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Oswego Community Development Awarded $330k Water Quality Improvement Grant for Route 48 Green Gateway Project

November 25, 2014 Contributor

Stormwater from Oswego’s west side sewer will be redirected to bioswales and tree plantings on State Route 48/ West First Street with a grant awarded by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for a Water Quality Improvement Program. The city of Oswego Community Development Office applied for the grant in December 2013. Joseph Martens, commissioner of New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation, congratulated Mayor Tom Gillen for the project award of $330,000 for the $414,312 project last week.

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Local law enforcement officers will be out on the roads this weekend as part of a state wide effort to reduce drunk driving crashes and injuries.

Oswego County to Participate in Statewide STOP-DWI Thanksgiving Crackdown Enforcement Effort

November 25, 2014 Submitted article

Oswego County STOP-DWI coordinator Robert Lighthall announced that Oswego County police agencies will participate in a special enforcement effort to crackdown on impaired driving. The statewide STOP-DWI Crackdown efforts start on November 26 and will end on November 30.

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Oswego Council Approves Fiscal Year 2015 Operating Budget

November 25, 2014 Steve Yablonski

The new budget contains a property tax hike of about 1.25 percent. It doesn’t contain any layoffs or any loss of services to city residents. “The economy of the city of Oswego has begun to emerge from the overall financial malaise experienced throughout the country,” the mayor said.

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Structure Of Disaster Management Explained

November 23, 2014 Janet Rebeor

With I-90 reopened, Oswego County’s trucks and manpower ready to return home, and The Buffalo News reporting a ‘Shovel Brigade Mob’ has descended on South Buffalo neighborhoods, Oswego County Emergency Management Director Dale Currier described the government mobilization process in a situation like last week’s fatal snowstorm.

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Oswego County Works to Help Buffalo Residents Dig Out

November 22, 2014 Janet Rebeor

County Legislator Marie Schadt said on Friday that she contacted every emergency agency she could think of after the brunt of the storm Wednesday because she is worried about her 67-year-old friend in Orchard Park, one of the areas hardest hit by the pre-winter storm.

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Oswego County Sends Highway Crews and Equipment to Buffalo

November 21, 2014 Contributor

Oswego County is lending some of its snow removal expertise and equipment to the city of Buffalo to assist in the removal of this week’s massive lake effect snowfall. County Legislature Chairman Kevin Gardner approved a request from the State Office of Emergency Management Thursday afternoon for additional snow removal assistance. “We’re used to these types of events and are certainly happy to help them out,” said Chairman Gardner.

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Annual Run for the Pies Benefit Planned

November 21, 2014 Contributor

Before settling down to eat your turkey or prepare your house for guests this Thanksgiving, why not get a little exercise in and help the Salvation Army and Human Concern Center of Oswego? The Run for the Pies, now going for 15+ years, does just that! Every Thanksgiving morning, a group of runners and walkers meet at the Oswego YMCA to do a 5K run/walk before dinner. It’s open to the public and everyone in the community is welcome to join.

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County officials applaud legislation eliminating fee for veteran’s distinction on drivers’ licenses and non-drivers’ ID cards

November 21, 2014 Contributor

Oswego County Clerk Michael C. Backus and Veterans Services Director Donna Kestner Thursday (Nov. 20) thanked Governor Andrew Cuomo for signing into law legislation that eliminates the fee for veterans seeking a distinction on their drivers’ licenses or non-driver ID cards. The legislation passed both the NYS Assembly and Senate unanimously earlier this year.

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A young lady shares her wish list with Santa Claus a few years ago.

Light Up, Oswego Ushers In The Christmas Holidays

November 21, 2014 Steve Yablonski

The all-day event will offer a wide variety of holiday events and activities. Events are planned at the Lake Ontario Conference Center, St. Joseph’s, City Hall and many other places. Downtown restaurants and businesses will be open throughout the day as well as after the tree lighting, offering holiday shopping and dining specials. Santa Claus will greet children at the 6 p.m. tree lighting and then invite them inside City Hall to hear their Christmas wish lists.

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Car Over Embankment Near Lake Ontario

November 20, 2014 Contributor

Two people escaped injury today as their car went over an embankment and landed precariously on the shore of Lake Ontario, according to the Oswego Fire Department. The accident occurred just before 3 p.m. today (Nov. 20) at Fourth Avenue, near SUNY Oswego, in a parking lot adjacent to “Flatrock.”

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