Oswego Daily News

The public will get its chance to talk and talk and talk on February 25. At its meeting Monday night, the Common Council set public hearings for three proposed new local laws.

The pact provides a mechanism to reconcile the City – Union contract language with New York State Law which allows qualified US Veterans the ability to “buy-back” their military time to use toward their New York State Retirement benefit.

It was 1958 when Eleanor Kaminski Pucciariello of Glen Cove met Nick Pucciariello from Brooklyn while the pair of future 1962 graduates were waiting in line to register for their first SUNY Oswego classes. “We engaged in conversation easily and I remember feeling delighted that we had several classes together,” Ellie said.

Mayor Billy Barlow announced today (February 12) a $25,000 grant for Pizza Villa, a long-standing 53-year-old business in the Port City. Pizza Villa is moving from its current location to 145 W. Bridge St., the current Stone’s Candy Shop building.

It was standing-room-only in the Council Chambers Monday night as dozens of union members turned out to rebut comments made by local developer Anthony Pauldine. The Oswego businessman spoke at a recent public session to express umbrage over being picketed late last year at the grand opening of the renovated Cahill Building.

It has been nearly a year since the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that claimed the lives of 17 students and staff members and injured another 17. In the wake of that tragedy, along with other mass shootings that have dominated the headlines in recent years, the Oswego County Legislature created a special committee to address public safety issues in schools and communities.