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Fulton Native Plays Among The Best on NYC Based Basketball Team, Ranked 8th in Nation

June 27, 2017 Mikayla Kemp

Having just turned 16 years old, Fulton native Ryan Michaels is playing among some of the best young basketball players in the nation with his role on the NYC based team, the NY Jayhawks. With immense dedication, Michaels travels to NYC on a weekly basis and to several states across the country each weekend to play in tournaments with and against fellow basketball players headed to Division 1 colleges and even the NBA.

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Fulton Mayor Ron Woodward Sr. supports the county's plan. It would benefit the whole county, he said.

County Moves Ahead With Intermunicipal Sewer District Plan

June 15, 2017 Steve Yablonski

Capital project #192 was established in 2009 for the purpose of advancing municipal sewer service from the city of Fulton into the town of Volney. The project was designed and approved – but never funded. Now, the county is proposing to construct “Section 2,” which would provide service along Route 176 and most of Howell Road. This would include the airport and the adjacent industrial park properties.

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Susan DeMar receives the 2017 Community Engagement Staff Award from NMSU President Gary Carruthers (left) and geography professor John Wright. (NMSU photo)

Fulton Native Deemed ‘Wonder Woman’ At New Mexico State University

June 9, 2017 Steve Yablonski

New Mexico State’s Susan DeMar (Syracuse University ’02) is tireless crusader for women, underrepresented minorities in STEM. In April, she received the NMSU 2017 Community Engagement Staff Award for serving as advisor of the American Association of University Women’s affiliate campus organization and as president of the NMSU Women’s Club.

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Tim Conners Begins Trek To Top of Mount Kilimanjaro

May 26, 2017 Mikayla Kemp

Today (May 26), some 7,556 miles from Fulton, Tim Conners will start his journey to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro at it’s peak height of 19,341 feet, the highest point on the African continent. Conners, a 22-year-old Fulton native, is climbing the mountain as part of his fundraiser mission, MounTimPossible to give back to organizations he says saved his life and to share his mantra to “redefine possible.”

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Fulton Sixth Graders Write About Hometown Hero

May 7, 2017 Steve Yablonski

Sixth graders across the Fulton City School District recently completed a mini unit on Medal of Honor recipients and they were surprised to learn that a native Fultonian earned that medal on June 6 1944. Carlton W. Barrett was born and raised in Fulton and joined the Army in 1940. On D-Day, he found himself on the beaches of Normandy, France, under withering fire in conditions reminiscent of the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan.

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Police ID Body Found In River; Death Considered ‘Suspicious’

April 12, 2017 Mikayla Kemp

The Fulton Police Department has identified the body found in the Oswego River on Sunday, April 09, as 39-year-old Amber Neivel from New Haven, NY. Her death is considered suspicious and the investigation is ongoing at this time.

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Second LWRP Public Meeting Allows Fulton Residents Continued Involvement

February 27, 2017 Mikayla Kemp

The Local Waterfront Revitalization Program aims to use Fulton’s abundant waterfront along the Oswego River and Lake Neatahwanta to attract visitors and residents as well as spur economic growth and water related commerce. A second public meeting is scheduled to be held Tuesday, February 28 in the Fulton Municipal Building located at 141 S. First St. beginning at 6 p.m.

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Consolidation Grant Opportunity for County Considers Dissolving Fulton

January 5, 2017 Mikayla Kemp

The Fulton Common Council heard of a grant opportunity for Oswego County that could potentially involve a feasibility study focused on the option to dissolve the city of Fulton.

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Fulton Community Band Presents Annual Christmas Concert Dec. 18

December 6, 2016 ChirelloMarketing

The sounds of the holiday season will once again be shared at 7 p.m. Dec. 18 at the annual Fulton Community Band Christmas Concert in the G. Ray Bodley High School auditorium.

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Oswego County FCU Launches 2nd Annual ‘Gloves With Love’

November 18, 2016 ChirelloMarketing

OCFCU has partnered with Diane Cooper-Currier, executive director of Oswego County Opportunities, to launch the “Gloves with Love” program from November 28, 2016 through January 6, 2017.

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