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Mayor Barlow Announces Winning Projects For $545,000 Downtown Improvement Fund

October 11, 2018 Site Administrator

Mayor Billy Barlow announced today (October 11) the winning projects selected for the city of Oswego Downtown Improvement Fund, part of Oswego’s $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant secured in 2016. The $545,000 Downtown Improvement Fund project combines individual renovation projects carried out by existing, small business owners in downtown Oswego.

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Photo by Kara Alheim, Oswego County Tourism Office.

Katko Legislation To Advance Fort Ontario Signed Into Law

October 10, 2018 Site Administrator

Yesterday evening (October 9), bipartisan, bicameral legislation introduced in the House by U.S. Rep. John Katko, the Fort Ontario Study Act, was signed into law by President Donald Trump. “Since coming to Congress in 2015, putting Fort Ontario on the path to becoming a National Park has been among my top priorities. Fort Ontario and Safe Haven National Refugee Shelter are important sites both in our regional history as well as the history of our country,”said Katko.

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Pulaski Man Charged In Connection With County Timber Theft

October 10, 2018 Site Administrator

On Tuesday (October 9) at 9:37 p.m., deputies arrested John M. Holbrook, 50, of 3134 CR 2, Pulaski, for fourth-degree grand larceny, a class E felony and second-degree criminal mischief, a class D felony. The arrest stems from the investigation into an incident that occurred in the town of Richland.

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Oswego Council Tweaks Winter Parking Policy

October 9, 2018 Steve Yablonski

On a warm, muggy autumn evening, the Oswego Common Council was planning for the cold, snowy days of winter. At its meeting Tuesday, the council unanimously approved amendments to the Code of the City of Oswego, Chapter 257, Vehicles and Traffic, Section 257-27, Winter Parking Restrictions. The vote was 5-0-2 with councilors Linda DeMassi and John Gosek excused.

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SUNY Oswego Professor Killed in Limo Crash

October 8, 2018 Steve Yablonski

One of the 20 victims in the fatal limousine crash in Schoharie has been identified as Brian Hough. He was a geology professor at SUNY Oswego.

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Teens Encouraged to Learn about ‘Molly,’ Help Combat Synthetic Drug Crisis

October 7, 2018 Steve Yablonski

The VOW Foundation, Inc., will present an informational workshop for teens and parents to learn more about ‘Molly,’ a synthetic drug currently in circulation. The event will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on October 10 in the training room of the Oswego County Health Department at 70 Bunner St. in Oswego. Participants are asked to enter through the main doors on the west side of the building.

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Alan Jones, in a mugshot supplied by police.

Jones Released From Prison; DA ‘Heartbroken, Frustrated and Angry’

October 6, 2018 Steve Yablonski

Alan Jones was released from prison (Oct. 4). He was serving a sentence of 5 to 15 years. He strangled his 11-year-old step-sister in August of 2008 at their Palermo home.”I’m heartbroken, frustrated, and angry at the whole situation,” the DA told Oswego County Today today.

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City, VOW Seek To Join Forces, Fight Drugs

October 4, 2018 Steve Yablonski

Mayor Billy Barlow is seeking council approval for a proposed fiscal sponsorship agreement to be entered into between the Victor Orlando Woolson Foundation and the city on behalf of the Oswego Police Department.

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Oswego County Shared Services Plan To Be Presented Oct. 11

October 2, 2018 Contributor

The Oswego County Shared Services Plan will be presented in a public forum from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 11, in the Oswego County Legislative Chambers on the fourth floor of the Legislative Office Building, 46 E. Bridge St., Oswego.

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From left are: Oswego Police Chief Tory L. DeCaire, Oswego County District Attorney Gregory S. Oakes, Oswego Mayor Billy Barlow, Oswego Police DARE Officer Thomas Grover, and Oswego Police Sergeant James Cunningham.

Ex-Drug Vehicle Refurbished As City’s ‘DARE Car’

October 2, 2018 Site Administrator

Mayor Billy Barlow. is proud to announce that the Oswego City Police Department has designated a “DARE Car” for use by the department in delivering the DARE curriculum to schools in and around the city of Oswego. The vehicle, a 2014 Jeep Wrangler, was forfeited to the Oswego City Police Department through the Oswego County District Attorney’s Office as the result of a guilty conviction stemming from a recent illegal drug case.

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