Oswego Daily News

During 2014, the Riley School water tank that supplies system pressure to the Oak Hill section of the eastside of Oswego City is being replaced by a new pump station. Part of that project will be to replace all the system check valves that maintain the water pressure at the top of Oak Hill. The work to replace those check valves will be done during the months of August and September, and will require periodic isolations of the water mains in the immediate areas where the replacements are being done.

As part of the Riley School Water Tank Replacement Project, on Wednesday, at 7 a.m., East Utica Street will be closed from East Eighth Street to East Ninth Street. Detours will be set up at East Fourth and East Tenth streets sending traffic to East Bridge Street. The street should be open Thursday at 5:00 p.m. to all traffic.

At 7:35 p.m. Saturday, the Oswego Fire Department was dispatched to a reported structure fire at 142 E. Bridge St. An active fire was reported in a second floor apartment of the building. Officials stated the structure contains a hair salon and four apartments.

For the second time within a week, a body has reportedly been recovered from the waters of Lake Ontario. Shortly after 4 p.m. Saturday, an Oswego man died while helping a child in distress in the water.

At its meeting this week, the Common Council approved dedication of the street between City Hall and Pathfinder Bank as “John M. Canale Drive.” Canale has spent nearly three-quarters of his life as a teacher and was also a city alderman for more than two decades.

A horse in southern Oswego County has died of the Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus, the Oswego County Health Department reported today (Aug. 15). The horse had been stabled near an area known to harbor the EEE virus in Oswego and Onondaga counties, and was probably exposed to EEE in late July, prior to the aerial spraying of the Toad Harbor – Three Mile Bay Wild Management Area.