Event officials have been working non-stop to make sure the ninth annual Warm Up Oswego Festival is a success for the community. The festival will kick off Friday, at 4 p.m. at Alex’s on the Water on the Riverwalk East – Alex’s will open its doors with a ribbon cutting and a bonfire in the firepit.
Teresa Woolson’s son drowned in Lake Ontario on Aug. 9, 2012, while swimming with a group of friends. His friends told her and the police that he’d purchased a synthetic drug, “Avalanche,” from the Xtreme Underground and used it before he went into the water. She and her family are leading the charge to keep these “designer drugs,” mostly aimed at young people, off the streets.
January 2014’s temperature was down. But, even though the snowfall was above average, the total precipitation was below average overall. The average temperature last month was 2.8 degrees below normal. Total snowfall was 2.8 inches above average, but it was very dry. So the overall precipitation was 1.03 inches below average.
Sometime on January 22, with the temperature below zero, two declawed long-haired cats were abandoned on Route 104-A. They were found and taken into the Humane Society foster care, but if that had not happened they could not have survived. One was so badly matted she had to be taken to a groomer to be shaved down. Yet they had been someone’s pet once – they were not only declawed, they had been spayed
The road closure/detour will go into effect at 7 a.m. on February 10 and as part of the Consent Decree Project, J. J. Lane will be closing West Fifth Street from Ellen Street to Prospect Street, in order to install a new storm sewer on the west side of the street. Traffic detours will be set up at Tallman Street.
UPDATED with letter from the Sub Shop owners.
Information received thus far indicates that the possible compromise of this information may have been accomplished via an unauthorized external breach (hack). Therefore, it was not a matter of an internal security breach.
The Children’s Museum of Oswego has successfully completed its initial funding campaign, The First 40. The campaign was designed to reach a goal of $40,000 through the generous gift of $1,000 from 40 individuals, businesses and foundations in and around the Oswego County area. It was CMOO’s ambition to pursue donors who believe strongly in the mission and vision of the museum.
Park Hall, reopened this semester at the end of a two-year, $17.5 million modernization, as did a soaring new entrance to the School of Education. Park’s top-to-bottom renovation features a wealth of new opportunities for collaborative teaching and learning, from a more visible Center for Urban Schools to innovative partnerships with the sciences and mathematics in the now-connected Richard S. Shineman Center for Science, Engineering and Innovation.
The fire chief will present his findings to the council later this spring. The mayor and councilors will incorporate that information into their own study of how to restructure the department.
UPDATE: State Police are now re-classifying yesterday’s suspicious death as a homicide
The victim, Anthony J. Miller, age 46, was found deceased, around 4 p.m. Feb. 3 by friends at his mobile home located at the Indian Hills Mobile Park.
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