At Monday night’s Common Council meeting, the mayor’s proposed rental fee permit hike was approved, 5-1-1. Council president Shawn Walker cast the lone nay vote and Councilor Robert Corradino abstained. It will help hold landlords accountable and pressure them into maintaining their property, the mayor said.
The Oswego County Historical Society is proudly celebrating the 75th anniversary of the historic landmark Oswego Theatre, which opened it doors in January of 1941. A classic movie night showing the popular film “Casablanca” will be featured on October 13 at 7 p.m. in the Oswego Theatre, 138 W. Second St.
The State Comptroller’s Office recently released an audit of the Oswego City School District. The purpose of the audit was to review the district’s financial condition and nonresident tuition for foster students for the period July 1, 2014 through December 31, 2015. Among the findings: The district doesn’t have an effective process to identify all nonresident foster students receiving educational services and bill their school districts for those services. The district didn’t bill and collect about $237,000 in reimbursement for students. The district is taking corrective action.
Oswego Police in conjunction with SUNY Oswego and investigators from the NYS Department of Motor Vehicles with the help of local businesses targeted underage drinking and the use of fraudulent driver’s licenses. Overnight Friday, the detail issued 24 citations for people attempting to use fraudulent driver’s licenses.
The Oswego County Health Department reported today (Sept. 23) that an Oswego resident is recovering from West Nile virus. The resident was hospitalized and is now recovering at home. Residents of all ages are advised to continue to protect themselves from mosquitoes until the first hard frost occurs.
The Oswego City School District tax bills will be mailed on September 30. The school district will not be collecting taxes at the Education Center this year.
At this month’s meeting, the Oswego County Legislature approved the sale of two parcels at the former Miller Brewery to the County of Oswego IDA. The purchase price of $400,000 would recover back taxes for the county and the Fulton City School District.
In letters sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, U.S. Rep. John Katko urged the federal decisionmakers to review the pending agreement to transfer ownership and management of the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Plant in Scriba from Entergy Corp. to Exelon.
Business Facilities magazine recently ranked Oswego County tenth in the top 10 logistics leaders across the U.S. in its 12th annual rankings report. The rankings were based on “the locations which have tremendous assets serving all modes of transportation: air, land, water and rail.”
Cardiac surgeons at the University of Rochester’s Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital recently performed a 200th heart transplant surgery, providing a 48-year-old father a second chance on life. Transplant surgeons performed the six-hour life-saving procedure Aug. 24 and Stephen Waite Jr. of Oswego is recovering at Strong Memorial Hospital.
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