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Fulton to Hold Public Hearing Regarding Proposed Zone Change

January 28, 2017 Mikayla Kemp

The Fulton Common Council has announced a public hearing in regards to a proposed zone change on a one block stretch on the city’s west side. The city block surrounding West Broadway, West Third Street, Beech Street and West Fourth Street is currently zoned C-2, Commercial. The proposed zone change intends to make all properties on the block C-2A, Commercial allowing partial residential uses of the properties.

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Fulton Block Builders Aim to Revitalize Neighborhoods “One Block At A Time”

January 25, 2017 Mikayla Kemp

A grassroots organization in Fulton is aiming to revitalize neighborhoods throughout the city while building pride and community camaraderie. Based on the Healthy Neighbors Initiative, the Fulton Block Builders is a neighborhood revitalization program with modern conveniences that allow homeowners to target exterior home improvements for multiple houses on a one block stretch.

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Fulton Council Finishes 2016 with ‘Significantly More’ Gain from Property Sales

December 30, 2016 Mikayla Kemp

The Fulton Common Council ended the year with three additional sales of tax foreclosed properties as a result of their push to return properties to the tax roll. With these three final sales, the number of tax foreclosed properties sold in the past year by the council reached a total of 82. The gain in sales has been “absolutely significantly more” than the amount gained in prior years, said city clerk/chamberlain, Daniel O’Brien.

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Fulton McDonalds Gets Cozy for Christmas

December 16, 2016 Mikayla Kemp

For more than 15 years, the Fulton McDonalds restaurant has completely transformed into a themed holiday masterpiece for the month of December as part of an annual holiday decorating competition. This year, the restaurant located at 701 S. Fourth St. became a “cozy Christmas cabin,” a theme thought of and brought to life entirely by restaurant staff.

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Pratt House Announces Winners for the Annual Parade of Trees

December 13, 2016 Mikayla Kemp

The Parade of Trees at the John Wells Pratt House Museum is a fun and festive welcoming for the holiday season in Fulton each year. For roughly 35 years, The Parade of Trees has brought community residents, businesses, and organizations together to celebrate the holidays with a decorating contest among several colorful, creative displays of Christmas trees.

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Fulton Receives Grant for Footpaths, A First Step Toward Bigger Picture for City

December 10, 2016 Mikayla Kemp

The city of Fulton was one of many Oswego County municipalities that benefited from New York State Regional Economic Development Council grant money awarded Dec 8. In the city of Fulton, $61,500 was awarded for a feasibility study to determine the cost of developing eight recreational trails throughout the city of Fulton as envisioned by the volunteer group, Fulton Footpaths. However, the feasibility study and eventual construction of the trials are largely dependent on the approval of an updated Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP) which a committee of city officials and volunteers have readily been working on.

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Fulton Common Council Approves 2017 Budget

December 7, 2016 Mikayla Kemp

The Fulton Common Council unanimously approved the proposed 2017 city budget after brief input during a public hearing held on Tuesday, December 6.

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Fulton Christmas Tree Lighting: A Family Tradition

December 2, 2016 Mikayla Kemp

On December 1, with the official countdown to Christmas underway, the city of Fulton held its annual tree lighting event to kick off the “most wonderful time of the year.” Families bundled up to watch the large tree across from City Hall be lit up in colorful lights by none other than Santa and Mrs. Claus while free donuts, popcorn, and hot chocolate played a part in keeping guests warm.

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The John Wells Pratt House Museum

December 1, 2016 Mikayla Kemp

The city of Fulton has a rich and plentiful history that is still alive and well, and it’s living at the John Wells Pratt House. The house, located at 177 S. First St., has stood in Fulton for more than 150 years, now home to the Friends of History in Fulton, N.Y., Inc. and standing as a registered location on the National and State Register of Historic Places since it’s designation to the list in the year 2000.

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Parade of Trees Kicks Off Holiday Season

November 23, 2016 Contributor

The Friends of History located at 177 S. First Street, Fulton, is proud to announce the beginning of the Christmas season with the Parade of Trees 2016. This year starting with a open house on Nov 27 from 1:30 until 4 p.m.

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