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Oswego Hospital began offering free valet parking services to patients today. Pictured are Tyler Krebs and Jeff Keaty of Valet Park of America, which is providing the new service.

Free Valet Parking Available for Oswego Hospital Patients

December 4, 2017 Contributor

Patients at Oswego Hospital can now take advantage of a perk that will keep them warm and dry when they arrive by vehicle at the healthcare facility: free valet parking services. Oswego Hospital began offering the complimentary valet parking service today (Dec. 4) to patients using one of the hospital’s many services. Motorists, who wish to take advantage of this new patient initiative, need to just drive up to the hospital’s main covered entrance between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. weekdays.

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Bubis Facing New Sex Charges

December 4, 2017 Contributor

On Nov. 30 at 9:28 a.m., sheriff’s deputies arrested Gary A. Bubis Jr., 37, of 393 Albion Cross Road, Pulaski. He was charged with first-degree sex abuse, a class D felony. He allegedly engaged in sexual contact with the victim being less than the age of 13.

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CiTi and the city of Oswego are teaming up to tear down dilapidated homes within the city. Pictured from left, CiTi’s Work-based Learning Coordinator Barb Rainville, Mayor Billy Barlow, CiTi’s Assistant Superintendent for Personnel Mark LaFountain, Regional Program Coordinator Marla Berlin and Business Education Liaison Garrette Weiss stand proudly in front of the first home to be demolished as part of the project.

CiTi Helps Oswego Remove Blighted Houses

December 4, 2017 Submitted article

Students at the Center for Instruction, Technology and Innovation are teaming up with the city of Oswego to help tear down blighted houses within the city. The new partnership kicked off on Nov. 28 when students and staff from CiTi arrived at 154 E. Seneca St. to begin to demolish the building.

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Jayme McCreary, a December graduate who will join her master's in human-computer interaction with her SUNY Oswego bachelor's in computer science to work on the AXA U.S. user-centered design team, is one of more than 500 students eligible to take part in the college's Dec. 16 Commencement ceremony.

SUNY Oswego December Graduates Planning Next Steps

December 4, 2017 Contributor

More than 500 students are eligible to walk across the stage at SUNY Oswego’s December commencement on Dec. 16, with many already taking steps toward the future. Jayme McCreary takes two Oswego degrees — the human-computer interaction graduate degree she is about to earn and her bachelor’s in computer science — into a full-time job as a tech associate on the AXA U.S. user-centered design team.

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Fulton Fire Department Honors Two Fallen Firefighters

December 3, 2017 Mikayla Kemp

Just over 100 years after their line of duty deaths, Fulton Fire Chief David Eiffe honored two of Fulton’s fallen firefighters, Floyd L. Adel and Leon J. Hammond. Today, Eiffe strives to remember all four of Fulton’s former firefighters whose names are on the NYS Fallen Firefighters Memorial Wall in Albany that lost their lives in service at some point in the department’s 115 years of service. Fulton Fire Department lost firefighters Adel and Hammond almost exactly one year apart, a rough year in department history, Chief Eiffe said. As both line of duty death anniversaries approached, Chief Eiffe and the Fulton Fire Department organized a remembrance ceremony to be held in their honor.

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APW Board Selects Eric Knuth as Superintendent of Schools

December 1, 2017 Submitted article

The Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Central School District Board of Education announced that it has voted to hire Eric Knuth as the new Superintendent of APW Schools. Knuth is currently the principal at Cazenovia High School. He holds a B.A. in English from Siena College, a Master’s in education from the College of St. Rose and a C.A.S. from Cortland State University.

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Exelon Generation To Test Public Notification System On December 5

December 1, 2017 Contributor

Exelon Generation will perform a bi-annual, full-volume test of its emergency warning sirens on Tuesday, Dec. 5, at 1 p.m. Because this is only a test, no response by the public is necessary.

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Hearing Set On Fulton Budget, Resolution For Common Council Raise

November 30, 2017 Mikayla Kemp

The city of Fulton’s 2018 budget will be up for discussion at a public hearing set for Tuesday, December 12. The $16,492,000 budget will be available on the city website or at the Clerk/Chamberlain’s office a week prior to the public hearing. Members of the public can review the budget and weigh in at the public hearing on December 12, opening after the public comment portion of the regular common council meeting to begin at 7 p.m. at the Fulton Municipal Building, 141 S. First St.

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State Police Seek Public Assistance With Vandalism Investigation

November 30, 2017 Contributor

State Police in Hastings are investigating a vandalism incident that occurred outside a residence on Bradbury Road in the town of West Monroe. The investigation has revealed that on November 26, between midnight and 8 a.m., someone damaged a garage door with spray paint and used a pick axe to damage two vehicles that were parked in the driveway.

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Voters Approve Hannibal Central School District Capital Project

November 30, 2017 Submitted article

Renovations and improvements are in store for the Hannibal Central School District after voters approved a $42 million capital project Wednesday (Nov. 29). In a 157-50 vote, residents elected to move forward with the project, which encompass upgrades to portions of all district buildings. The renovations will come at no cost to district taxpayers, as the project is fully funded through a combination of state aid and the district’s existing capital reserve fund.

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