Fulton Rotary honors two Fulton High School seniors
Fulton Noon Rotary Club hosted lunch for two Fulton High School seniors Kara Bricker and Brian Hudson. Judy Young presented certificates of achievement while both students, active in National Honor Society and multiple sports and clubs, were spotlighted for community involvement. Bricker attends SUNY Oswego part time and plans a computer science major after college. Hudson will study business sports management and accounting at Cazenovia College and has been recruited to the basketball team.
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City suspends winter parking restrictions in Oswego
Mayor Thomas Gillen announced the suspension of Oswego’s alternate side winter parking ban effective this morning. The release says the mayor may lift the ban before March 31 at his discretion based on weather, following consultation with the DPW commissioner and police chief. Residents are urged to minimize street parking in case of future snowfall.
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Oswego
Thomas Gillen
Gillen
Department of Public Works
Man dies at upstate construction site in New York
State police report a 42 year old man, Eric Willes of Nineveh, died when an excavator he was backing out of a building at FAHS Construction Group in Broome County, Binghamton, malfunctioned. No other vehicles or workers were involved. Autopsy planned. investigation continues.
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Binghamton
N.Y
Upstate New York
Fahs Construction Group
Broome County
Eric Willes
Nineveh
City studies tax break to spur home improvements
Oswego officials propose a tax incentive allowing homeowners who spend 3000 or more on additions or remodeling to pay only a gradual tax increase over eight years on the added value. The plan, modeled after a county measure, aims to curb blight and attract buyers or builders to downtown properties. A public hearing is set for March 23 as officials back the measure.
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Cilor
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Ruth Ward
Tom Reynolds
Barlow
Administrative Services Committee
Eric van Buren
6Th Ward
Ron Kaplewicz
7Th Ward
Oswego Town tables Dollar General vote discussion
Oswego Town Planning Board voted 4-2 to table a final decision on a 9300 square foot Dollar General at the Route 104 and 104A intersection. The move followed a late filed opposition and limited member access to information. chair Richard Kaulfuss and member Barry Pritchard opposed tabling though the motion passed.
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Oswego
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Kaulfuss
Barry Pritchard
Dollar General
Brody Smith
Ontario Orchards
Planning Board
Officials debate West First Street Green Gateway project
Oswego councilors debated scheduling a major green infrastructure program on West First Street after the DEC awarded a 330000 grant. The Green Gateway project would install 32 trees and rain gardens to curb storm water pollution along West Albany to Ellen Street, with total costs around 412000 and reimbursement from the DEC. Officials worry about reimbursement timing and budget impact, weighing this year versus next.
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West First Street
Department of Environmental Conservation
Mary Vanouse
West Albany
Ellen Street
Vanouse
DEC
Deborah Coad
Coad
Department of Public Works
NY attorney general calls for ban on outside income for lawmakers
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman urged reforms to curb Albany corruption including banning outside income for state legislators. He proposed raising pay, extending terms to four years, closing LLC donation loopholes, ending per diem payments, and seeking a standing referral from Gov. Cuomo to prosecute public corruption. He noted current jurisdiction gaps and cited the Sheldon Silver case as context.
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N.Y
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Andrew Cuomo
Eric Schneiderman
Citizens Union Forum
New York Law School
Schneiderman
New York City
Cuomo
Assembly
Sheldon Silver
Manhattan
Chamber
Bly
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