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Oswego Mayor Billy Barlow helps kick off the 2016 St. Patrick's Parade.

Mayor Barlow Announces Opening Of City of Oswego Dog Park

June 5, 2018 Site Administrator

Mayor Billy Barlow and the Oswego Common Council will host a ribbon cutting event for the grand opening of the city of Oswego Dog Park on Thursday (June 7). The city of Oswego Dog Park was a project Oswego Mayor Billy Barlow announced in his 2018 State of the City Address as a new public amenity to the Oswego community as the city works towards becoming a more attractive community for people to live, work and play.

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Oswego Looks To Outside Contractor To Solve Technology Issues

June 4, 2018 Steve Yablonski

Robert Corradino, president of the Common Council, requested to hire the Bonadio Group of Pittsford, NY, to do an IT assessment of the city’s technology infrastructure, which will include the phones systems to provide recommendations of improving it.

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Festival Celebrates Bemelmans’ Time At Fort Ontario

June 4, 2018 Steve Yablonski

The Port City’s annual Bemelmans Festival wrapped up over the weekend at the Fort Ontario Complex. The festival celebrated the 1917 deployment of Ludwig Bemelmans, author of the Madeline books, as a Private at Fort Ontario.

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Oswego Man Charged In Scriba Stabbing

June 4, 2018 Site Administrator

An Oswego man is behind bars following a stabbing incident on Sunday afternoon. Sheriff’s deputies arrested Joshua J. Johnston, 26, of 2081 County Route 1, Lot 4, Oswego, on Sunday (June 3) at 1:40 p.m.

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Nuclear Power Plants’ Siren Test Scheduled June 5

June 1, 2018 Contributor

Exelon Generation will perform a test of its public notification system on June 5 at 1 p.m. The test will involve sounding all 40 sirens in the 10-mile radius surrounding the nuclear power plants in Scriba for three to five minutes.

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Pieces created by local schoolchildren in the My Hometown Banner Project, which began as a collaboration between SUNY Oswego and the Oswego City School District, fly here at Breitbeck Park, as well around Washington Square Park, Lake Street and City Hall in Oswego this summer.

My Hometown Banner Project Puts Schoolchildren’s Work Around Oswego

May 31, 2018 Contributor

A partnership between SUNY Oswego and the Oswego City School District to showcase the work of young artists became a soaring reality as dozens of banners featuring the work of local schoolchildren now appear around Oswego. The latest selections for the project — and potential banners appearing around the city in the future — are in an exhibition running until June 16 in SUNY Oswego’s Tyler Art Gallery. A free public opening exhibition will be held on Friday, June 1.

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New York’s Electric Grid Prepared to Meet Summer Demand

May 31, 2018 Site Administrator

The New York Independent System Operator reported that electricity supplies in New York state are expected to be adequate this summer, with a total of 42,169 megawatts of power resources available to meet forecasted peak demand conditions.

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Local scouts join together to properly care for the American flag at Fort Ontario State Historic Site in Oswego. Join members of the Oswego Elks Lodge #271 for a flag retirement ceremony at the fort on Saturday, June 16. The program begins at noon and admission is free for those who bring an unserviceable American flag and other participants.

Elks Flag Retirement Ceremony Set At Fort Ontario

May 31, 2018 Contributor

The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Oswego Lodge #271, hosts a U.S. flag retirement program at the flag bastion inside Fort Ontario State Historic Site, 1 E. Fourth St., Oswego. The event begins at noon. on Saturday, June 16.

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Barclay Announces He Will Seek Reelection

May 31, 2018 Contributor

Assemblyman Will Barclay announced that he will seek reelection in the fall. Barclay said he is privileged to serve the people here and he wishes to continue to be a voice for Upstate.

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Another wave of runners heads to the finish line at the Oswego Police Department.

Local Law Enforcement Carries ‘Flame of Hope’ For Special Olympics

May 30, 2018 Steve Yablonski

Members of several local law enforcement agencies carried the “Flame of Hope” for an abbreviated run from the Oswego Police Department to the Oswego Police Department today (May 30) in the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics New York. Oswego’s Law Enforcement Torch Run season has kicked off the state-wide event takes place every year from May through June.

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