The County of Oswego, per Governor Andrew Cuomo’s statewide Executive Order No. 172, has prepared 2018 property tax warrants early and made them available to local tax collectors. This action allows taxpayers to pay their 2018 property tax bills in 2017.
After a brief, but blustery, visit from Old Man Winter, it looks like a white Christmas is a sure bet this year, despite recent above freezing temperatures the past few days. Widespread snow is expected to move in around 10 tonight (Christmas Eve). A general 2-6 inches is forecast. Monday (Christmas Day) will be windy and colder with snow transitioning to lake snow during the midday hours.
Prior to the last Oswego County Legislature meeting of 2017, Legislator Dan Farfaglia headed west. He helped nearly three dozen men, women and children receive an early Christmas gift – U.S. citizenship.
When you’re an old and chubby guy hauling zillions of dollars worth of toys and goodies on your sleigh in the dark of night with only eight tiny reindeer for protection – it’s safe to say you could use some more security. And, if you cover the entire world in one night, you need someone who can keep up with you. That’s where The US Air Force comes in.
Friends of Fort Ontario AmeriCorps staffer Corey King will lead a unique First Day Hike at 10 a.m. New Year’s Day around the 75-acre Fort Ontario National Registered District. Hikers will register and assemble inside the old stone fort and march about one mile at a moderate pace around the buildings, grounds, foundations, roads, and locations of battles and significant events in the fort’s 263-year history.
Members of the Oswego School Board got a glimpse Tuesday night of a proposed multi-million capital project aimed at refurbishing the district’s aging schools. The projected cost of the plan is $60,180,000. Local funds to be applied total $4,000,000. State building aid is expected to pay for 63.4 percent of the work. A public vote is tentatively set for March 6.
Oswego Mayor Billy Barlow announced today (Dec. 19) the creation of a new schedule at the city of Oswego Department of Public Works, a move that turns the department to a twenty-four hour, seven days a week operation for the months of December through March. Mayor Barlow has now implemented three different rotating shifts Monday through Sunday, a change the mayor says will surely decrease the amount of overtime within the department while also expediting the snow removal process and help with snow plowing efficiency.
U.S. Rep. John Katko (NY-24) today (Dec. 19), highlighted significant wins for Central New York in the final tax reform legislation scheduled for a vote in the House and Senate today. Katko, who supported the Tax Cut and Jobs Act in the House, continued to advocate for Central New York’s interests as the House and Senate worked together to conference on the bill.
The Salvation Army Christmas kettles throughout Oswego County are running behind schedule to meet this year’s $70,000 goal. About $45,000 has been received, leaving $35,000 to be raised in the few days remaining before Christmas.
Kristine Gillingham owns Joslin Farms and Bakery in Oswego. “It is my busy season for Italian cookies and goat milk lotion,” she said. However, in the back of her mind, she’s making big plans for the coming year. “I have always had a dream of walking across the United States, from Oswego to Washington DC and then on to Crater Lake in Oregon. I have always dreamed of going to Crater Lake. To me it’s serenity; the most beautiful place,” she said. Her journey will help raise funds and awareness for youngsters suffering from epilepsy.
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