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Fulton Daily News

Scene Around Town: A Trillion Trillium

A Trillion Trillium

Here’s a photo from Great Bear from frequent contributor Dick Drosse.  The award-winning photographer says that the lens could only capture a portion of the ground cover of the White Trillium under a Red Pine grove at Great Bear. […]

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Oswego Daily News

Cooper – The ‘Snow Lion’

Cooper - The 'Snow Lion'

Scene Around Town: Cooper appears to be a bit perturbed that his human is taking his photo instead of picking him up out of the deep snow in Minetto recently. While the Oswego area is languishing a bit behind, the snowfall total for the Fulton – Minetto region is just shy of 100 inches. […]

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Oswego Daily News

Scene Around Town: New Interpretive Plaque Placed At Battle Island

<p>New Interpretive Plaque Placed At Battle Island</p>

The new interpretive plaque about the battle at Battle Island was recently installed at Battle Island Golf Course. The interpretive panel was designed by Rich LaCrosse of Fort Ontario, with help from the curatorial staff at Peebles Island (near Albany).  It commemorates the little known battle won by 300 colonial bateauxmen under Captain John Bradstreet over 700 French and Indians on July 3, 1756.

After the successful re-enactment on the 250th anniversary of the battle in 2006, it became apparent that an interpretive panel was needed to let people know what happened, LaCrosse noted. […]