Articles by Steve Yablonski

The Small Kings have been playing together for 16 years, in one form or another. Now, they have kicked it up a notch, according to a member of Oswego’s Frostbit Blue. “Hey, I’ve got me a boy in a rock band!” proud father Tom McCaffrey told Oswego County Today. The group is releasing its second album with a performance today downstate.

On Wednesday, State Police stopped a vehicle in Schroeppel for a traffic violation. It was determined the driver, Joseph Rinaldi, of Phoenix, was allegedly driving with a suspended license. Further investigation revealed that Rinaldi and his passenger, Douglas Migliaccio, of Phoenix, were in possession of cocaine and other drug paraphernalia, according to police.

On Tuesday, Shaun MacIsaac, of Oswego, was arrested for first-degree sexual abuse, a class D felony; first-degree disseminating indecent material to minors, a class D felony; third-degree sexual abuse, a class B felony; and two counts of forcible touching, a class A misdemeanor. The arrest stems from the investigation into an incident that occurred in Oswego.

The Oswego City School District’s Education Center could be sold in nine to 12 months; or, maybe even sooner. Or it could take quite a bit longer to find a buyer for the 120 E. First St. property. At Tuesday night’s board of education meeting, the district approved Pyramid Brokerage Company as the authorized broker for the sale of the Education Center.

Back in June, the staff at Mexico Point Park thought they’d never see “Hoover” again.
“I didn’t think it would happen. But, two boys saw Hoover on a lawn (in a nearby town),” Sandra Scott of Mexico Point Park said. “The owner said his son gave it to him. He said he found it in a storage locker.”