Month: September 2015

The Oswego County Health Department advises that, although the days are becoming shorter and the temperatures are beginning to dip, it is important to remember that mosquito-borne illnesses such as Eastern Equine Encephalitis and West Nile Virus will continue to be a threat until the first hard frost of the season.

At its meeting this week, the Physical Services Committee approved use of public space at Fort Ontario. The sites, however, had to make room for history. There is currently a community effort to elevate the Fort Ontario area to a National Historic Landmark. The NYS Historic Preservation Office strongly recommended that any use of public space be located off of the parade ground. “The new district encompasses nearly all of the old 75 acre Fort Ontario Military Reservation dating back to 1755,” Fort Supervisor Paul Lear told Oswego County Today.

Deputies have charged a Fulton man with crimes against a child. On Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 12:22 p.m., Douglas J. Loomis Sr., 37, of 92 ½ Lyons St., Fulton, was arrested in the Oswego County Jail for first degree course of sexual conduct against a child and first degree sodomy, both class B felonies.