At Monday night’s Administrative Services Committee, councilors approved a request to move funds from the General Fund into the Community Development Office. The infusion of cash would enable the department to move forward while exploring opportunities for creating efficiencies and improving operational performance as it moves into fiscal year 2016, the director said.
Health officials suggest people take it a little easier in the heat and humidity. Those most at risk for heat-related illness are young children and the elderly. Those doing any type of strenuous activity in the heat and humidity should be aware of the weather conditions. And listen to what their body is telling them. If you suffer from cramps, get into the shade and rest for a while and have some water to drink.
State Police were called to the Wal-Mart parking lot, East Avenue in Central Square for a reported children left inside a vehicle. When troopers and EMS personnel arrived, they located a silver van with a 4-year-old girl sleeping and a 9-year-old boy inside sweating heavily, according to troopers.
The Oswego County ATV Club recently hosted more than 300 military veterans and their guests for its inaugural “Ride for Veterans.” The event honored wounded domestic and foreign war veterans for their service to our country. The group left the Tailwater Lodge in Altmar and enjoyed a scenic 14-mile ride along Barclay Trail to Kasoag Lake before they returned to the group’s clubhouse in Altmar for a luncheon.
Aerial spraying of portions of the towns of Hastings, West Monroe and Constantia was completed between 6:30 and 8:45 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16. Oswego County contracted with Duflo Spray-Chemical Inc. from Lowville to conduct the aerial spraying of about 10,000 acres of the Toad Harbor / Big Bay Swamp near the north shore of Oneida Lake.
On Sunday (Aug. 16), members of the Oswego County Sheriff’s Office were called to the scene of a fatal motor vehicle accident in the town of Palermo. Killed in the accident was 32-year-old Gary K. Sun, with a most recent address of 29 Vincent St., Carthage, NY.
The USTA Tennis Program teaches basic tennis skills and gives youth a chance to get outside and exercise, said the program’s coordinator. A carnival was held to give them a chance to show off what they’ve learned – and win some prizes in the process.
The Oswego Common Council has agreed on a budget proposal for 2016. The council will present a budget with a 1.6 percent tax hike later this month. That’s 1.6 “pending proofing,” the city chamberlain explained following Saturday’s marathon budget workshop.
SUNY Oswego’s enrollment of about 1,500 first-year students for the fall semester will approach and possibly surpass 2013’s class of first-year students — the largest since 1988 — and establish a new high-water mark in ethnic diversity. “It’s an exciting time. These are changing times at SUNY Oswego, geographically, when you look at the diversity and when you look at areas of interest academically,” said Admissions Director Dan Griffin.
Aerial spraying of the Toad Harbor – Big Bay Swamp area in Oswego County is cancelled this evening, Friday, Aug. 14, due to weather conditions. Weather permitting, aerial spraying will take place Sunday, Aug. 16, between 6 and 9 p.m.
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