Oswego County TodayJanuary 2018FREE Independent News for Oswego County

Help Sought In Identifying Oswego County World War I Casualties

January 31, 2018 Contributor

Justin White, Oswego County Historian, along with town and city historians throughout the county, are compiling a listing of those from Oswego County who served in the military and died during World War I. “We are asking for the public’s help in completing this list so that a plaque can be made to honor our county’s fallen World War I veterans,” White said. “We are striving for as complete and accurate a list as we can compile, but we can’t do it without the public’s help. We want to complete this list by March 1.”

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Schumer, Gillibrand Push Army Corps For Plan To Protect Lake Ontario, Lake Erie and St. Lawrence Shoreline

January 31, 2018 Contributor

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, along with members of the bipartisan Senate Great Lakes Task Force, today (Jan. 31) urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to include the Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study in the president’s FY2019 budget request.

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MOST Receives Funding From Shineman Foundation for Oswego County Science on the Go

January 31, 2018 Contributor

The Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology (MOST) announced it will bring a 45-minute science demonstration to all 78 sixth grade classes in 16 schools throughout Oswego County – a total of nearly 1,400 students.

The museum’s Oswego County Science on the Go program is made possible due to a $40,000 grant awarded by the Richard S. Shineman Foundation.

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Josephine A. Flood, 93

January 31, 2018 Contributor

Josephine A. Flood, 93, passed away quietly on Tuesday January 30, 2018, at Crouse Hospital, Syracuse, after a short illness.

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Bobbie-Jo Tackman, 39

January 31, 2018 Contributor

Bobbie-Jo Tackman, 39, of Oswego, passed away Sunday January 28, 2018, at Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse.

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Concetta Baldassin, 87

January 31, 2018 Contributor

Concetta Baldassin, 87, of Fulton, passed away peacefully Monday January 29, 2018, at Crouse Hospital, Syracuse.

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M. Craig Browning, 66

January 31, 2018 Contributor

M. Craig Browning, 66, of Fulton, passed away on Tuesday, January 30, 2018, at St. Luke Health in Oswego, surrounded by his loving family.

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Mayor Barlow’s 2018 State of the City Address

January 31, 2018 Contributor

The State of the City Address is the opportunity to deliver a specific, concise message and story to the Common Council and city residents and this year, the message and story is easy to deliver. The message is progress. The story is revival. The fact is we are an entirely different community than we were two short years ago and that is what I intend to illustrate this evening.

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Railroads To Be Featured At Hannibal Historical Meeting

January 31, 2018 Contributor

William Dexter, from the Oswego Railroad Museum, will present a program featuring model trains, photos and historical documents representing the railroad that served Hannibal.

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Weather Notebook For January 31, 2018

January 31, 2018 Steve Yablonski

Turning milder with some snow later today. High near 30.

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