Articles by Steve Yablonski

Oswego Daily News

Oswego Council Tweaks, OKs 2019 Budget

August 27, 2018 Steve Yablonski
After a handful of small tweaks, the Common Council unanimously approved the 2019 spending plan for the Port City.  The budget contains the first reduction in city property taxes for city residents in 20 years. Mayor Billy Barlow’s budget proposal reduced the general tax rate from $15.67 per thousand dollars of assessed value in 2018 to $15.33 in 2019. The council’s reductions trimmed it to $15.28. It goes from a 2.11% reduction in city property taxes in the 2019 Operating Budget, to a 2.41%.

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Fighting for independance
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Fort Ontario Under Siege This Weekend

August 25, 2018 Steve Yablonski
A regiment of the King’s army was set upon shortly after 10 O’clock this morning by a group of rebellious colonists while walking in East Park. The Continental Army attacked the British in the park on Bridge Street in Oswego. The attack forced the Loyalists to retreat and fighting continued up East Fourth Street to the gates of the British-held fort. Rebel troops launched a full-scale assault on the fort Saturday afternoon.

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Oswego Mayor Billy Barlow and Lieutenant Commander Bryan Killbride Syracuse Recruiting Company, sign the agreement.
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U.S. Army and The Port City Partner Up

August 23, 2018 Steve Yablonski
Historic Oswego wrote another chapter in its centuries old relationship with the U.S. Army. Representatives from the Army and the city of Oswego signed a partnership agreement August 23 as part of the Army’s Partnership for Youth Success program. The partnership will guarantee U.S. Army veterans a job interview when they apply for any city government job opportunity.

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Mayor Billy Barlow and a host of others snip the ribbon to officially open the newly enhanced train Tuesday night.
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Mayor Barlow Officially Opens Renovated Oswego Harbor Trail

August 21, 2018 Steve Yablonski
As a young boy, Billy Barlow would view the vista from Breitbeck Park overlooking Lake Ontario and say, “What if …?” Tuesday evening, Mayor Billy Barlow gazed out over the same panorama and said, “That’s more like it!” The mayor hosted a ribbon cutting event officially opening the newly renovated Oswego Harbor Trail along the shoreline of Lake Ontario.

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