Oswego Daily News

Former vice presidential candidate Winona LaDuke, a sustainability and women’s rights activist and co-founder of Honor the Earth, will speak at 6 p.m. March 28, in Marano Campus Center arena, as part of SUNY Oswego’s I Am Oz Diversity Speaker Series.

A little communication can go along way in quelling quality of life issues regarding “problems” caused by college students in neighborhoods. At a special meeting Monday night, facilitated by Third Ward Councilor Nate Emmons, college and city officials gathered to discuss college-community relations. About a dozen residents and a handful of city employees attended the meeting.

State Police arrested Matthew J. Peston, 32, from 142 Rainbow Shores Road in Richland, for Criminal Possession of Stolen Property 5th degree, a class “A” misdemeanor; Making a punishable false written statement, a class “A” misdemeanor; and (6) counts of Torturing or Injuring animals-failure to provide sustenance, a class “A” misdemeanor.

In a relatively short State of the County address Thursday, the Chairman of the legislature praised legislators for a job well done in 2016 while stressing more needs to be done this year to keep Oswego County headed in a positive direction. “Every one of you (legislators) has made a difference in making Oswego County great. Every one of you stood together and helped,” Chairman Kevin Gardner said. Great things have happened in recent years in Oswego County that have changed the perspective of how local government operates, Gardner added.

On March 7, Calyx A. Estep, 19, was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison and 5 years post-release supervision in Oswego County Court upon his conviction for Robbery in the Second Degree. In January, Estep pleaded guilty and admitted that that he forcibly stole money from the Fulton Savings Bank in Constantia on November 28, 2016.

The Fort Ontario History and Archaeology Conference will be held at the Great Lakes Event and Conference Center at the Best Western Hotel in Oswego. Renown historians will speak at the conference, which explores the history and archaeology of warfare and human conflict in the United States and Canada from its earliest evidence around 5,000 BC to the 21st century War on Terrorism.