On Wednesday, Kelly M. Hartz, 47, of Williamstown, appeared in Oswego County Court, where she was sentenced to five years probation upon her conviction for Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree, a Class E Felony. As part of her sentence, she was ordered to pay $9,597.18 in restitution to Oswego County DSS over the next five years.
The Oswego Girls’ Varsity Soccer Team will host the first “Kick Cancer” Tournament this Saturday. Games will begin at 1 p.m. at the Richard Benjamin Fields (near Oswego Middle School). All proceeds from the event will benefit the “Coaches Vs. Cancer” Relay For Life Team.
Better treatment, increasing prevention programs and stepping up law enforcement efforts are the focus of a report released today (May 28) by members of the New York State Senate Join Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction; a bipartisan group tasked with examining the issues surrounding the increase in drug abuse in New York State.
Following the British victory at Oswego on May 6, 1814, the Royal Navy fleet under Commodore James Yeo controlled Lake Ontario and blockaded Commodore Isaac Chauncey’s U.S. Navy fleet in Sackets Harbor, NY.
For decades, police officers throughout Oswego County have participated in the annual “Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics.” On Tuesday, officers representing the cities of Fulton and Oswego, the county and others carried on the tradition. The runs are designed to focus attention on the Special Olympics.
On May 12, the Common Council voted to authorize the city chamberlain to itemize the overtime costs to the city associated with the Bridge Street Run and bill SUNY Oswego. However, shortly thereafter, Mayor Tom Gillen vetoed the resolution. On Tuesday night, he delivered his veto message to the council.
A 9:58 p.m. Monday, Oswego Fire Department crews were dispatched to a reported structure fire at 144 W. Seneca St., in the city. Firefighters arrived minutes later and found smoke billowing from the basement and an active fire near the main electrical service of the two-family home.
The Safe Haven Museum and Education Center is proud to announce that the 70th reunion of the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter will take place from June 19 through 22. On Aug. 5, 1944, 982 refugees who survived Nazi reign during World War II arrived at Fort Ontario in Oswego. They were allowed into the country as “guests” of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Memorial Day is sacred to all veterans and families of veterans, according to George Hoffman, the master of ceremonies. “We owe it to our fallen heroes to pause from our routine so that we may respectfully honor their lives and sacrifices for liberty and freedom,” he said. “Our defenders are ordinary Americans performing extraordinary deeds,” he added.
State Police in Fulton are investigating a one-vehicle, fatal motor vehicle collision that occurred on Sunday (May 25) at approximately 8:11p.m. The collision occurred on Hall Road in the town of Oswego, approximately one half mile east of Chapel Road.
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