On Tuesday (December 15), at about 10:07 p.m., the Oswego Police Department responded to 181 E. First St., the Valero for a robbery complaint. It was reported that a male entered Valero and demanded cash. No weapon was displayed. No one was injured during the robbery, but the male did make off with an undisclosed amount of cash.
“This is positively something that I didn’t want to be the last thing that I did as mayor,” Tom Gillen said Monday night. “But, we’re caught between a rock and a hard place.” With Council President Eric VanBuren absent, Gillen was forced to cast the deciding vote whether to increase water and sewer rates for Oswego taxpayers.
State Senator Patty Ritchie and Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther announced their legislation to save farmers across the state millions of dollars by cutting fees to register trailers used for transporting produce, livestock and other items in half has been signed into law. Currently, trucks used for farming activities can be registered for a lesser fee than those used for other purposes.
Friends of Fort Ontario will host a First Day Hike around the Fort Ontario National Register District on Jan. 1, beginning at 10 a.m. The event is part of a nationwide initiative to encourage all to begin the New Year by rejuvenating and connecting with the outdoors. Historic Site Manager Paul Lear will lead the 2.5-mile family and dog-friendly hike which will proceed at a moderate pace.
Oswego City School District voters might see a substantial change in the process in May 2016. Prior to the start of the Oswego City School District Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, the board heard an extensive presentation from Oswego County Board of Elections Commissioner Richard Atkins.
U.S. Representative John Katko was joined Monday by Onondaga County DA Bill Fitzpatrick and Teresa Woolson as well as local law enforcement, healthcare and treatment service providers, and prevention advocates, in announcing that he has introduced bipartisan legislation, H.R. 4229, the Protecting Our Youth from Dangerous Synthetic Drugs Act, which would make it easier to prosecute the sale and distribution of synthetic drugs.
Christmas came early for the Mexico community thanks to the Greater Mexico Chamber of Commerce, Friends of Oswego and a number of local sponsors and businesses. The Christmas in Mexico event ran three days long and included a Christmas parade, the annual tree lighting, an Ugly Sweater Dash, visits with Santa, local shopping, a holiday train display, free trolley and carriage rides and much more.
Today (Dec. 11), at approximately 6 a.m., investigators with the Oswego County Drug Task Force, with the assistance of the New York State Police Special Operations Response Team and Contaminated Crime Scene Emergency Response Team executed methamphetamine related search warrants at four separate residences in eastern Oswego County. Several arrests were made.
The city of Oswego Community Development Office submitted two applications for consideration in the 2015 Regional Economic Development Council Consolidated Funding Application round. The two projects awarded are the City of Oswego Waterfront Feasibility Study, and the other was the West Side Wastewater Sewer Rehab project.
After a two-part meeting Thursday, the Oswego County Legislature approved the 2016 spending plan. The budget contains a tax hike of 2.8 percent. That is down from 3.9 percent at the start of the meeting.
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