On Aug. 20, Friends of Fulton Parks will celebrate “A Day At The Park” at Voorhees Park from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., with music, fun and games for children and adults.
Food, food and more food. According to Upperlandings Bar and Grill owner, Bob Holbrook, that was the remedy to transforming the poor reputation that plagued the establishment under former name, Chasers. But having a top notch résumé with experience in the restaurant scene all over the country only proved helpful in taking over the business. “This has been the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life, to turn this place around and I’ve been running bars for 17 years,” Holbrook said.
City officials traveled through the city of Fulton to meet Reach program youth at work sites as they rehabilitated more than 50 homes in the area. Mayor Ronald Woodward Sr. and first, second and third ward councilmen Thomas Kenyon, David Ritchie, and Donald Patrick Jr. respectively, visited many of the work sites to meet the Reach youth and staff, and speak with participating homeowners. “This is really great,” said Mayor Woodward. “The kids are working really hard and the homeowners are very appreciative.”
City officials including Mayor Ronald Woodward Sr. and his executive assistant, Kathy Trowbridge, the common council and code enforcement officers recently welcomed the staff of the Reach program as they gear up for their stay in the city of Fulton. Reach Mission Trips is preparing for two separate week-long youth camps in which campers will aim to rehabilitate dozens of homes in the Fulton area that belong to disadvantaged home owners.
Patrick Park on Frawley Drive in Fulton is beginning the steps to a much needed revamp. With the guidance of Parks and Recreation Superintendent, Barry Ostrander and employees, the park is in the beginning stages of installing state certified safety material for landing zones to then be able to hang swings. Donald Patrick Jr., councilman of the third ward in which the park is located has taken a personal, proactive approach to raising funds to complete the project.
City officials are anxiously awaiting the results of who will win the $10 million in state funding up for grabs for one municipality in the region. The city submitted its Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) application at the end of May as one of four communities in the CNY region to submit a proposal for the grant, including the closest contender coming from Fulton’s neighboring city, Oswego.
Dilip K. Roy, former Fulton doctor was sentenced today (June 27) to 28 days in Oswego County Jail to be served in intermittent 48 hour periods each week along with six years of probation. Roy was arrested in May 2015 after a patient reported to authorities in April that she was subjected to unwanted sexual intercourse at Roy’s medical practice, FastCare Family Medical located at 941 S. First St., Fulton in March of the same year when she was being treated as a patient. An eventual plea deal allowed Roy to plead guilty to a lessened charge of sexual misconduct, a class A misdemeanor, for which he was sentenced today.
A new tradition began this year as the G. Ray Bodley graduating class of 2016 traveled back to the elementary school where they began their education and walked the halls in their cap and gown. Besides taking a stroll down memory lane, the graduates were surrounded by young elementary students watching in awe as their older classmates exemplified their future. The young students lined the halls, awaiting high fives and hugs from the graduating seniors and in some cases, getting the first glimpse at the anticipated final outcome of the many years of schooling that are yet to come.
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