For the seventh consecutive year, Valley News reporter Carol Thompson brought home the Syracuse Press Club’s first place award for investigative reporting in the non-daily news category. Thompson captured the first place award for her story, “Legislators Awarded Bid Despite Competitor Objections.” The story was about a questionable bid in the county highway department. The(…)
by Nicole Reitz New York State Senator Patty Ritchie has obtained $200,000 to put towards the Lake Neatahwanta cleanup effort. The sum will be split between the City of Fulton and the Town of Granby. Cleaning up the lake is not a quick fix, however. There are many rules and regulations to follow. Two committees,(…)
National Association of Letter Carriers will hold its annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, Saturday, May 11. Community residents are asked to fill the Price Chopper bag with non-perishable food item and place it by their mailboxes before your mail delivery Saturday. Letter carriers will pick up the donations and deliver it to your local(…)
by Nicole Reitz The Town of Schroeppel Justice Court has received a Justice Court Assistance Program grant for the 2012-2013 grant cycle. The court put together a proposal and sent it into the coordinator of the JCAP program. Schroeppel was chosen in January as one of 432 New York courts who were granted the award.(…)
by Nicole Reitz Residents of the Town of Palermo have started their own Neighborhood Watch Group. The idea for the group began when resident Allison Ryder called the county and asked for a crime readout of her area. She enlisted the help of Undersheriff Eugene Sullivan, who spoke at the group’s first meeting in April.(…)
by Carol Thompson Oswego County is being sued by 11 plaintiffs in the matter of the reapportionment plan passed late last year. The plaintiffs have asked the court to nullify the plan and allow an unbiased committee redraw the legislative district lines. The Article 78 proceeding was filed with Oswego County Court early Tuesday afternoon(…)
by Carol Thompson The family of Carolee Sadie Ashby are hoping the U.S. Attorney’s office will give them an audience to hear their story and determine if criminal charges can be filed against the person who confessed to the hit-and-run death of the four-year-old. Carolee’s mother, Marlene Ashby, along with family members, met with a(…)
Fulton Mayor Ronald Woodward met recently with the Greater Oswego-Fulton Chamber of Commerce’s Fulton Project Bloom committee to proclaim today, May 4, 2013 Mayberry Day in the City of Fulton. Mayberry Day is a beautification project to clean up sand, salt and debris in the city after a long winter. Local businesses as well as(…)
