July 1, 2014, marks the 30-year anniversary of the date Nancy-Jo Scamurra, a 14-year-old from Amherst, NY, went missing from her home. Her body was found in Lake Ontario in 1984; it wasn’t identified until 2011. Despite the positive identification and continued investigation, the mystery surrounding Ms. Scamurra’s disappearance, murder, dismemberment, and decapitation, remains unsolved.
After a lengthy investigation conducted by the Oswego County Drug Task Force and the city of Fulton Police Department, Jason Wayne Knopp (a/k/a John Slaughta), was arrested on Monday (June 23), on a sealed indictment warrant issued by Oswego County Court. The indictment charges Knopp with three counts of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, a Class B Felony.
The New York State Homes and Community Renewal Office of Community Renewal has announced that the city of Oswego has been awarded a $400,000 grant from the Affordable Housing Corporation.
The city will receive the maximum amount available to a small city to rehabilitate 18 units of existing housing in Oswego.
Fizz! Boom! Read! a science-based theme, is the overall theme for Oswego Bookmobile’s 2014 summer program. Each week of the summer from July 7 to August 22 has its own theme as well. The bookmobile has scheduled events throughout the summer to promote reading to children. At every site, the bookmobile will provide children under the age of 18 with a snack and a free book.
With the support of Lombardo’s Bridie Manor, The Buc Parent League will be hosting an “All You Can Eat Pancake Breakfast” on June 29 from 8 a.m. until noon. The Buc parents and students will be serving a menu of pancakes, eggs, sausage, bacon, mixed fruit, pastries along with your choice of beverages.
Amy Bidwell, who teaches in Oswego’s health promotion and wellness department, found that just adding 75 grams of fructose — two 20-ounce lemon-lime sodas — to the daily diet of healthy participants caused massive increases in cholesterol and other markers that can threaten heart and other health. But if the subjects were physically active at the same time, their bodies cancelled out much of the adverse effects.
The fire department will lease the ambulance for six days to help augment coverage during next month’s Harborfest celebration. The vote wasn’t unanimous as some councilor took issue with the lateness of the request and the amount of overtime that would be generated.
Novelis expects that the National Labor Relations Board will file a 10(j) injunction in the coming days in an attempt to order the company to bargain with the United Steelworkers. Novelis strongly disagrees with this action.
State Senator Patty Ritchie has announced she has secured $3 million in special funding to be split between SUNY Canton and SUNY Oswego that will allow the colleges to enhance learning by making much needed additions and upgrades. At SUNY Oswego, $1 million in funding will be used to construct three high-tech classrooms in the school of education.
“The event encourages kayakers and canoeists to enjoy and appreciate the unique beauty of the historic Oswego River, followed by good food and music along the canal in Oswego,” according to Jake Mulcahey, Paddlefest chairman. A portion of the money raised was donated to the Oswego City-County Youth Bureau for activities that support youth and families in Oswego County.
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