Mayor Tom Gillen appointed Ellen B. Clark, concierge with experience Oswego NY and co-founder of Lighthouse Coworks, as chair of Oswego’s Promotion and Tourism Advisory Board. Clark, a charter member of the board, is a native of Oswego and graduate of Cornell University.
A sample of mosquitoes recently collected in the north-central area of the town of Palermo has tested positive for the Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus, the Oswego County Health Department reported today. EEE was also found in three additional samples of mosquitoes collected from Toad Harbor Swamp. The West Nile virus was found near the county health department’s mosquito monitoring field station in West Monroe, marking the first confirmed presence of West Nile virus this summer in Oswego County.
On Wednesday, August 12, at approximately 4:29 p.m., investigators with the Oswego County Drug Task Force, pursuant to a drug investigation, stopped a 2012 Ford Focus in the driveway of 184 W. Utica St. Also on Wednesday, at approximately 6:15 p.m., investigators with the Oswego County Drug Task Force, with the assistance of the Oswego City Police Department’s Special Response Team, executed a narcotics related search warrant at 4 ½ Governor St. Two arrests resulted.
Algoma Central’s Capt. Henry Jackman unloaded a six-story road salt cone in Oswego on Wednesday Aug. 12. Launched in 1981 as the Lake Wabush, Capt. Henry Jackman was one of three vessels acquired by Algoma Central Corp., Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., from Hanna Mining on March 27, 1986.
Oswego Mayor Tom Gillen has announced that after issuing a request on July 29 for residents to continue to conserve water usage for the next few weeks, the situation has improved and residents may now resume regular water usage.
Apparently the lure of the breakwall on a warm summer’s day is just too much to resist. It’s a hat trick. For the third time in about a week, the Oswego Fire Department was dispatched and Marine One headed out to the Oswego breakwall for a report of several people in distress. Shortly after 5 p.m. today (Aug. 12), a concerned citizen called 911 stating that eight or nine people were on the breakwall. Rescue crews were dispatched at 5:22 p.m. Once again, fire officials said, luckily, there were no injuries.
Weather permitting, the Oswego County Health Department plans to conduct aerial spraying of approximately 10,000 acres in portions of the towns of Hastings, West Monroe and Constantia Friday, Aug. 14. The spray date has not yet been finalized and may change based on weather or other factors.
The Oswego County Community Foundation (Oswego Foundation) has launched its first grant round and is now accepting applications until October 15. The fund is expected to award up to $20,000 in total grants this year to organizations directly serving Oswego County residents.
For the second time in a week, the Oswego Fire Department rescue boat, Marine One, has been pressed into emergency service in the Oswego Harbor. This evening (Aug. 11), firefighters responded quickly and rescued two people off the breakwall, and a third person who had been struck by a wave and thrown into the water.
At Monday night’s Common Council meeting Mayor Tom Gillen announced three budget workshops would be held this week regarding the city’s proposed spending plan for 2016. Workshops will be held Wednesday and Thursday from 6-8 p.m. and on Saturday at 9 a.m. They will be held in the council chambers and are open to the public.
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