Articles by Steve Yablonski

Instead of the committee members seated at a table in front with the rest of the council members scattered around the room in the audience as in past years, the entire council sat, together, at one long table.

UPDATE: State Police report a deceased male was discovered in the house.

A New Haven homeowner is unaccounted for following a fire at a County Route 64 home tonight (Jan. 5). The fire was reported at around 5 p.m. As of 10 p.m., the homeowner was still unaccounted for.

At 5:19 a.m. today (Jan. 5), the Oswego Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 6 W. Eighth St. It was confined to one room. No injuries were reported.

The average temperature for December 2011 was 35.1 degrees. That is 5.4 degrees warmer than average. For the winter (up to the end of December) the total snowfall is 9.5 inches – a whopping 33.5 inches below normal.

Town taxes will drop to $.67 per 1,000. The 2011 rate was $1.25 per 1,000. That means that the average homeowner of a property assessed at $100,000 will pay approximately $67 in 2012, as opposed to $125, according to Town Supervisor Ken Burdick