West Chester University will host 900 students and faculty from colleges and universities in New York (including SUNY Oswego), Pennsylvania, and Maryland at the Region Two festival of the 48th annual Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival on January 12–16. This is the second of eight consecutive weekly celebrations of excellence and achievement of theater in higher education.
Numerous items packed the over two and a half hour committee and regular meetings. Presentations were scheduled and Angela Voninski talked about a review of the special programs area while Diane Oldenburg of the Oswego County Health Department was on hand to talk about head lice. Mike McCrobie and Laura Bateman, coaches of softball and lacrosse respectively, presented information relating to field trips for their teams in March.
Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, today (Dec. 17) announced a long-term commitment to the Cayuga Community College’s Fulton campus to launch an Advanced Manufacturing Institute, including an industrial maintenance technician program and an advanced laboratory and training center.
At approximately 2 p.m., a 2008 Hyundai SUV, being operated by Mark J. Hewitt, 45, of 101 Ellen St., Oswego, was approached by investigators as it sat curb side on East First Street at East Mohawk Street. Investigators had interrupted an alleged sale of heroin between Hewitt and a second person, police said.
Peter Myles has been named as the new Oswego Harborfest Executive Director. Myles, a veteran educator-administrator with 34 years of professional experience within the Oswego City School District, will officially commence his new duties in January.
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.
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