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Mayor Barlow Announces Completion of Oswego Waterfall Lighting Project

April 29, 2019 Contributor

The project was designed to promote Oswego’s waterways and the West Linear Riverwalk as the city conducts improvements to Water Street, plans to build a river dock for recreational boaters, and has increased investment in the Oswego Summer Concert Series at Veterans’ Stage, all initiatives centered around the Riverwalk, with a focus on Oswego’s waterfront.

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Office for the Aging Warns of Social Security Phone Scheme

April 26, 2019 Contributor

Social Security and the federal Office of the Inspector General have received reports from across the country about fraudulent phone calls from people falsely claiming to be Social Security employees.

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Attorney General Takes Down 2 Drug Rings Responsible For Trafficking Heroin, Fentanyl, And Cocaine Throughout Central And Upstate NY

April 25, 2019 Contributor

Attorney General Letitia James today announced the indictment of 65 individuals charged with conspiring in two major drug distribution networks that transported heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine to Onondaga County, St. Lawrence County, Oswego County, Oneida County, and Jefferson County.

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Council OKs Bemelmans’, Madeline’s Return To Fort Ontario

April 25, 2019 Steve Yablonski

Councilors approved the use of public space for Mary Kay Stone on behalf of the Friends of Fort Ontario in order to host the Madeline Festival on June 1. It will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Fort Ontario Complex and the nearby Oswego Civic Arts Center at the end of East Fourth Street.

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Volunteers Beautify Minetto

April 25, 2019 Steve Yablonski

In conjunction with Canal Clean Sweep and Oswego County Earth Week, the Minetto Beautification Committee continued with its thirteenth year doing a spring clean up of the River View Park and a litter pick up along the Oswego River and Canal.

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Missing West Monroe Teen Located

April 24, 2019 Steve Yablonski

UPDATE: She has been found, safe
The Oswego County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in locating Elora Race. Elora has been missing since yesterday, April 23. She is approximately 5’4” tall and weighs approximately 170 pounds.

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Distinguished Speakers To Earn Honorary Degrees At SUNY Oswego Commencement Ceremonies

April 24, 2019 Contributor

A national education leader, a social marketing pioneer, a community-transforming philanthropist and the first mayor of the City of Framingham (Mass.) will all earn honorary degrees during SUNY Oswego’s Commencement ceremonies on May 18.

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Oswego DMV Closed Wednesdays During Construction Period

April 23, 2019 Contributor

The Oswego DMV office will be closed to the public on Wednesday, April 24, and will re-open at 9 a.m. Thursday, April 25. The Oswego DMV office will continue to be closed to the public on Wednesdays of each week until further notice, while improvements are made to the facility.

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Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter Adopts 75th Anniversary Commemorative Logo

April 21, 2019 Contributor

The logo is inspired by an operetta, “The Golden Cage,” with words by Fort Ontario refugee Miriam Sommerburg, German sculptress, and music by Charles Abeles, Austrian composer. A series of 75th anniversary events and activities will begin Aug. 5 with memorial observances of the arrival of the 982 refugees at Fort Ontario Aug. 5, 1944.

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Hundreds Of Children Hunt Easter Eggs In Breitbeck

April 21, 2019 Steve Yablonski

Nearly 1,000 children, some a couple months old, roamed Breithbeck Park on Saturday. They “hunted” for more than 4,000 colorful plastic Easter eggs scattered around the park – mostly in plain sight.

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