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Economic Development Organization Presents Annual Activity Summary, Achievement Awards

June 11, 2014 Submitted article

Operation Oswego County held its 62nd annual meeting at the SUNY Oswego Campus Center on Tuesday. Kevin LaMontagne, president of the OOC board of directors, welcomed more than 160 representatives of businesses, government, education, labor and other ally organizations to the meeting. Keynote presenter Zelko Kirincich, executive director of the Port of Oswego Authority, highlighted plans to increase activity at the port,

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Section Of West Linear Park Closed

June 11, 2014 Submitted article

Due to the structural concerns of the former Cahill/Coleman Building, a section of the West Linear Park has been closed.

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Ritchie Wins OK For Nuke Tax Bill

June 11, 2014 Submitted article

State Senator Patty Ritchie beat back a challenge by downstate nuclear power opponents and won final legislative passage of her bill allowing Oswego County to continue to negotiate tax agreements with the operators of three nuclear power plants, helping to stabilize local g

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“Crafting for a Cure” from Fitzhugh Park Elementary School will be at this week’s Oswego Farmers’ Market as they attempt to assist Oswego Oncology and the Galisano Children’s Hospital. Their goal is to raise $1,000. In the front row are Maddie Malone, Riley Randall, Nicole Anthony, Gracie Hoffman, Kaylyne Westberry and Maddy Graham while in back are Miss Kearns, Karsyn Mahaney, Hannah Holland, Val Whitford, Alyssa Searor and Mrs. Haessig.

FPS ‘Crafting for a Cure’ at Farmers’ Market This Thursday Evening

June 11, 2014 Contributor

Sixth graders Alyssa Searor and Maddy Graham wanted to do something for a good cause and both enjoyed crafting. Alyssa said, “I was making lots of loom bracelets and Mrs. Haessig thought it might be a way of helping others.” Meanwhile, Maddy noted, “We thought it would be nice to have a fundraiser for Oswego Oncology and the Galisano Children’s Hospital and we are doing that through making crafts.”

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At last year's Bug Run - Comets' president, Jeff Beardslee and MSGW Foundation member Barb Wilcox, grandmother of Maggie Sue Glenister Wilcox, just before the ride left Hazzy's Tavern.

Annual Bug Run to benefit The MSGW Foundation

June 11, 2014 Contributor

This year’s Bug Run will be held on June 14, at the Home of the Comets’, Hazzy’s Tavern, in beautiful, scenic, downtown New Haven.

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Oswego Street Dedicated To Former Second Ward Councilor

June 10, 2014 Steve Yablonski

The north end of East Fourth Street is steeped in history. The area is home to Fort Ontario and the Safe Haven Museum. On Tuesday afternoon, some new history was added to the mix. In a brief ceremony, witnessed by nearly two dozen people, Oswego Mayor Tom Gillen officially dedicated the stretch of roadway as Barbara Donahue Drive.

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Oswego Police Announce 2 Crack Cocaine Arrests

June 10, 2014 Steve Yablonski

At about 12:45 a.m. today (June 10), the Oswego City Police Department’s Anti-Crime Team executed a search warrant at 24 Ontario St., second floor apartment, in the city of Oswego, relative an investigation into the alleged crack cocaine sales being perpetrated at that location. A Syracuse man and an Oswego woman were arrested as a result.

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Oswego Council Gives Green Light to Mugs and Motors Event

June 9, 2014 Steve Yablonski

The council approved closing West First Street between West Bridge and Oneida streets on Sunday afternoons from June 15 to August 31 for the “Mugs and Motors” social event. It will bring all types of vehicles and business to downtown Oswego on a day that is usually not that busy, according the event organizer Anne Backer. It was also announced that the council and committee meetings are now available for viewing on the day following the meeting date.

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Ritchie: Measure To Help Find Vaccine For EEE Gets Final Passage

June 9, 2014 Submitted article

State Senator Patty Ritchie announced that her legislation to help find a vaccine to prevent the deadly EEE disease has passed the State Senate. “The loss of our Maggie Sue (to EEE) was the most devastating experience of our lives and we struggle with that on a daily basis; in part because we strive to find the very difficult balance in protecting our other children from EEE and in learning how to educate them without making them afraid to go outside and be carefree children,” said Donna Wilcox, Maggie Sue’s aunt.

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Two-Car Collision in Oswego Injures Two

June 9, 2014 Contributor

At 12:45 a.m. today (June 9), Oswego Fire Department crews were dispatched to a two-car motor vehicle collision on State Route 481 near the intersection of Woodridge Terrace. OFD Deputy Chief Dave Engle reported that the two vehicles were involved in a head-on collision and two people were injured in the accident. Their injuries are thought to be non-life threatening.

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