Mayor William Barlow issued his first executive order Monday night. The winter parking ban shall begin at 1 a.m. Tuesday (Jan. 12) on all streets in Oswego, the mayor proclaimed. Barlow’s executive order supersedes the alternate side winter parking policy currently stated in the city charter.
In the SUNY-wide competition for project grants from the SUNY Investment and Performance Fund, SUNY Oswego will receive $1,025,000 for two projects, Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher announced today (Jan. 11).
The average temperature last month was 41.9 degrees. That is 12.2 degrees higher than normal, according to Bill Gregway, the official local observer for the National Weather Service. “That makes it number 1, by a longshot. The old highest was 37 degrees,” Gregway said.
On Thursday (Jan. 7), Upstate Energy Jobs delivered the enclosed letter to Governor Cuomo. We are grateful for the level of attention the Governor has applied to the Upstate nuclear generation crisis, said L. Michael Treadwell, CEcD, Chief Executive Officer, County of Oswego IDA.
The Oswego Fire Department responded to 4,667 calls for help in 2015, nearly 500 more than in 2014. Nearly 90% (4,173) of these calls were for emergency situations, while 10% (494) were service calls such as citizen assists, basement water evacuations, vehicle lockouts, or unintentional fire alarm system activations.
Elected representatives, business leaders, organized labor, economic development agencies and the Oswego County IDA call on Governor Cuomo to protect and preserve the future of energy generation in Upstate New York.
Oswegonian Edward S. Lisk received the highest honor and recognition in the band world on December 17, 2015, at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago.
Last winter’s alternate street plan wasn’t the best idea, the mayor said. In lieu of a better plan, the mayor said he’d like to return to the off street winter parking plan the city used for many years prior to last winter. In other committee action, councilors consider a proposal for enhancing the city-owned marina area.
The Oswego County Legislature got off to an historic start in 2016. Pulaski Legislator Shawn Doyle organized an effort for all legislators to bring in family bibles or old ones from their district to be sworn in on during Tuesday’s reorganizational meeting.
Nine local nonprofit groups received grants totaling $20,000 in the first-ever distribution from the Oswego County Community Foundation. The fund was established in 2013 and reached its $500,000 initial fundraising goal in under two years of operation.
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