Fulton Jazz Festival Opens With Free Friday Night Fun
Jazz trombonist Melissa Gardiner from Syracuse will perform at 4 p.m. Saturday with the E.S.P. jazz group at Fulton Jazz Festival. The event runs 5-11:30 p.m. Friday and 4-11 p.m. Saturday on Lake Neatahwanta behind the Fulton War Memorial Route 3. Admission is free. International Musician named her a rising trombone star in February 2015.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melissa Gardiner
Syracuse
Fulton
International Musician Magazine
Lake Neatahwanta
Fulton War Memorial
Route 3
Ethics board rejects donor disclosures by advocacy groups
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics denied petitions by Family Planning Advocates and New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms to withhold major donor identities from state lobbying disclosures. The New York Civil Liberties Union also saw denial. Officials found no demonstrated risk to donors, despite prior similar petitions being reversed last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany, N.Y
New York
Joint Commission On Public Ethics
New York Civil Liberties Union
Commission
Tetro case opens with claims of manipulation and betrayal
Opening statements and witness testimony began in Oswego on the trial of David and Morgan Tetro, accused of abusing power of attorney to steal more than 50,000 from Irene Dennison, an elderly veteran in their care. Prosecutors describe manipulation and greed. defense argues Dennison loved the couple and sometimes gave them money in exchange for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswego
David
Morgan Tetro
Minetto
Tetros
Tetro
Irene Dennison
Tetras
Dennison
Air Force
State Attorney General’s Office
Ben Clark
Clark
Salvatore Lanza
Joe Pagano
Lanza
Officials plan aerial spraying after EEE found near Central Square
Oswego County officials will spray from the air after three mosquito samples near Central Square tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis. Samples were collected July 27 and 29 near Central Square and the Toad Harbor Swamp area near West Monroe, with confirmation by the Wadsworth Center Laboratories. The virus, carried by mosquitoes, can be debilitating and deadly to people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Monroe
Oswego County
Central Square
County Health Department
Toad Harbor Swamp
State Health Department
Wadsworth Center Laboratories
State Department of Health
Hacked The Treasure of the Empire to Sail Oswego Event
Caravan Stage Company from Jacksonville home bases stages multi night experimental opera aboard the ship Amara Zee at H. Lee White Maritime Museum Oswego. Performances begin tonight at 9 p.m. through Friday featuring hackers in a futuristic dystopia with acrobatics lighting and multimedia aboard a tall ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswego
Caravan Stage
Jacksonville
Fla
H. Lee White
Caravan
Europe
South America
Caravan Stage Company
Amara Zee
Oswego High School principal resigns unexpectedly
Oswego City School District leaders announce Erin Noto’s resignation from Oswego High School effective August 21, after she said she received an offer from another institution. Superintendent Benjamin Halsey called the move an unexpected professional decision. The Board of Education accepted the resignation at its bi weekly meeting Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswego
Oswego High School
Erin Noto
Benjamin Halsey
Oswego City
Fulton sales tax allotment sparks legislative clash
Oswego County lawmakers debated a 2006 agreement that gives Fulton more than 6 million dollars annually from net sales tax, arguing over fairness to towns while some call for revisiting the deal. County records show Fulton received 6.19 million of 11 million distributed to municipalities in 2014, with $508,820 monthly reimbursement to Fulton for its sales tax shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswego
Oswego County
Fulton
Walmart
Granby
James Weatherup
Also Mentioned on This Page
Albany
N.Y
Adirondack
Minerva
Newcomb
North Hudson
Department of Environmental Conservation
Marc Gerstman
Hamilton County Board of Supervisors
Bill Farber
Adirondack Council
Protect the Adirondacks
Boreas River
Ethics Board
Entertainment Comics
Horoscope TV
Ent
Pividas
Aden
Rene Arts & Leisure
By Jeanne Pungello
Man
Dog
Ben Kail
Oswego Harbor
Paul Conzone
OFD
EEE
Editorial
Palltimes.com
By Seth Wallace
Seth Wallace
Dpalitimes.com
By Benjamin Kail