Today's Weather
Weather Notebook For August 7, 2014
A mix of sun and clouds today. High in the mid 70s.
Month: August 2014
Oswego Daily News
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $23,000 For New Haven Volunteer Fire Department
U.S. senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced Wednesday the New Haven Volunteer Fire Corporation will receive a $23,741 federal grant from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. The New Haven Volunteer Fire Corporation will use this funding to purchase a new fire hose. The town’s current fire hose is more than 20 years old and is showing signs of deterioration in the form of dry rotting, making the need for a new hose particularly acute.
Community
Backpack Drive to support United Way’s Stuff-a-Bus
For the second consecutive summer, Human Concerns, Oswego’s emergency food pantry along with AmeriCorps member, Evan Oustrich, is conducting a backpack drive to aid the United Way’s Stuff-a-Bus campaign. There is a great need throughout Oswego County for backpacks so that students can carry their belongings to school.
Sports
‘Classic Moments’ Countdown: #25 Mike Muldoon Wins the Classic – 1995 International Classic
As the countdown officially begins toward the 58th annual Budweiser International Classic 200 for Novelis Supermodifieds at Oswego Speedway on Sunday, August 31, we look back at the Top30 moments in International Classic history, with the assistance of George Caruso’s ’50 Most Memorable Moments of the International Classic.’ With 25 days remaining until the International Classic, the countdown continues with No. 25, looking back on Mike Muldoon’s long awaited victory in the 1995 International Classic.
Sugar and Sugar Scanlon Funeral Homes
Amy M. Burt, 26
Amy M. Burt, 26, died Wednesday August 6, 2014, in Oswego.
Foster Funeral Home
Patricia A. Gleason, 71
Patricia A. Gleason, 71, formerly of Palermo, passed away on Wednesday August 6, 2014, at Oswego Hospital.
Foster Funeral Home
Eleanore G. Single, 81
Eleanore G. Single, 81, of Fulton, left this earth and entered into an eternal life without pain and suffering on Monday July 21, 2014.
Oswego Daily News
David C. Webb Memorial Park Bathing Beach Remains Closed
The Oswego County Health Department announced today (Aug. 6) that the David C. Webb Memorial Park Bathing Beach on Oneida Lake in the town of Constantia remains closed to swimming due to the presence of a blue-green algae bloom. “We are working with park officials who are monitoring the beach for blue-green algae,” said Oswego County Public Health Director Jiancheng Huang. “The beach will remain closed until it has cleared and testing shows the water is safe.”
Other Funeral Homes
Harry J. Tynan Sr., 85
Harry J. Tynan Sr., 85, a resident of Scriba, passed away Wednesday August 6, 2014, at home.
Foster Funeral Home
Anthony J. Putsky, 15
Anthony J. Putsky, 15, of Martville, passed away unexpectedly at home on Monday August 4, 2014.