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County Legislator Tresidder Seeks To Become Port City’s First Female Mayor

May 12, 2015 Steve Yablonski

Amy M. Tresidder has announced her candidacy for mayor of the city of Oswego. Currently serving the city’s taxpayers as a county legislator, Tresidder, a Democrat, has been dedicated to community service in Oswego for more than 30 years. Her campaign is focused on efficient and accountable city government, stimulating economic development, and revitalization of the city’s neglected neighborhoods and infrastructure.

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Oswego County Drug Task Force Announces Felony Arrests

May 11, 2015 Contributor

The Oswego County Drug Task Force recently arrested four people in three separate cases. They are facing a variety of felony drug charges.

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Auringer Road Incident Probe Continues, Deceased Identified

May 11, 2015 Steve Yablonski

The Oswego County Sheriff’s Office, New York State Police, and Oswego County Coroner’s Office continue to investigate an officer involved shooting that occurred on Friday, May 8, on Auringer Road in the town of Constantia.

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Pet of the Week – Miss Sacha

May 11, 2015 Steve Yablonski

Miss Sacha is a pretty young girl about 1 to 2 years old with big front feet and a big personality to match. She acts still very much like a kitten, playful and inquisitive with a special love for little catnip mice.

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A bobcat spreads the mulch so it can be doused with water

Firefighters Extinguish Mulch Fire

May 11, 2015 Steve Yablonski

A witness called 911 after seeing two or three juveniles set fire to a pile of mulch in a vacant lot of the former Fitzgibbon’s Boiler Works site Sunday afternoon. In order to fully extinguish the fire, the mulch pile had to be spread out with a bobcat, then doused with water.

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Christina’s Credits – The Bridge Street Run That Wasn’t

May 11, 2015 Contributor

Last year’s Bridge Street Run seemed to be the event to end all others, and apparently it did. To combat participation in the BSR this year, SUNY Oswego’s Student Association Programming Board and the Student Association created OzFest. OzFest and the concert not only kept most students on campus, but also reduced the number of participants in Bridge Street Run dramatically.

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A mock DWI crash was staged to show students what could happen if they drink and drive.

Mock Event Sends Real Message To OHS Students Just In Time For Prom Season

May 9, 2015 Steve Yablonski

Members of the Oswego High School junior class sat through a gruesome presentation Friday to help stop them from making what could be a fatal mistake on prom night, graduation day and beyond. A mock drunk driving accident was staged in the school parking lot. Several teens were “injured.” One young woman, partially ejected from her vehicle, her severed arm was on the ground a few feet away from the wrecked vehicles, was dead – the innocent victim of a drunk driver. The goal of the program is to prevent teens from drinking and driving.

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Oswego Police Report Results Of BSR Patrols

May 9, 2015 Contributor

On May 8, the annual Bridge Street Run pub crawl throughout the city was completed. There were multiple arrests made, according to city police.

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Authorities Probe Fatal Officer-Involved-Shooting In Constantia

May 9, 2015 Steve Yablonski

The Oswego County Sheriff’s Office, New York State Police, and Oswego County Coroner’s Office are investigating a fatal officer-involved-shooting that occurred on Friday, after Sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence in the Town of Constantia for a check-the-welfare call. The deceased is a 58-year-old male resident of Constantia who was the subject of the check-the-welfare call.

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From left are: Anthony Dimura Oswego County BOCES, Mitch Maniccia Oswego County AmeriCorps at Fort Ontario, Mary Katherine Clerkin Fort Ontario State Historic Site, and Cianne Moody Oswego County CiTi.

Fort Ontario Croquet Cup Set May 23-24

May 8, 2015 Contributor

The United States was caught up in a croquet-fueled frenzy in the 19th century, especially during Fort Ontario’s interpretive period of the late 1860s and the sport quickly became the hottest craze in America and Great Britain. Although played casually today, croquet was an intense cutthroat sport that brought out the fiercest competitive nature of anyone who played.

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