Four months before Harborfest, egg-citement reigned supreme for hundreds of children Saturday in Breitbeck Park. Approximately 850 children “hunted” for colorful plastic Easter eggs scattered around Oswego’s Breitbeck Park – mostly in plain sight. The eggs contained a variety of goodies. Scores of parents were also on hand. Some crossed the caution tape to assist their children in egg hunting.
At its meeting this week, the Common Council authorized
Mayor Billy Barlow to accept the engineering design services proposal with EDR for two State Route 104 Streetscape Improvement projects proposed in his 2018 State of the City Address and sign the appropriate agreement in the amount of $24,950.
Mexico High School’s Friends of Rachel Club members have put forth weekly challenges for their peers to spread kindness and brighten someone’s day. The challenge for the week of March 26 to March 30 of “I will be there for someone who needs a shoulder to lean on or a helping hand” came on the heels of multiple threats of violence against the Mexico Academy and Central School District, and some more specifically at the high school.
With the Sunday, April 15, head-shaving event just a few weeks away, some 21 fundraising teams are busy collecting donations for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, the world’s largest private (non-government) funder of childhood cancer research. “The teams vary, from one or two members to 30, from young to old, from male to female,” explained volunteer event coordinator Dan Witmer.
The Army Engineers who garrison the Fort Ontario Army Reserve Center – the men and women of the 444th Engineer Company, 479th Engineer Brigade, USAR – go about their daily lives and deployments mostly without any notice from the community and continue a history of military occupation of the post dating back to 1755. Friends of Fort Ontario will host a free program featuring the personal stories of officers and soldiers of the company.
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.
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