Oswego Daily News

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.

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

The Oswego County Health Department plans to conduct aerial spraying of approximately 10,000 acres in portions of the towns of Hastings, West Monroe and Constantia Friday evening, Aug. 16.

William W. Scriber, executive director Port of Oswego, announced today, August 13, that the port is in the process of developing a recreational and tourist event center on the port-owned property located on the west side of the river.

In order to reduce the population of mosquitoes carrying the Eastern equine encephalitis virus, the Oswego County Health Department plans to conduct aerial spraying of approximately 10,000 acres in portions of the towns of Hastings, West Monroe and Constantia late during the week of Aug. 12. The date, time and exact boundaries of spraying will be announced as soon as plans are finalized, to ensure that the public has ample opportunity to prepare.

On Monday night, the mayor proposed his 2020 City of Oswego Operating Budget that includes no tax increase. The 2020 proposed budget is $45,210,488 – a decrease from the 2019 budget of $46,052,604.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration August 9 announced the designation of nine Marine Highway Projects and a Marine Highway Route that will benefit Connecticut, Florida, Michigan, New York, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington State and American Samoa.