Empire State Development today (March 28) announced $150,000 in support for a renovation project at the YMCA in the city of Oswego. The organization is investing close to $750,000 to reinstate access to its swimming pool facilities.
At about 3 p.m. today (March 27), the New York State Police were notified of a possible threat of school violence at the Mexico High School. The threat involved a digital image posted to snap chat. The investigation determined that a student photographed another student holding a firearm and posted the image with a caption “Next School Shooter” on snap chat.
Earlier this month, the mayor proposed to make permanent the City of Oswego Residential Home Improvement Tax Exemption, a tax break to encourage home improvement projects. And, he also proposed a new local law that provides a similar tax exemption for businesses within the city of Oswego that improve, expand or renovate their property. Monday night, the council OK’d both.
State Police arrested Frederick L. Converse, 42, from Phoenix, for Unlawful surveillance 2nd degree (E-felony). Converse is accused of taking photos of a nude female in a residence without her knowledge or consent, police said today (March 26).
On Sunday, March 25, Troopers stopped a speeding vehicle on County Route 4 in Scriba. Troopers determined the operator, Jamie M. Bigwitch, 37, of Scriba, was intoxicated, while traveling with a child under the age of 16 in the vehicle.
Oswego County homeowners and small business owners who have failing septic systems in environmentally-sensitive areas may be eligible for assistance through the New York State Septic System Replacement Program. The program is administered by the Oswego County Department of Community Development, Tourism and Planning.
On Friday, State Police received a call from a parent of a Mexico Middle School student who advised that her daughter received a message, from an unknown source, of a possible school shooting on March 26 at the Mexico Middle School. As a result of the investigation, State Police said a 14-year-old was arrested for one count of Falsely Reporting an Incident 3rd degree, a class “A” misdemeanor and issued an Oswego County Family Court appearance ticket.
A gateway landscaping project will enhance the entrances into the city, the mayor said. Improvements will extend from Hillside Ave. up to Third Ave. on the west side. On the east side, improvements will start at the triangle shaped island located at the intersection of East 12th Street and will extend towards East 10th Street.
Mayor Billy Barlow is reaching out to the local arts community to beautify and enhance the Fort Ontario tunnel entrance on East Seventh Street. He indicated in his State of the City Address earlier this year the city of Oswego would allocate funding to improve the Fort Ontario Tunnel and would conduct a competition for local artists and organizations to submit murals and artwork to be incorporated into the project.
AT&T, the Tyler Clementi Foundation and Siena College teamed up with Pulaski Mayor Angel Rodriguez and Pulaski High School on Wednesday, March 21, to host the AT&T and Siena Upstander Program, a new cyberbullying peer-to-peer prevention program utilizing trained Siena students to help educate students, teachers and school administrators on the growing cyberbullying epidemic and to provide workshops, tools and resources to combat it.
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