Oswego NY— Today is Election Day for towns and cities across the country. Oswego residents voted on City and Town positions such as Mayor, Ward Counselors, and Town Clerks. A major topic in Oswego politics is Billy Barlow’s uncontested re-election. This will be his second term in office. 

There are 7 Ward Counselors positions available across Oswego City. The following lists the different positions and the candidates running for that office. Winners will be stated in bold.

• 1st Ward Councilor: 
  • Susan McBrearty (D)
  • Andrew J Hall (R)

• 2nd Ward Councilor:
  • Maureen A Wills (D)
  • Shawn Burridge (R)

• 3rd Ward Councilor:
  • Jonathan Ashline (D)
  • Kevin Hill (R)

• 4th Ward Councilor:
  • Diane Zeller (D)
  • Shawn P Walker (R)

• 5th Ward Councilor:
  • John B Gosek (R)

• 6th Ward Councilor:
  • Matthew Fleming (D)
  • Ronald Tesoriero (R)

• 7th Ward Councilor:
  • Robert Corradino (R)

Oswego Town offers 4 positions open for elections; Supervisor, Town Clerk, Councilman and Superintendent of Highways. The following states the positions and their candidates. Winners will be stated in bold.

• Supervisor
  • Richard Kaulfuss (R)

• Town Clerk
  • Nikki Fowler (R)

• Councilman
  • Margaret A Mahaney (D)
  • Richard J Tesoriero (R)
  • Jonathan Fowler (R)

• Superintendent of Highways 
  • Robert Malone Jr. (R)

The Fulton Art Association held their annual photography show last Saturday at the Fulton City Hall community room. This event, which has been held every October since 2013,  showcases various types of photography, drawings, and paintings by local citizens of Fulton. The event was organized by the president of the Fulton Art Association, Kathryn Mihalek.

“I took over in 1999 when they (art association) were coming close to folding, and we revitalized it and enlarged the number of events you could put in.” Kathryn Mihalek said. “We have our annual show every May, the weekend before Memorial Day. We have our high school show in March. This will be the 13th year we’ve done a high school show between Fulton, Phoenix, Hannibal, and Oswego. Then we hold our photography show in October and we may hold a couple more events.”

Besides her work with the Fulton Art Association, Kathryn Mihalek works with the Oswego County Humane Society. She fosters at least 20 rescue cats in her home. Several of those cats went up for adoption at the event.

Jess Bullard, member of the Oswego County Humane society who hosted the cat adoption, said she felt it was a great opportunity to get involved in another community event and to showcase their cats.

The photographers and artists competed in five categories,

– Landscapes

– People

– Buildings,

– Animals

– Objects

The winners were picked by a viewer ballot where spectators voted for their favorite piece.  We got a chance to speak to Jose Ortiz, who won the viewers choice ribbon for his photography piece entitled, “Dapper Dog.”

“He (my dog) is my inspiration behind all that I do.” said Jose Ortiz. “I love black and white photography because I feel that our eyes are so focused on color, yet with black and white, you’re drawn towards the whole image. I feel like taking that concept for the same instance in life. You’re only drawn to what catches your eye but the whole picture is what really counts.”

The Fulton Art Association also provides scholarships for talented high school seniors at various schools from Phoenix to Oswego. To learn more about the Fulton Art Association visit cnyarts.org.