Oswego firefighters made quick work of a structure fire at 1 Mary Street this morning (Feb. 3). Firefighters located an active fire in the basement and quickly extinguished the flames with a hoseline. The fire was contained to a clothes dryer and the area surrounding it. No injuries were reported.
Following the President’s call for strengthened infrastructure during this week’s State of the Union address, U.S. Rep. John Katko has introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation in the House to modernize our nation’s water infrastructure systems.
A group of SUNY Oswego students came to understand India as a land of hope after traveling for two weeks during the college’s winter break to learn from people living in Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India. Through the “Practicum in International Development” course, eight students and Christy Huynh, associate director of career services, joined human development faculty member Dr. Mamta Saxena touring Indian cultural sites and villages, and speaking with people in the Kolkata region in connection with a program of St. Xavier’s College.
Workers at Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station extinguished a small fire in the turbine building earlier today (Feb. 1). The small flame was contained in the immediate area, no offsite assistance was required and it did not impact plant operations. The event was classified as an “Unusual Event” and op
Justin White, Oswego County Historian, along with town and city historians throughout the county, are compiling a listing of those from Oswego County who served in the military and died during World War I. “We are asking for the public’s help in completing this list so that a plaque can be made to honor our county’s fallen World War I veterans,” White said. “We are striving for as complete and accurate a list as we can compile, but we can’t do it without the public’s help. We want to complete this list by March 1.”
The Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology (MOST) announced it will bring a 45-minute science demonstration to all 78 sixth grade classes in 16 schools throughout Oswego County – a total of nearly 1,400 students.
The museum’s Oswego County Science on the Go program is made possible due to a $40,000 grant awarded by the Richard S. Shineman Foundation.
The State of the City Address is the opportunity to deliver a specific, concise message and story to the Common Council and city residents and this year, the message and story is easy to deliver. The message is progress. The story is revival. The fact is we are an entirely different community than we were two short years ago and that is what I intend to illustrate this evening.
Oswego County STOP-DWI Coordinator Robert Lighthall announced that Oswego County police agencies will participate in a special enforcement effort to crackdown on impaired driving. The statewide STOP-DWI Crackdown efforts start on February 2 and will end on February 5. The Super Bowl is America’s most watched national sporting event and Super Bowl Weekend is historically a deadly period for impaired driving.
U.S. Rep. John Katko was joined Tuesday (Jan. 30) evening for the President’s State of the Union address by Teresa Woolson, an Oswego County mother who lost her son, Victor, to synthetic drugs in August 2012. Following Victor’s death, Woolson created the Victor Orlando Woolson (V.O.W.) Foundation in his honor. Since then, has worked tirelessly on a local, state, and federal level to advocate for stronger policies to raise awareness about the dangers of opioid addiction and combat the rise of synthetic drugs.
Mayor Billy Barlow painted a bright vision of the Port City’s future in his third State of the City address Tuesday night. “We are in a state of progress, resurgence and revival,” the mayor told the standing-room-only crowd. “There are positive signs of progress that are undeniable and we must seize the opportunity, keep pushing forward and capitalize on the improvements we have made.”
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