The Common Council took a stand against the Bridge Street Run. Councilors voted to waive the rules of the council and add two resolutions at the end of Monday night’s meeting without having them discussed at committee first. Councilors voted unanimously to ban the Bridge Street Run as well as bill SUNY Oswego to cover the city’s cost related to the event.
Four of the five candidates for the three Oswego school board seats fielded questions from the public Monday night. The Home and School Associations of the school district and the OCTA (Oswego Classroom Teachers’ Association) hosted a “meet the Candidates” forum at the Oswego Middle School Theater.
SUNY Oswego University Police charged a 26-year-old Florida man early Sunday with a felony count of marijuana possession as well as a misdemeanor count of driving while intoxicated and several infractions. Officers said Ryan R. Russell of Crocker Lake Boulevard in Sarasota, Florida, was driving erratically on Route 104 near the college entrance shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday.
“On the heels of Rep. Maffei’s press release regarding the continuing efforts relating to the research and development of a human vaccine for EEE, we consider today a huge checkmark in the win column in the ongoing battle against the Beast, Eastern Equine Encephalitis.”
Each year, more than 30,000 cases of Lyme disease are reported to the Centers for Disease Control, making it the most commonly reported tick-borne illness in the United States. Lyme disease can cause serious health problems if not diagnosed early and treated properly. In Oswego County, the Oswego County Health Department reported 76 cases of Lyme disease last year. Already this year, there have been four cases confirmed.
Members of the Oswego High School junior class sat through a gruesome presentation Friday to help stop them from making what could be a fatal mistake on prom night, graduation day and beyond. A mock drunk driving accident was staged in the school parking lot. Several teens were “injured;” one young man was partially ejected from his vehicle, his severed arm was on the ground in front of the wrecked vehicle.
Emergency crews responded to the scene of a pedestrian-vehicle accident on West Bridge Street near Hillside Ave. Friday night. A SUNY Oswego student was reportedly hit by a trolley bus; then transported to a waiting helicopter in Fulton and flown to Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse. The victim reportedly suffered multiple injuries.
Oswego City Police and University Police at SUNY Oswego are investigating three suspected heroin overdoses that occurred overnight, two in the city of Oswego and one on the college campus. All three victims are students at SUNY Oswego. The campus victim died, authorities said.
The New York State Police in Pulaski is currently investigating a suspicious incident that occurred on May 8, along County Route 17 in the town of Constantia between the hours of 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. A juvenile male was walking on the side of the roadway when he was approached by a black, four-door car having dark tinted windows.
Mayor Tom Gillen announced that the city of Oswego’s water treatment plant will be starting construction on upgrades to the facility. The initial work will involve rebuilding filters and will reduce the production capacity of the plant by 25 percent while the work is in progress, which is anticipated to be three weeks.
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