Articles by Steve Yablonski

At Monday night’s Administrative Services Committee meeting, Mayor Billy Barlow’s paving proposal received a green light. The $827,350 plan includes some of the Port City’s major streets and high traffic areas. It will be done in addition to the State Route 104 repave project scheduled by the NYS Department of Transportation for later this summer, the mayor told the committee.

Taxpayers in the Oswego City School District will go to the polls Tuesday to decide the fate of a proposed multi-million capital project aimed at refurbishing the district’s aging schools and athletic fields. The projected cost of the plan is $60,180,000. It has been in the works for about 10 years, according to Superintendent Dr. Dean Goewey. The district’s recent responsible budgets and reductions have helped make this project possible now, he said at a public hearing last month.

The days are getting longer and the temperature is warming (except for the next couple of days). This means that Daylight Savings Time will soon begin, and New Yorkers will set their clocks forward one hour on March 11. The Firemen’s Association of the State of New York urges all New Yorkers to take this opportunity check their smoke and carbon monoxide alarms to ensure their homes are properly protected.

The machine is worth approximately $7,000 and will help remove potentially cancer causing substances that get into the firefighters’ gear. The Gauch (washing machine) extractor is more than just a ‘washing machine.’ It removes harmful toxins from the firefighters’ turnout gear. As part of the deal, OFD will use the machine to decontaminate Fulton Fire Department’s gear as well.