Oswego Daily News

A new format for the annual budget vote and board member election, the appointment of a new attorney, several resignations, support for a Board of Regents candidate, more information on the new regional high school establishment and several other items dotted the Oswego City School District Board of Education agenda on Monday night.

The New York State Police in Fulton are investigating a burglary to a residence on Lakeview Road in the town of Scriba. The suspect was captured on surveillance and the State Police are attempting to identify him.

Following more than an hour’s worth of discussion Monday night by members of the public as well as city officials, councilors voted unanimously to table a resolution to amend the city charter regarding winter parking restrictions. Therefore, the mayor’s executive order, instituting a winter parking ban (no parking on city streets from 1 to 6 a.m.) remains in place.

The Oswego War of 1812 Symposium returns to the Port City April 1-3. Once again, the Lake Ontario Event and Conference Center will host the sixth annual event. Fort Ontario State Historic Site Superintendent Paul Lear is the chairman of the Oswego International War of 1812 Symposium Committee and will emcee the event

Dozens of local volunteers have put in hundreds of man hours to ensure Oswego’s lighthouse stands tall atop Lake Ontario’s water for years to come. Members of the Oswego Common Council recently heard a report of the group’s labors in 2015.

Emergency crews in Oswego were dispatched to a motor vehicle collision at 10:23 this morning near the intersection of West Bridge and Sixth streets. According to fire officials on the scene, the driver lost control of the vehicle, left the road, crashed into a house and rolled onto its side. The male patient was packaged and transported to a Syracuse area hospital with lower extremity injuries.