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Mayor Barlow Unveils Proposed 2019 Oswego City Budget

August 13, 2018 Steve Yablonski

At Monday night’s Common Council meeting, Mayor Billy Barlow unveiled his tentative operating budget for the coming year. It contains a 2.1% reduction in city property taxes for 2019. This is the first tax reduction for city residents in 20 years, Barlow said Monday night during his annual budget message to the council.

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Inmate Who Died At OCJ Identified

August 13, 2018 Contributor

The Sheriff’s Office continues its investigation into the death, and is working with the Oswego County Coroner’s Office, the Onondaga County Medical Examiner’s Office, and the New York State Commission of Correction.

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U.S. HISTORY COMES ALIVE AT FORT ONTARIO – Bring the kids to Fort Ontario State Historic Site on East Fourth Street in Oswego to witness this chapter in our nation’s history. Re-enactors representing British troops and the rebel forces of the Continental Army participate in the Revolutionary War Encampment on Saturday and Sunday, August 25 and 26. The event also features music, games, displays and demonstrations. For details, call 315-343-4711 or find the fort on Facebook.

Witness `Assault on Fort Ontario’ During Revolutionary War Weekend Aug. 25 and 26

August 12, 2018 Contributor

Fort Ontario State Historic Site on East Fourth Street in Oswego hosts a Revolutionary War encampment on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 25 and 26. The event features living history demonstrations and three battle re-enactments. Highlights include a Continental Army attack on a British outpost in Washington (East) Park on Bridge Street in Oswego at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday.

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County Highway Department Paving Project Starts

August 10, 2018 Contributor

The Oswego County Highway Department takes on a three-day paving project. Work began today (August 10) and continues through Sunday, August 12, at the parking lot next to the Oswego County Courthouse on Oneida Street in Oswego.

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OCJ Inmate’s Death Under Investigation

August 10, 2018 Site Administrator

At about 12:20 a.m. today (August 10), members of the Oswego County Correctional Facility responded to a medical emergency involving an inmate in the facility. The housing unit officer detected a change in the breathing pattern of the sleeping inmate and notified a supervisor.
Despite the life-saving measures taken, the inmate was pronounced dead.

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Mayor Barlow Proposes First Tax Cut in 20 Years for City Residents

August 9, 2018 Site Administrator

Mayor Billy Barlow has proposed a 2.1% reduction in city property taxes in his 2019 Operating Budget, the first tax reduction for city residents in 20 years. Mayor Barlow’s budget reduces the general tax rate from $15.67 per thousand dollars of assessed value in 2018 to $15.33 in 2019, saving approximately $26 per year on an $80,000 house.

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Mayor Billy Barlow, host, and The Billionaires perform at the Renaissance Ball set for Oct. 6 the American Foundry.

Mayor Barlow to Host Renaissance Ball

August 9, 2018 Contributor

Mayor Billy Barlow announced he will host the first “Renaissance Ball,” featuring The Billionaires as a benefit for The Oswego Renaissance Association on October 6. “The Oswego Renaissance Association was the spark that started causing Oswego to look at itself differently; building on its strengths. That change led to the renaissance our city is now experiencing,” Mayor Barlow said.

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City Eyes Funding To Hasten Lighthouse Project

August 8, 2018 Steve Yablonski

At this week’s Administrative Services Committee meeting, councilors gave a big boost to the lighthouse restoration project. Mayor Billy Barlow requested discussion and funding approval for the Oswego West Pierhead Lighthouse-Exterior Restoration and Painting Project. The committee sent the request to the full council.

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County Health Department Reports EEE Found in Mosquitoes in West Monroe

August 8, 2018 Contributor

New York State Department of Health informed the Oswego County Health Department on Tuesday, August 7, that the Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus was detected in two pools of bird-biting mosquitoes collected last week from the field station at Toad Harbor Swamp in the town of West Monroe.

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Mayor Barlow Announces Creation Of ‘Good Neighbor Award’

August 7, 2018 Contributor

Mayor Billy Barlow announced today (August 7) the creation of the city of Oswego Good Neighbor Award. The award program will recognize homeowners in the Port City who take exceptional pride in their property by caring for their yard, demonstrating care of their property or fully restoring a dilapidated building. Nominations are due by September 5 and will be judged by Oswego City code enforcement officers Curt Miller, Nick Saternow and Daniel Breitweg.

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