Articles by Steve Yablonski

The USTA Tennis Program teaches basic tennis skills and gives youth a chance to get outside and exercise, said the program’s coordinator. A carnival was held to give them a chance to show off what they’ve learned. The USTA Summer Tennis Program began in 2006 and is run through the Oswego City-County Youth Bureau.

The Common Council this week approved moving forward with the Hamilton Park Project. Councilor Eric VanBuren had requested approval for the project. It will include a new PlaySense Design, Swing Frame with bucket seats and a Saddle Spinner.

As the new school year inches closer, work continues to get a new school site ready for nearly four dozen students. The Oswego school board wants to maintain and enhance the alternative “big picture school” (The Buc), which is currently housed in the portables at Oswego Middle School. Work is under way at the Ed Center as crews began shifting offices earlier today (Aug. 16).

The New York State DEC awarded the city an Urban and Community Forest Grant of $25,000 for a tree inventory of the Port City. If we have an epidemic or natural disaster and a large percentage of our canopy gets removed, we’d be able to get money to replace and take down trees, explained June MacArthur, one of Oswego’s tree stewards. “Without an inventory, we get nothing toward our canopy,” she pointed out.