Across the country young adults today, often called the millennial generation, are more likely to be foreign born and speak a language other than English at home, compared with young adults in 1980, and in Oswego County they are more likely to earn less and live in poverty than they did thirty years ago.
“What we’re asking for is the same as we have been asking for the last 20 years or so,” Doug Buske, executive director of Oswego Harbor Festivals, Inc., told the committee. “The same parking, the same parks, the same spaces. All we need is the space we had last year.” He also agreed to address some councilors’ concerns regarding safety along Lake Street near the marina area.
State Police in Pulaski are investigating a fatal one-car crash that occurred on December 2 at approximately 7 a.m. on Frank Lacy Road in the town of Richland. The investigation has revealed a 2005 Chevrolet Equinox, operated by Tyler J. Spicer, 36, from Pulaski, was westbound on Frank Lacy Road, a half-mile east of State Route 11.
November 2014 goes into the record books a bit on the mild side, according to Bill Gregway, local observer for the National Weather Service. The average temperature was 1.4 degrees below average. Total precipitation for November was 0.86-inch below average.
The more than 500 students eligible for December graduation ceremonies on Dec. 13 took many roads to SUNY Oswego and acquired experiences to follow many paths after. As of late November, some 430 undergraduates and 101 graduate students were eligible for the Dec. 13 ceremonies in the Marano Campus Center arena, which also will be streamed live with a link from oswego.edu homepage.
With the home heating season upon us, the Oswego Fire Department would like to remind residents of the importance of home heating safety. As you might expect, half of all home heating fires occur in December, January and February. Also, half of home heating fire deaths were caused by fires that started because portable heating equipment was placed too close to things that could burn.
The Port City officially lit up for the holidays on Saturday. Hundreds of people throughout the day enjoyed the first-ever Light Up, Oswego! The new community wide all-day event, welcomed the holiday season in Oswego at myriad locations. Events and activities began at 10 a.m. and continued until around 7:30 p.m. after Santa had greeted hundreds of youngsters in City Hall.
Onondaga County Sheriff Kevin Walsh reports that deputies have charged a Central Square man in connection with a robbery of a Salina restaurant that led police on a high-speed chase that ended in Oswego County. The suspect allegedly lead police on a high-speed chase, with his two young children in the van.
Beginning Jan. 1, Oswego County solid waste transfer stations will be open four days a week. All of the transfer stations will continue to be open Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon. Weekdays hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Oswego firefighters responded to a house fire late Wednesday night. The blaze at an apartment house on East Third Street reportedly left one person dead. “The call at 155 E. Third St. was reported at 10:14 p.m. with units arriving three minutes later to find the upstairs apartment fully involved with fire,”Chief Jeff McCrobie said.
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