by Rob Tetro Fulton’s Under 14 Baseball Team recently won the CanAm Championship. The team, which consisted of 10 players from Fulton, one from Hannibal and another from Oswego, was coached by Derek Tombs and Matt Kitts. The team took on teams from Long Island, Cape Vincent and Syracuse. Fulton’s Under 14 Team first took(…)
by Rob Tetro The Syracuse Shock went into last Saturday’s game against Plattsburgh missing 31 out of the 55 players that were on the roster to begin the season. One of the Shock players missing in action was star running back DeWayne Gordon. Without Gordon, who averages more than 250 yards of all purpose yards(…)
The Fulton Community Band formed twenty years ago in February of 1992. Paul Sherman, an art teacher at G. Ray Bodley High School and a performer of many musical instruments, sent out a notice to all teachers hoping to form a faculty band. Due to lack of interest and available talent, Sherman talked to Carol(…)
Oswego Players Director Inez Manor Parker has announced completion of casting for the Players’ summer musical, “Once Upon a Mattress,” based on the fairy tale story of, “The Princess and the Pea.” Cast members are Marsha Preston (Queen Aggravain), Richard Mosher (Wizard), Julia Preston Fulton (Minstrel), Molly Brown (Winnifred the Woebegone), Adam Schmidtmann (Prince Dauntless(…)
by Carol Thompson When Michael C. Backus takes office Jan. 1, he has his work cut out for him. Backus, 28, of Mexico, won the race for Oswego County clerk, an office that has been plagued with controversy. “My approach as clerk will be gradual and measured,” he said. “I look forward to meeting with(…)
by Nicole Reitz Alfred Myhill, an 87-year-old native of Fulton and World War II veteran, has been named the 2012 Veteran of the Year by the Fulton Veterans Council. From 1941 to 1943, Myhill worked at a farm in Fulton where he fed, tended and milked cows and operated a tractor and other farm machinery.(…)
Lincoln J. Dix, 46, of Fulton, died Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 at home. Born in Oswego, he had lived in the Fulton area for most of his life. He had worked for Gianetto Farms in Hannibal. He was an Army veteran, serving from 1994 to 2001. He enjoyed camping, being outside and auto mechanics. He(…)
Kathryn Young Mosier, 71, of Fulton, died at her home Nov. 21, 2012. She was born in Portland, Michigan on February 14, 1941 to Lucille and Bruce Young. She received her bachelor’s degree from Albion College and her master’s degree from Middlebury College. She taught German at G. Ray Bodley High School in Fulton, before(…)
by Jim Farfaglia Nearly Just shy of full you turn your face from me to the deeper darkness. Some nights the whole of life is just too much for even you to illuminate. A mourning dove calls out, coming to your defense. Its well-rounded wisdom travels to you then back to(…)
