Hundreds of people took advantage of the first rabies clinic of the year on Wednesday night to safeguard their pets from the rabies virus. The cold may have caused the crowd to be slightly less than previous years. “Rabies continues to be a threat in Oswego County,” said Jiancheng Huang, Oswego County Public Health Director.
Superintendent Dr. Dean Goewey emphasized at Tuesday’s school board meeting that this “is a work in progress” and the numbers could change in a couple of weeks, he added. There is still some time left; and a lot of work to do, the superintendent said.
U.S. Rep. John Katko today (March 21) applauded action taken by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to move forward the Great Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary. NOAA today announced that it had reviewed the southeastern Lake Ontario nomination and accepted it into the inventory of areas that could be considered for designation as a national marine sanctuary in the future.
Due to evening votes scheduled in the U.S. House of Representatives this Thursday, March 23, the below event has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 30 at 6:30 p.m. at Oswego City Hall in the Common Council Chambers.
SUNY Oswego’s Quest 2017, a daylong symposium on April 5, to celebrate scholarly and creative activities on campus, promises a rich array of faculty-mentored student presentations, demonstrations, debates, exhibitions and panel discussions.
The city attorney requested council consideration in amending the provisions of Article XIII, Section C13-07 of the charter with respect to amendments to local laws 2 and 6 of 2015, to provide an exception to the requirements that property owners must pay all monies owed to the city prior to the issuance of a permit. The exception pertains to instances where the condition of the property constitutes harm to the life, safety or general welfare of the public.
The quality and variety of Oswego County’s exceptional fishing opportunities will be featured in several new episodes of “Fishing Behind the Lines” on the North Country’s public broadcasting station, WPBS-TV of Watertown. Season 3 of “Fishing Behind the Lines” will be aired Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. starting March 29.
Operators at Exelon Generation’s Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station removed Unit 1 from service just after midnight on Sunday (March 19) to begin a planned refueling outage. The refueling outage will help ensure the unit runs safely and provides reliable, carbon-emissions free power to New York energy consumers for another two-year cycle.
New York Sea Grant has posted a series of Great Lakes project profiles addressing activities, challenges, and opportunities related to environmental protection, building coastal community resiliency, and enhancing coastal literacy by teacher, student and public audiences.
Morgan Himes from Oswego saved a life recently. She and David Shortsleeve, rescued a puppy from a kill shelter in Alabama. Last week’s snowstorm was his first taste of winter.
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