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Schools Open, Despite Summer’s Tenacity

September 5, 2018 Steve Yablonski

“School can’t be starting today,” lamented one youngster Wednesday morning outside of Oswego Middle School. “It’s still hot; it’s still summer!” Despite what the thermometer said, schools in the Oswego district threw open their doors and welcomed thousands of students back to the classroom.

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Oswego Daily News

Three Dogs Exposed to Rabid Raccoon in Orwell

September 5, 2018 Contributor

Three dogs were exposed to the rabies virus in late August when they met up with a rabid raccoon in the town of Orwell, the Oswego County Health Department announced today (September 5). Jiancheng Huang, Oswego County Public Health Director, said the three dogs had current rabies vaccinations and were given rabies booster shots as a precautionary measure.

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Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $19K In Funding For Village Of Mexico To Study Water Infrastructure Upgrades

September 5, 2018 Site Administrator

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today (September 5) announced $19,000 for the village of Mexico. The village of Mexico will use the funding to prepare a Preliminary Funding Estimate study, which will provide solutions to problems facing its aging water system.

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Committee OKs Plans For Domestic Violence Awareness Events

September 4, 2018 Steve Yablonski

Mayor Billy Barlow received a request from Sara Carmichael, Service to Aid Families Advocate with Oswego County Opportunities. They would like to use a portion of Breitbeck Park during the month of October in order to place a display in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. If you or someone you know is a victim or survivor of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual violence or stalking, call the Crisis Hotline at (315) 342-1600.

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Alleged Car Thief Caught Following Chase

September 4, 2018 Site Administrator

An 18-year-old Palermo man is in custody after leading police on a chase Monday through several side streets before crashing the vehicle. No injuries were reported.

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Oswego Daily News

‘Combative Patient’ Taken Into Custody

September 3, 2018 Site Administrator

At approximately 2:16 p.m. today (September 3), Oswego Police were dispatched to the area of Orville Street near East Twelfth Street in the city of Oswego to assist EMS with a combative patient. Prior to police arrival the patient allegedly threatened EMS and then threatened suicide. The patient did not allowed police or EMS to enter his residence.

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Historian Corey King leads a walking tour of Fort Ontario’s post cemetery Saturdays this fall. The four-part series begins on September 8 and continues September 15, 22 and 29. Each unique tour begins at 8 p.m. in the upper lot overlooking Lake Ontario, situated between the fort and the post cemetery at the end of East Fourth Street in Oswego.

Fort Ontario Hosts Lantern Tours of the Post Cemetery

September 2, 2018 Contributor

Historian Corey King will lead a lantern tour series of the post cemetery at Fort Ontario State Historic Site in Oswego this fall. The four-part series begins at 8 p.m. on Saturdays, September 8, 15, 22, and 29. Admission is $15 and reservations must be in advance.

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Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Unit 2 Returns To Full Power

August 31, 2018 Contributor

Operators at Exelon Generation’s Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station returned Unit 2 to full power at 8 p.m. yesterday (August 30) following a brief shut down for repairs to an electrical monitoring component.

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Oswego Daily News

Council Approves Pumpkin Fest, Positive Messages

August 31, 2018 Steve Yablonski

Besides approving the 2019 Oswego budget on Monday night, the Common Council sailed through a relatively light regular agenda. Councilors OK’d plans for the 2018 Pumpkin Fest, Positive Messages and other events.

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Environmental activist and photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier will present "Flint Is Family," the title of her 2016 project during the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 27, in SUNY Oswego's Marano Campus Center auditorium.

Diversity Speaker Series To Feature Photographer’s ‘Flint Is Family’

August 30, 2018 Contributor

SUNY Oswego’s “I Am Oz” Diversity Speaker Series will open this fall with an appearance by LaToya Ruby Frazier, a photographer and environmental activist who uses her art as a catalyst for social justice.
Frazier will make a presentation titled “Flint Is Family” at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 27, in Marano Campus Center auditorium (Room 132). Doors open at 6.

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