by Rob Tetro After eight seasons as head coach of the Phoenix varsity softball team, Casey Jones recently announced that he is stepping down. In his tenure, Jones and the Lady Firebirds won three regular season division championships and last year’s sectional and regional Championship. During the last five seasons, Phoenix was 94-32, which equates(…)
by Rob Tetro Jeff Rothrock is going into his 16th season as a Fulton football coach. This season, however, will be his first as a head coach. Rothrock is replacing Mike Conners, who was hired as the athletic director and football coach in Oswego. Rothrock pointed out that Fulton’s football program isn’t at the level(…)
There are just a few simple things a person needs to know in order to start their own vegetable garden. The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County Master Gardener volunteers are offering ‘Learn how to start a Vegetable Garden’, a workshop in which beginner gardeners can learn gardening basics and get their gardening questions answered.(…)
Slamming doors and romantic shenanigans abound as Fulton Community Theatre will present the Derek Benfield’s comic farce “Bedside Manners.” The production, which opens FCT’s 2012 season, runs Saturdays, April 28, May 5 and 12 at 7:30 p.m. with Sunday matinees April 29, May 6 and 13 at 2 p.m. on the Jubilee Hall stage at(…)
by Carol Thompson Oswego County Legislator Dan Farfaglia said he suspected something was awry when the proposed maps were released showing the new boundaries for the county’s 25 legislative districts. He said he believes he has found the problem, Farfaglia said Friday. “I don’t think the proper year’s census data was used,” he said. “The(…)
by Carol Thompson An employee of the Oswego County Clerk’s office will not be responsible for backdated legal documents, according to legislators who have been working on the matter. As reported in the Oct. 17 issue of The Valley News, an employee was asked to index judgments and liens that had been backdated. By doing(…)
Frank J. Zeno, 90, of Oswego, died Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. He is survived by his daughter, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Funeral services will be private. Burial will be in St. Peter’s Cemetery. The arrangements are in the care of the Sugar & Scanlon Funeral Home, Oswego.
Susan P. Nicholson, 56, of Terpening Road, Hannibal died Friday Nov. 2, 2012. Family and friends may call today, Nov. 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Keysor Funeral Service, 11362 South St., Cato. Other services will be private. For those wishing, contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society in your area. She(…)
by Leon Archer Do you ever wonder if the people we elect to serve us in Albany have any common sense or care at all about the citizens of our state? I certainly do at times. I’ll give you a couple of examples of what really rankles me and they should at least leave you(…)
by Roy Hodge I’m trying to figure out if I am becoming some kind of a “weather nut.” I wake up in the morning to the guy on the radio telling me, almost hour by hour, what the day’s weather might be like: “It’s going to be sunny and quite warm for a while, then(…)
