“We often struggle to find funding and resources to help make us strong and sustain what we are as a representative of the businesses in our community,” he told the Oswego County Legislature. “I believe in the community. I believe in who we represent. And, I believe in making it a stronger place, not only to do business, but to live and raise a family.”
The Oswego County Legislature unanimously accepted a $15,948 New York State grant on April 9 to continue to provide transportation services for seniors who don’t have access to public transportation.
With the Oswego County Office for the Aging providing funds from a grant from New York State Office for the Aging, Community Services for the Elderly, those age 60 and older can now ride for free.
On Friday April 10, investigators with the Oswego County Drug Task Force in conjunction with the Oswego City Police Department and NYS University Police at Oswego executed two cocaine related search warrants. At approximately 3 p.m., a search warrant was executed for the person of Andreli D. Tolentino in the area of West Cayuga and John streets in the city of Oswego. At 6:15 p.m., a search warrant was executed at Oneida Hall room 201 on the SUNY Oswego campus. Joseph P. Simoneau was arrested there.
While the unit was offline, skilled technicians replaced nearly one-third of the reactor’s fuel and completed thousands of inspections and maintenance activities to keep the unit running safely and effectively for another two-year operating cycle. Most of this work could not be performed while the unit was online.
Four young adults set sail from near Rudy’s aboard an inflatable raft and became unable to control it and were floating in an eastward direction approximately one mile off shore. Responders were able to reach the raft where the four were placed on the Coast Guard boat and transported to land.
Hosted by the Tailwater Lodge in Altmar and the Kallet Theater in Pulaski, the program is designed to increase the tourism and hospitality knowledge of business owners, front-line staff, volunteers, and community leaders in Oswego County.
At Monday night’s meeting the Common Council approved Local Law #3 of the year 2015, amending Chapter 224, Taxation, of the Code of the City of Oswego. It allows for the exemption from taxes that portion of an increase in assessment to residential buildings occurring as a result of capital improvement, according to the assistant city attorney.
The Friends of Oswego County Hospice has set the date for the 16th annual Oswego County Hospice Cup Regatta. The Summer Solstice themed event will be held on June 20 at the Oswego Yacht Club/International Marina. Plans for the day-long event, which raised more than $21,000 in 2014, and more than $300,000 total since its inception, are well under way.
The Child Care & Development Council asks Oswego County to come together for children during the Week of the Young Child, April 12-18. As part of the national Week of the Young Child celebrated across the country, Oswego County is honoring young children and all those who make a difference in children’s lives.
For the second consecutive year, author and Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan will be visiting Oswego Middle School to share her story with the seventh and eighth grade students. She will also be sharing her story in an evening presentation for the Oswego community.
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