Community
Oswego County P-TECH Student Selected As NYS SkillsUSA Chapter President
Oswego County P-TECH student Andrew Blodgett, from Hannibal Central School District, was elected as the 2021-2022 SkillsUSA president for the NYS chapter. […]
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Community
Raising The Bar Restaurant Recovery Fund To Be Offered To Eligible Businesses
In an effort to support small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Raising the Bar Restaurant Recovery Fund offers reimbursement grants for up to $5,000 to eligible businesses. […]
Oswego Daily News
State, Local Unofficial Primary Election Results
State and local primary elections were held across New York State today (Sept 13.) The unofficial results for Oswego County voters are as follows: […]
Sports
Fulton Spring Sports Recap Highlights Unified Basketball Season
According to Fulton City School District’s athletic director Christopher Ells, the district saw a successful spring sports season despite having to dodge a lot of rain and mud. The highlight of the season came from the district’s first year participating in Unified Sports along with other schools throughout Section III. Fulton formed a unified basketball team, the first ever team of its kind at the district, that paired 12 special education students with 5 regular education students to compete in games and practices throughout the season coached by Josh Viscome and Joe Meeks, both employees in the district.
Fulton Daily News
Fulton’s Unified Basketball Allows Special Education Students Competition Opportunity
The Fulton City School District finished the Unified Basketball season with nothing but smiles. Specifically for Fulton City School District, a unified basketball team paired 12 special education students referred to as “athletes” with five general education students referred to as “partners.” The team was part of a league of six teams from school districts throughout the section including East Syracuse Minoa, Baldwinsville, Fayetteville-Manlius, Liverpool and West Genesee.
Fulton Daily News
Fulton Asks For Public Input On Revised Downtown Revitalization Initiative Application
The Executive Director of the Fulton Community Development Agency, Joe Fiumara has announced the city of Fulton’s intent to submit for the second round of NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative funding. The DRI provides the opportunity for one municipality in each of the 10 regions across New York State to receive $10 million focused on revitalizing communities downtown areas.
Fulton Daily News
Election 2016 Results: Presidential, NYS and Oswego County
By now you’re all aware, Donald Trump has won the historic 2016 presidential race to become the United States’ new president-elect. While the 45th President of the United States was a very publicized and some would say “entertaining” race, there were many other seats in United States government up for grabs including federal, state and local races. So, what happened in New York State and even more specifically, Oswego County?
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NYS Amber Alert Issued
Issued out of Frankfort, NY the alert has been activated in two regions, one of which includes Oswego County. The following information is as written and directly taken from the NYS Amber Alert System website. Activation Date and Time: Thursday, April 28, 2016 – 6:35 PM. The Village of Frankfort Police Department has activated the New York State AMBER Alert and is investigating a child abduction that occurred near West Main Street, in Village of Frankfort, NY at about 2:21 PM on 4/22/2016.
Oswego Daily News
AMBER ALERT CANCELED
Father located … Search under way for young child.
The Syracuse Police Department has activated the New York State AMBER Alert and is investigating a child abduction that occurred near ValleyDrive, in Syracuse, NY at about 10:57 PM on 2/20/2016. Anyone with any information on this abduction is asked to call the Syracuse Police Department at (866)N Y S-AMBER or dial 911 to provide information on a report or sighting.
Oswego Daily News
Proposed NYS Program Grant May Hurt Local Youth Bureau Programming
At Thursday’s meeting, the Oswego County Legislature will ask the state to reconsider instituting a program that would be detrimental to upstate youth. “Youth Bureau funding would be eliminated in many counties, which would promote inequities in prevention and positive youth development services across the state. It is economically not prudent to only support youth when they are at the doorstep of the child welfare and/or the juvenile justice system,” the director of the local Youth Bureau said.
