Oswego Daily News

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.

In celebration of the 200th anniversary of the New York State Barge Canal, the H. Lee White Maritime Museum will hold the sixth annual Oswego Paddlefest on Aug. 18. Paddlers can choose one of two routes to paddle through four canal locks while they enjoy the unique beauty of the Oswego River.

Civil War historian and Oswego native Tom Ebert returns to Fort Ontario State Historic Site on East Fourth Street in Oswego to talk about the American Civil War in the West. The program begins at 7 p.m. Aug. 15 in the Enlisted Men’s Barracks inside the old stone fort. It is free and open to the public.

The Preservation League of New York State is seeking support for its efforts to protect the historic Tug Urger and other Erie Canal vessels that provide an authentic link to the past. The League recently learned that the New York State Canal Corporation, under the New York Power Authority, has plans to beach the tugboat Urger, flagship of the Erie Canal and beloved “teaching tug.”

State Senator Patty Ritchie honored more than 60 veterans from Jefferson, Oswego and St. Lawrence counties, including more than 50 individuals who fought in World War II, at her annual “Veterans Hall of Fame” ceremony at the Dobisky Center in Ogdensburg on Tuesday (July 31).