The Oswego County Health Department reported today (July 15) that a bat in the town of Constantia has tested positive for rabies. “The rabies virus is active across Oswego County this summer,” said Jiancheng Huang, Oswego County Public Health Director.
Governor Andrew Cuomo made a trip to Oswego (July 14) to formally announce the city’s status as a Downtown Revitalization Initiative funding winner in the Central New York region. As a winner of this funding, Oswego will receive ten million dollars to use as means to revamp the downtown area of the city, one of ten overall winners out of 122 total applications throughout each region of the state. Mayor of Oswego, William Barlow Jr., referred to as “one of the youngest, but also one of the best in the state” by Governor Cuomo, was prideful of the application the city had developed and was overjoyed it had been selected.
This project was announced during last year’s Central New York “Capital for a Day” as one piece of a comprehensive 47-point plan to advance Central New York through investments in infrastructure, housing and higher education. “Route 104 in Oswego County is a critically important commerce route in Central New York, connecting Interstate 81 with rail and port facilities, farming communities and SUNY Oswego,” Governor Cuomo said. The work will take place over two construction seasons and is expected to be completed by the end of 2017.
Cuomo announced during a visit to Oswego today (July 14) that the Super DIRT Week racing event intends to be held at Oswego Speedway this year.
A packed conference center at the Best Western in Oswego anxiously awaited an announcement from Governor Cuomo. “I’m here to tell you today, congratulations you are a first place winner,” Cuomo told the room in regards to the statewide Downtown Revitalization Initiative. The initiative will provide the winning city of Oswego with a ten million dollar grant to revamp the downtown region of the city.
The Port of Oswego was awarded its 14th Robert J. Lewis Pacesetter Award on July 13 from the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, an agency of the U.S. Department of Transportation. SLSDC Administrator Betty Sutton presented the award to Zelko Kirincich, executive director and CEO of the port, during the semi-annual American Great Lakes Ports Association meeting held in Chicago.
Assemblyman Will Barclay released the following statement in support of the Public Service Commission’s new Clean Energy Standard in light of the news that Entergy and Exelon are in discussions to keep FitzPatrick operational. “I encourage the Public Service Commission to act quickly to adopt the newly proposed Clean Energy Standard. With the news today of Entergy in discussions with Exelon, it is critical that this newly proposed standard becomes the state’s new policy. Nuclear power supplies 30% of the state’s electricity with 17.9% of the power coming from Upstate.”
Principal Dr. Larry Schmiegel of Leighton Elementary has reportedly taken a new job in the Monroe County School District in Florida. Superintendent Mark Porter, in a press statement, said he is pleased to announce his recommendation for the new principal at Poinciana Elementary School – Dr. Larry Schmiegel. He could start his new job as soon as July 18.
Heat-related deaths and illness are preventable, yet annually many people succumb to extreme heat. More people in the United States die each year from extreme heat exposure than from hurricanes, lightening, tornadoes, floods, and earthquakes combined. Daytime high temperatures are predicted to be in the 90s over the next several days in CNY. Forecasters predict that night-time temperatures will remain in the 70s and humidity will remain high.
With these conditions, the Oswego County Health Department recommends that everyone understand the warning signs of heat-related illness and take special care of those at risk.
“The announcement this morning of negotiations on Exelon’s potential acquisition of the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant from Entergy is welcome news to New Yorkers,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. Over the past several months, my administration has been working closely with both companies to find a way to keep this vital energy resource operating. While there remains much work to be done, I am pleased that significant progress is being made.”
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