick nuclear plant in Scriba today (Aug. 1) after saying it’s time to “make nuclear energy cool again,” New York environmental and consumer groups are calling on New York Governor Cuomo to reverse the decision, made exactly two years ago today, to force New York ratepayers, even those who opt into 100% renewables, to subsidize nuke plants such as FitzPatrick.

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University Police Makes Motor Vehicle Felony Arrest

August 1, 2018 Contributor

According to a press release today (August 1), Mary Elizabeth Castillo, 47, of Merced, California, was charged with driving while intoxicated with a previous DWI conviction and with aggravated DWI for suspected driving while intoxicated and having passengers in the car younger than the age of 16, both Class E felonies.

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John Gartner of East Amherst recently donated to SUNY Oswego this oil-on-canvas painting -- name and date unknown -- by Oswego native James Gale Tyler, the late marine artist in whose memory Tyler Hall and the Tyler Art Gallery were named.

College Accepts Gift Of James Gale Tyler Painting, 3rd In Its Collection

August 1, 2018 Contributor

An East Amherst man moving to Florida full time has donated to SUNY Oswego the college’s third painting by famed marine painter James Gale Tyler, namesake of Tyler Hall and the Tyler Art Gallery on the main campus. The other paintings by Tyler, who was born in Oswego in 1855, came to the college in 1967, thanks to a gift from Delta Kappa Kappa Fraternity, and in 1992 from the estate of Joseph Riley.

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Oswego Daily News

Pedestrian Seriously Injured In Early-Morning MVA

August 1, 2018 Site Administrator

Oswego County Sheriff’s depities were dispatched to a car/pedestrian motor vehicle accident on Norman Avenue, south of Spring Street in the village of Mexico at 2:09 a.m. today (August 1). The accident reportedly involved serious injury. .The incident remains under investigation.

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Fulton Footpaths Applies for Construction Grant

July 31, 2018 Mikayla Kemp

Fulton Footpaths, the volunteer committee working to create a system of multi-use heritage trails throughout the city of Fulton, has applied for a state-funded grant for the first phase of trail construction. Submitted to the NYS Department of State, the application for funding is to cover costs derived from a feasibility study to construct two out of eight total trails. The grant would fund up to $900,000 for construction work- a monetary value figured from a feasibility study completed by Syracuse-based Environmental Design and Research (EDR) that was secured through prior grant funding. The first construction grant will target the Pathfinder Canal Towpath Trail (four miles) and the Canalview Bridge Walk Trail (1.8 miles.)

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Police ID Victim Found In River

July 31, 2018 Site Administrator

UPDATE: The victim has been identified as 33-year-old, Michael S. Cole, of Lacona NY. Cole was transported to the Onondaga County Medical Examiner’s Office. The current cause of death is unknown pending medical examinations.

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Oswego Police Investigate Probable Drowning Incident

July 28, 2018 Site Administrator

At about 9 this morning (Saturday, July 28), Oswego Police were dispatched to a call of a male who could be heard yelling in the area of East Second Street near Hubbard Street. Oswego Police arrived on-scene and tracked the subject to the bank of the Oswego River near Lock 7. The subject was located in the river.

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Bubis Pleads Guilty To Assault, Unlawful Imprisonment

July 28, 2018 Site Administrator

On Friday (July 27), Gary Bubis Jr. pleaded guilty to Assault 2nd and Unlawful Imprisonment 1st in Oswego County Supreme Court before the Hon. James McCarthy. Those were the two most serious counts in the Indictment against Bubis stemming from abuse allegations that occurred in the town of Albion in 2017.

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