Articles by Steve Yablonski

The Port City’s new fire chief was officially sworn into office Monday evening prior to the start of the regular committee meetings. Mayor Billy Barlow said he feels the community is lucky to have Chief Randall Griffin at the helm of OFD. The chief’s first day was March 31. He and the mayor had an orientation meeting with the members and staff of the department.

OHS grad Michael O’Neil, an assistant professor of mathematics at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering and the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, will receive a 2017 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator award to pursue a new generation of simulation and design tools for computational electromagnetics using fast, high-order, analysis-based algorithms.

Fifth Ward Councilor John Gosek is seeking consideration from the Common Council to authorize the use of funds and public space of the city to support and sponsor the theatrical production of the recounting of the building of the Oswego Canal. At its meeting Monday night, the Administrative Services Committee gave a favorable recommendation to a retooled version of the request the council vice president made a few months ago.

Today’s Al Roker, visited SUNY Oswego today (March 31), his alma mater, for the final day of Rokerthon 3. He helped students set a new Guinness World Record for the most amount of people doing a conga line on ice. The group easily skated past the old record; performing the longest conga line on ice in the Marano Campus Center arena during a live broadcast of NBC’s Today show, hosted by Roker ’76.

U.S. Congressman John Katko held a heroin summit Thursday evening in Oswego City Hall. Community members had the opportunity to ask questions and discuss the spike in local heroin use with a panel of parents, educators, healthcare providers, law enforcement officials and local advocates.