Articles by Steve Yablonski

Last year Chad Tucker placed third with a 1,381.0-pound entry. This year, the Brushton, NY, resident’s entry was only 1,135.5 pounds. However it was huge enough to claim top honors at the 2017 edition of Oswego’s Great Pumpkin Fest. “I have been growing great pumpkins for five years now,” he told Oswego County Today. “It’s my second time here in Oswego.”

Seventeen students from around the county became the newest members of Oswego County’s Youth Court on Tuesday night. Oswego County Family Court Judge Kim Seager administered the oath at the Oswego County Courthouse on Oneida Street as members of the graduates’ families looked on, many of them taking photographs. Brian Chetney, director of the Oswego City-County Youth Bureau, explained that Youth Court is “a recognized community diversion program aimed at keeping young offenders out of Family Court.”

State Police arrested Robert L. Williams, 33, and Candice L. Carey, 36, on animal cruelty charges. Williams and Carey are accused of depriving 2 Pitbull dogs with necessary sustenance, food or drink. On August 30, State Troopers responded to 216 Great Bear Road in the town of Schroeppel regarding 2 dogs tied to a shed.