by Kate Rothrock Spirit week was a success! Students enjoyed showing their spirit by dressing up for each themed day. For anyone who was wondering, the freshmen class won the hallway decorating contest. The pep rally included the introduction of each varsity sports team as well as a very entertaining tug of war between each(…)
by Nicole Reitz The Fulton Family YMCA will be offering an income-based program called Membership for All, according to Interim Executive Director Lisa Pachmayer. Membership for All is a scholarship program available to those unable to pay the full YMCA monthly fees. The program is designed to fit everyone’s financial situation on a sliding scale(…)
by Andrew Henderson The Hannibal Fire Company is going pink. In honor of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, members of the department and the ladies auxiliary will be wearing pink T-shirts at several functions throughout the month, according to Lieutenant Carl Emmons Jr. The ladies auxiliary, which is one of the most active auxiliaries(…)
by Carol Thompson Members of the Oswego County Legislature’s Finance and Personnel Committee raised concerns over the rising cost of removing asbestos ceiling tiles from the Department of Social Services complex located in Mexico. During Tuesday’s meeting, the committee approved a capital project of $1.5 million, which is the cost of asbestos abatement and the(…)
by Carol Thompson A retired Navy officer, who came from Florida to Oswego County to research the Oswego Children’s Home, formerly known as the Oswego Orphan Asylum, alleged that not only was he denied access to the records, but that County Historian Justin White failed to meet with him at a scheduled time. In a(…)
by Carol Thompson Oswego County legislators got their first look at the proposed 2013 draft budget at the legislature’s Finance and Personnel Committee meeting held Tuesday. The spending plan calls for an increase of 7.3 percent in the tax levy. At least one million will need to be cut to meet the state’s mandated property(…)
by Nicole Reitz Rachel Gates, owner of Meadow Gates Farm in Hannibal, has a passion for riding horses and helping others. So she decided to combine the two. Gates recently began offering therapeutic riding lessons for people with disabilities at her farm. Therapeutic riding is a program that provides structured horseback riding sessions to children(…)
by Nicole Reitz The Fulton City School District is in the planning stages of a new capital construction project. The proposed project will include work to be done at Fairgrieve and Volney elementary schools and a roof replacement at the G. Ray Bodley High School. King + King Architects came to the most recent school(…)
