Articles by Steve Yablonski

Aimee Callen won re-election to president of the Oswego Board of Education on Tuesday and Brandon Lagoe was named vice president. Prior to the start of the regular session, a former board member continued his fight to have an “illegal” member removed from the board. At his final meeting last month, Tom DeCastro claimed that (then-vice president of the board) James Bell is serving on the board illegally.

The Common Council Monday night unanimously authorized Mayor Billy Barlow to sign a Memorandum of Understanding between the city of Oswego and county of Oswego, which will create a partnership between the city of Oswego Department of Code Enforcement and Oswego County Department of Social Services. The county is expected to approve the tentative agreement at Thursday night’s Legislature meeting.

“Our mosquito surveillance team is monitoring virus activities in the area again this summer,” said Oswego County Public Health Director Jiancheng Huang. “Viral infections carried by mosquitoes, such as EEE and West Nile, can cause serious illness including severe headache, high fever, disorientation, seizures, brain swelling or, in some cases, death,”

Mayor Billy Barlow officially requested authorization to sign a Memorandum of Understanding between the city of Oswego and county of Oswego. The agreement will create a partnership between the city of Oswego Department of Code Enforcement and Oswego County Department of Social Services. The council will vote on it June 9; the county on June 12.