Oswego Daily News

The Oswego Board of Education held its annual re-organizational meeting on Tuesday. The vote to name a new president ended in a tie due to the absence of board member James Bell. Instead of holding a re-vote, the board decided to postpone the vote until next week’s regular meeting. The vote for a new vice president was also postponed for a week.

Keith E. Hook, 54, of Oswego, appeared in federal court Monday (July 2) on a charge that he distributed child pornography over the internet, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Kevin M. Kelly, Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations.

Mayor Billy Barlow announced the winners of the float contests following the city of Oswego’s Fourth of July Independence Day Parade. The parade participants and floats were judged as they passed East Park (Washington Square) by Oswego City Clerk Mark Tesoriero, Council Vice President Kevin Hill and Executive Director of the Oswego Chamber of Commerce Katie Toomey.

The project, which originally began in 2014, is part of the NY-SUN program administered by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. The 2 MW system, which covers about 10 acres next to the Bristol Hill Landfill site on NY Route 3, came at no cost to the county and is predicted to save nearly $5 million over the next 20 years.

As the temperature rises, so can your risk for suffering health issues like heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Doctors recommend using good judgment when it comes to activities outside in the heat, and that you stay hydrated. During hot weather, it’s important that you take the right precautions:

Oswego’s Fourth of July parade is hot and humid – but still attracts a nice crowd

With the sound of heavy metal thunder revving up in the background, Romey Caruso unveiled a road sign memorializing father and uncles, Harry, George and Bill Caruso. The trio, founders of the iconic Oswego Speedway, was honored Saturday afternoon across the street from the iconic Oswego Speedway. The stretch of East Albany Street will now be known as Caruso Brothers Boulevard in their honor.