For many of the hundreds of thousands of people who travel to Oswego for its annual Harborfest, the breathtaking Saturday night fireworks spectacular by Grucci is indisputably the highlight of their weekend. Entergy Nuclear, a longtime sponsor of the display, has committed to sponsoring the fireworks for Harborfest’s 30th anniversary celebration.
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that work is under way on $22.7 million in highway improvements in Central New York, including a $10.8 million project to repair the bridges carrying I-81 over Route 11 in the town of Salina, with work scheduled to be completed this year. Several projects are set for Oswego County, also.
Saturday (April 22) is International Earth Day. The NYS Canal Corporation, in partnership with Parks and Trails NY, is sponsoring the beginning of 12th annual Canal Clean Sweep.This year, Minetto’s clean sweep will be on Saturday with volunteers meeting at 9 a.m. by the Town Hall, Route 48.
The Oswego City School District’s 2017-18 budget is nearly done. However, the tentative $82,938,392 spending plan still contains a 2.8 percent tax increase. “Our goal is to create a tax increase that will be supported by the community and I think we’re almost there,” Superintendent Dr. Dean Goewey said Tuesday night. “We’ve made progress in the last week.”
Alan Jones was convicted of Depraved Indifference Murder after a jury trial for causing the death of Erin Maxwell. Jones’ murder conviction was subsequently reversed and reduced to Manslaughter 2nd and he was re-sentenced to a prison term of 5 to 15 years. “Thankfully, the parole board has consistently denied his application for release and he remains in state prison,” Oswego County DA Greg Oakes said. ” However, he will be appearing before the parole board again in June.”
Plans to stage the Bemelmans Festival next month (May 12-20) at the Fort Ontario Complex received a favorable recommendation at Monday night Physical Services Committee. The festival is to celebrate the 100th anniversary of World War I and 1917 deployment of Ludwig Bemelmans, author of Madeline Books, as a Private at Fort Ontario. The full council will consider the request next week.
An afternoon rain shower didn’t dampen the egg-citement for hundreds of children Saturday morning. Close to 600 children “hunted” for colorful plastic Easter eggs scattered around Oswego’s Breitbeck Park – mostly in plain sight.
Included in the recently passed state budget is a revenue budget bill. Part BBB is a county-wide shared services property tax savings plan. “This is a mandate from the state,” County Administrator Phil Church told the legislators at Thursday night’s legislature meeting. The chief executive officer of each county, outside of a city of one million or more, shall prepare a property tax savings plan for shared, coordinated and efficient services among the county, cities, towns and villages within the county, he explained. The deadline to get a plan in place is Aug. 1.
Breitbeck Park will be hopping this weekend. The Oswego Kiwanis Club will host the 2017 edition of the annual Easter Egg Hunt on April 15. The hours will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Julie Burns, president of the Kiwanis Club, said the club will facilitate the annual Easter Egg Hunt.
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