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Barlow Announces Completion of Complete Streets and Water Street Square Projects

August 20, 2019 Contributor

City of Oswego Mayor Billy Barlow announced the completion of the State Route 104 “Complete Streets” project, along with the completion and opening of the new “Water Street Square” pocket park, two of Oswego’s $10 million Downtown Revitalization projects.

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Aerial Spraying Completed in Oswego County

August 20, 2019 Contributor

Aerial spraying of the target area over Toad Harbor Big Bay Swamp in Oswego County took place Tuesday, August 20 to reduce the mosquito population and the threat of the Eastern equine encephalitis virus.

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Oswego County Plans Aerial Spraying Today, Aug. 20

August 20, 2019 Contributor

he Oswego County Health Department reported today (Aug. 20) that seven new mosquito samples located in the village of Central Square and the towns of West Monroe, Hastings and Constantia have tested positive for the Eastern equine encephalitis virus. Oswego County plans to conduct aerial spraying of approximately 10,000 acres in portions of the towns of Hastings, West Monroe and Constantia this evening.

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Oswego County to Participate in Statewide STOP-DWI Labor Day Crackdown Enforcement Effort

August 20, 2019 Contributor

Oswego County STOP-DWI Coordinator Robert Lighthall announces that Oswego County police agencies will participate in a special enforcement effort to crackdown on impaired driving.

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County Postpones Aerial Spraying Aug. 19, Second Horse Dies

August 19, 2019 Contributor

Aerial spraying of the Toad Harbor Big Bay Swamp area in Oswego County is cancelled this evening, Monday, Aug. 19, due to weather conditions. The county has also received notice from the state Department of Health that a second horse, this one in the town of Amboy, has died of the Eastern equine encephalitis virus.

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AmeriCorps Member Shining Light on the ‘Power of Produce’

August 19, 2019 Contributor

AmeriCorps member Allison Choate has been leading the Children’s Museum of Oswego’s Power of Produce program this summer at the Oswego Farmers’ Market.

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Stuff A Bus Program Benefits Hundreds Of County Students

August 18, 2019 Steve Yablonski

In an effort to ensure every child is prepared for school, the United Way of Greater Oswego County held its annual “Stuff a Bus” campaign at different bus locations around the county. The school supplies will now be divided among the nine districts in the coming days.

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Oswego County Postpones Aerial Spraying Aug. 16

August 16, 2019 Steve Yablonski

Aerial spraying of the Toad Harbor – Big Bay Swamp area in Oswego County is cancelled this evening, Friday, Aug. 16, due to weather conditions.

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Horse Dies of EEE in West Monroe

August 16, 2019 Contributor

A horse in the town of West Monroe died Aug. 13 of Eastern equine encephalitis virus, the Oswego County Health Department reported today, August 16. The diagnosis was confirmed in tests conducted by the state Department of Health. The county health department plans to conduct an aerial spraying of the Toad Harbor Swamp area this evening, Aug. 16.

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Mayor Barlow Presents 2020 Budget Message

August 15, 2019 Contributor

This budget is the fourth city budget I have constructed as mayor. As you know, since taking office in January of 2016, we’ve implemented and followed a strategic return on investment driven strategy, a complete contradiction to the strategy used by our predecessors

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