Articles by Steve Yablonski

The councilors unanimously OK’d a request from the Maggie Sue Glenister Wilcox family to use public space to educate the community about the deadly Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus. At last week’s committee meetings, Donna Wilcox, on behalf of the family, requested permission to place signs in Oswego city parks.

Oswego City School District voters will be casting their ballots for the budget, the purchase of 10 new buses and a $15 million school improvement capital project when they go to the polls on Tuesday.

Throughout the ceremony, the curtains hiding the guest of honor continued to billow, partially revealing the larger-than-life figure. It was as if Dr. Mary Edwards Walker was telling the speakers who paraded to the podium Saturday morning in front of the Oswego Town Hall to hurry up and introduce her.

Mike & Molly were lucky to find  the porch of kind-hearted strangers in Constantia several months ago, when they found themselves inexplicably on their own. If you are their owner or have any idea who might be, please call the Humane Society at 315-207-1070 or Diane Broadwell at 315-564-7442.

At 8:35 a.m. on Thursday, Zachary J. Coe, 18, of 824 Baldwin Road, Fulton was arrested for forcible touching, endangering the welfare of a child and second-degree unlawful imprisonment. He allegedly held the victim down by restraining their hands and touched the victim’s breast.