Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today (Aug. 15) announced $14.6 million in grants to support 12 critical municipal water infrastructure projects in Central New York. These grants are part of the second round of NYS Water Grants funded through the state’s Water Infrastructure Improvement Act. Oswego, Phoenix and Constantia will receive funding.
Nurses from the St. Luke Health Services Adult Day Health Care Program will offer free blood pressure and blood glucose screenings during the Oswego Farmers’ Market on Thursday, August 18, from 4:30 to 8 p.m. The screenings will be offered at the St. Luke bus, near the Civic Plaza.
Warm with a mix of sun and clouds, but not as humid, today. High near 80.
The Fulton Universal Pre-Kindergarten program continues to grow and boast success as program and school officials prepare to head into the 2016-2017 school year. Starting in 1999, Fulton UPK enrolled only 78 students in its first year. In most recent years, the enrollment number remains steadily between 150 and 160 students in the UPK program.
AmeriCorps member Kamie Brown is working along side of the Fulton CYO summer program at Catholic Charities of Oswego County. It is a free program for children in Oswego County from second grade through eighth grade. Along with the free program, a free breakfast and lunch are provided through a collaboration with OCO. AmeriCorps provides activities to help promote a healthy life style through fitness and nutrition.
Oswego Fire Department personnel were notified at 3:24 p.m. today (Aug. 13) of a building located at 19 E. Cayuga St. struck by lightning. A customer of an adjacent business reported the strike to OFD officials after witnessing it and seeing smoke. No injuries were reported, and damage was limited to a non-structural section of the roof.
A severe thunderstorm, coupled with a line of showers expected to fill the evening, has forced Oswego Speedway officials to cancel tonight’s racing program which was scheduled to feature Twin 20 Pathfinder Bank SBS features and a 50-lap Novelis Supermodified main presented by CNY CPR and www.OswegoCountyToday.com. There will not be a make-up date for tonight’s events.
Mother Nature was not a race fan on Saturday, August 13 forcing track officials to cancel the racing program at the Fulton Speedway. Racing will return Saturday, August 20 when Ingles Performance and Syracuse Haulers present a night of exciting, faced paced, family, affordable night of dirt track racing.
At 11:35 this morning, Oswego Fire Department personnel were dispatched to a reported structure fire at 192 E. Eighth St., near Oak Hill Park. Although no injuries were reported, one family is displaced due to the electrical failure and damage to the structure. The displaced family is being assisted by the American Red Cross.
Did you know that August 17 is Black Cat Appreciation Day? In celebration of that important event, the Oswego County Humane Society is WAIVING adoption fees for any black cats (and any cats with any black or gray on them) that are adopted from Saturday August 13 to Saturday August 20. Like Marshall, for instance!
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