Councilor Bill Barlow got drenched following Monday night’s council committee meetings. It was all for a good cause as the freshman councilor from the Fifth Ward took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Monday night. Not just any old bucket would do for the hardy councilor. He opted for the bucket of a front end loader filled with gallons of frosty water and several bags of ice.
During 2014, the Riley School water tank that supplies system pressure to the Oak Hill section of the eastside of Oswego City is being replaced by a new pump station. Part of that project will be to replace all the system check valves that maintain the water pressure at the top of Oak Hill. The work to replace those check valves will be done during the months of August and September, and will require periodic isolations of the water mains in the immediate areas where the replacements are being done.
With 13 days remaining until the International Classic, the countdown continues with No. 13, Nolan Swift’s most improbable International Classic win, coming in 1968. The 1968 season was a most humbling experience for 1967 track champion, Swift. After selling his seven year old Modified/converted to Supermodified, Swift and his partner Bill Wright unveiled a rear engine car, which proved to be a failure.
The Great Shipwrecks of NY’s ‘Great’ Lakes Signature Exhibit at the 2014 Great New York State Fair will have components in the permanent reflecting pool at the 375-acre Syracuse fairgrounds. The ‘cement pond’ is part of the State Park, operated by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation at the Fair.
Suzette Kimball, acting director of the U.S. Geological Survey celebrated the ceremonial christening of the research vessel Kaho in Oswego recently. The new state-of-the art vessel is part of the Great Lakes Science Center’s research fleet and is based at the Oswego biological field station.
John F. “Jack” Marsh, 74, and a resident of State Route 104 in the town of Mexico, passed away Monday morning August 18, 2014, at his home surrounded by his family.
As part of the Riley School Water Tank Replacement Project, on Wednesday, at 7 a.m., East Utica Street will be closed from East Eighth Street to East Ninth Street. Detours will be set up at East Fourth and East Tenth streets sending traffic to East Bridge Street. The street should be open Thursday at 5:00 p.m. to all traffic.
Thank you to all who participated recently in collecting donations for the United Friends of Homeless Animals. We will be collecting donations all summer until school starts in September. People can bring in donations to the Pulaski Public Library.
If you have a loved one who is struggling with addiction, you know that their use of substances like heroin can be both frightening and heartbreaking. Here in New York State, the number of deaths from heroin overdose has doubled. In the Central and Northern New York, the number of users seeking treatment for heroin and opioid abuse has increased 300 percent (more than 400 percent in Oswego County) in just 10 years.
Seven Keuka College students were recently inducted into the Chi Alpha Lambda chapter of Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society.
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