Articles by Steve Yablonski

“Madame Guimaraes is a legendary woman in Oswego history, with a rags to riches tale,” said Justin White, OCHS board trustee and Oswego County Historian. Local author Ann Callaghan Allen profiles the businesswoman’s story in “The Extraordinary Life and Tragic Death of Madame Malvina Guimaraes.”

New York Sea Grant will host a Managing Great Lakes Residential Shorelines workshop for the owners of residential property along the shoreline of Oswego, Cayuga, Wayne and Monroe counties on June 13 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Fair Haven Beach State Park, Sabin Hall, 14985 State Park Road, Sterling, NY.

The Administrative Services Committee gave a favorable recommendation Monday night to Mayor Billy Barlow’s request for council approval to execute a grant agreement with the state. “This is $600,000 we set aside to help small businesses downtown, Mayor Barlow said. He’ll host two informational sessions on Tuesday (May 22); one from 5 to 6 p.m. and the other from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Oswego Canal Commons Conference Room at 197 W. First St. The public is invited.

Two former refugees who were at Safe Haven as young children returned to Oswego for the first time in nearly 75 years. “It’s really an honor to host you today and have the both of you back,” Mayor Billy Barlow told the visitors. “I feel, individually, that the real reason that I’m here … is to be extremely grateful and thankful to the city of Oswego and its people,” Jack Bass said.

Oswego Hospital staff members practiced for a disaster they hope will never occur. However, thanks to their training, they are now better prepared for the real thing. More than three dozen Oswego Hospital employees wore protective suits as they hosed down “victims” exposed to a hazardous substance in a special tent who were then triaged outside the hospital’s emergency entrance on Thursday.