Some city workers didn’t want to give up 4 percent of their salaries and take a two-week furlough, the mayor said. Some even felt the city should layoff workers to cut expenses, he added. The city is now looking at alternative sources of revenue.
Today (Jan. 29), US Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced that the New York State Canal Flood Warning System has received a Federal Emergency Management Agency funding obligation totaling $1.2 million for the installation of rain and stream gauges along the Mohawk River, Oswego River and Upper Hudson River Basin.
Fort Ontario State Historic Site and its superintendent, Paul Lear, will be featured in a public television documentary entitled “Losing Ground: The Race to Preserve War of 1812 Battlefields in New York State.” It will be shown at 9 p.m. Feb 10 on WCNY.
At its meeting this week, the Common Council authorized a lease agreement regarding the lighthouse and authorized the Youth Bureau to manage the annual holiday tree lighting ceremony. Councilors approved other resolutions including requests to travel and naming an official newspaper.
At its last meeting, the Oswego City School District Board of Education congratulated the two Oswego High School U.S. Army All-American musicians who were chosen to perform in San Antonio, Texas. They were the only two musicians from the entire state to participate in this elite marching band. Cassandra Hondro and Emily King were presented certificates of recognition during the recent board meeting
Thirty-six robotics teams from all over New York State competed, by invitation only, on January 25 for the title of State Champion at the Northern NY VEX Toss Up State Championship. Two teams from Oswego dominated the competition during the qualification rounds. Both teams made it to the semi-finals; both teams won special awards. And, one of them won a coveted spot in the next level of competition.
The school board also appointed Audit Committee members, OK’d a contract with AmeriCorps and appointed intramural supervisors at the elementary schools.
After a snow and blustery Monday, things will improve slightly Tuesday. The area shoveled out from underneath another 7 inches of snow on Monday. The blowing and drifting snow caused whiteout conditions, which delayed or closed many county school districts and cancelled other afternoon and evening events. It will be cold overnight with more lake effect flurries east of Lake Ontario and Tuesday will see a mix of sun and clouds, according to Bill Gregway, local observer for the National Weather Service.
The Oswego County Emergency Management Office announces that the system of emergency notification sirens surrounding the three nuclear power plants at Nine Mile Point will be tested during the week of February 3 through 7. Tests will be conducted between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Local author and speaker Lisa M. Buske recently traveled to San Antonio, Texas, to speak at The Heidi Search Center’s annual banquet. This wasn’t Buske’s first interaction with the HSC. Their relationship began in April 1994 – when the center sent a search and rescue expert to join the search for Buske’s sister, Heidi M. Allen.
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