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BOCES unveils name change to Center for Instruction, Technology and Innovation

August 27, 2014 Submitted article

As part of a rebranding effort and in conjunction with a nearly completed campus renovation project, Oswego County BOCES has announced a change to its name, becoming the Center for Instruction, Technology and Innovation. According to CiTi District Superintendent Christopher Todd, the change reflects the organization’s commitment to meeting the ever?changing needs of its educational partners while embracing innovation and creativity.

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Man Charged With Making Terroristic Threat

August 27, 2014 Contributor

According to deputies, the arrest stems from an incident in the town of Palermo where he allegedly threatened to bring a shotgun to the Palermo Town Hall and shoot people due to a grievance.

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Oswego Pair Charged With Welfare Fraud

August 27, 2014 Contributor

On Aug. 26 at 9:50 a.m., Robert L. Calderone, 32, and Jessica L. Jackemuk, 29, both of 182 E. Ninth St., Oswego, were each arrested for third-degree welfare fraud and third-degree grand larceny, both class D felonies.

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Mayor Tom Gillen presents Makayla Walker, accompanied by her mother, with the proclamation Monday night. Makayla was diagnosed in the fall of 2012 with an abdominal desmoid tumor. It is so aggressive it is classified as a cancer. The Walkers were joined by twins Sadie (left) and Myla Wilson and their parents. Sadie is currently in treatment for leukemia and goes to Upstate Golisano's Children's Hospital.

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Proclaimed In Oswego

August 26, 2014 Steve Yablonski

At Monday’s Common Council meeting, Mayor Tom Gillen proclaimed September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in the Port City. In the US, almost 13,000 children, under the age of 21, are diagnosed with cancer every year, he said.

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SUNYIT students Kyle Waldeck (left) and Alan Street demonstrate how a cell phone call can be transmitted over an emergency radio system using software they designed for public safety users. The students worked on a pilot project with the Oswego County E911 office.

Summer Student Project Yields Promising Radio Technology

August 26, 2014 Contributor

Kyle Waldeck and Alan Street are engineering students from SUNYIT in Utica who spent the summer working as interns in collaboration with communications engineers from consulting firm NYSTEC. The interns were given hands-on responsibilities to help develop a software bridge that enables clear voice communications between dissimilar radio systems.

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Route 11 In Pulaski To Be Closed For Drainage Repairs

August 26, 2014 Contributor

The New York State Department of Transportation is alerting motorists in Oswego County that a portion of Route 11 in the village of Pulaski will be closed in early to mid September and again in late October/early November for unexpected repairs to two drainage structures.

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Heroes Challenge added to 2014 Oswego Dragon Festival

August 26, 2014 Contributor

The Oswego YMCA’s Oswego Dragon Festival Committee announced that it is adding a new component to the 2014 festival – The Heroes’ Challenge. Five of Oswego’s service organizations Oswego Police Department, Oswego Fire Department, the U.S Coast Guard, SUNY Oswego University Police and SAVAC will race one another for the title of Oswego Dragon Festival Heroes’ Challenge Champion.

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Oswego Council OKs Use Of Public Space For Fundraisers

August 26, 2014 Steve Yablonski

At its meeting Monday night, the Common Council approved ARISE’s request to use West Park for a “Light Up The Night” Run/Walk event to be held on September 13. Councilors also approved use Breitbeck Park for a fundraiser to benefit the American Red Cross to be held on September 7 as well as placement of signs advertising Trinity Catholic School’s annual craft show.

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The Coastal Warning Display Storm Tower at Fort Ontario, as it appeared in 1919. Fort Ontario curator Jenny Emmons will present her research into the history of the tower at 7 p.m. Aug. 27 at Fort Ontario.

Aug. 27 Program Will Explore History of Fort Ontario’s Storm Warning Tower

August 25, 2014 Contributor

Fort Ontario’s Coastal Warning Display tower and its history will be the topic of a lecture by Fort Ontario curator Jenny Emmons Aug. 27, at 7 p.m. The lecture will take place in the Enlisted Men’s Barracks at Fort Ontario. It is her hope that this talk serves not only to draw attention to this landmark’s significance in the past, but may also spur interest in its preservation for the future.

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FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant Begins 21st Refueling Outage

August 24, 2014 Contributor

Control room operators removed Entergy’s James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant from service at 5:03 p.m. today (Aug. 24) to begin its 21st refueling and maintenance outage. During the outage, workers will replace 184 fuel assemblies in the reactor and perform various maintenance activities, tests and inspections on plant equipment. Other major work includes a complete retube of the plant’s main condenser. The plant’s existing condenser tubes constructed of admiralty brass will be replaced with titanium tubes designed to be resistant to silt and other abrasive sediments found in Lake Ontario.

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