Oswego Daily News

The leadership from every State University of New York campus in the Central New York area on Wednesday (Feb. 25) called on local legislative leaders to continue their bold leadership in supporting New York’s public higher education sector by creating a new Investment Fund and extending NYSUNY 2020 — including the broadly successful rational tuition policy — in the 2015-16 New York State Budget.

In front of more than a dozen local business owners and officials, CiTi’s Business Education Liaison Garrett Weiss and Career and Technical Education Principal Marla Berlin provided a brief course description for each of CiTi’s CTE programs.

Student redistricting has been a long-term concern for the Oswego City School District and administration is attempting to alleviate the massive differences between the elementary schools. However, because one school possesses a state labeled “focus” title, the redistricting effort is a little more difficult.

The City of Oswego Traffic Department will be establishing Temporary No Parking zones in selected areas throughout the city over the next few days. This temporary posting will allow the city’s DPW personnel to clear existing snow piles to the curb line, the mayor said. It will also enable them to cut back existing snow banks that obscure vision to drivers and endanger pedestrian traffic. These temporary signs will be identified by their bright orange color.

Operators at Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station returned Unit 2 to full power operation Tuesday morning (Feb. 24) after addressing an electrical issue. On February 18, technicians were performing maintenance when a valve was inadvertently activated, causing water levels in the reactor to rise temporarily.

Councilors agree the current alternate day policy isn’t working that well for residents and the DPW as well. A 24-hour parking ban could be the way to go in the future, councilors said Monday night. There will be further discussion before a final policy is brought forward.

The Oswego County Health Department has announced the Oswego County Long Term Home Health Care Program is officially closed as of Feb. 13, 2015. “Although the County Long Term Home Health Care Program is closing, the health department will continue providing Hospice and Home Health Care Agency services to county residents. We continue to be the provider of choice for quality home care services in the county,” said Jiancheng Huang, Oswego County Director of Public Health.