Oswego Daily News

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.

On Tuesday, the Oswego City Police Department received a complaint of an alleged sexual assault. An investigation was conducted and on Thursday, Roderick C. Matott, 56, of 112 ½ E. Oneida St., Oswego, was arrested and charged with the following: Rape in the 1st degree- by forcible compulsion- Class B Felony and Rape in the 2nd degree, Actor more than 18 years old and victim under 15 years of age- Class D Felony.

The full council will vote next week on the recommendation. For more than a decade the ceremony has been under the direction of several city volunteers.

The Children’s Museum of Oswego is taking a giant leap forward as it will hold a presentation to reveal the results of its recently completed feasibility study. It will be on January 29 at 7 p.m. at the American Foundry. The board of trustees commissioned Dr. Robert “Mac” West of Informal Learning Experiences, Inc., to conduct the study. Dr. West’s study will help place CMOO into the dynamic community and includes an assessment of the current state of financial, cultural, and demographic aspects of our area.

Harborfest’s Novelis STEM Family Park has been awarded $5,000 by the Richard S. Shineman Foundation. This grant will allow the Novelis STEM Family Park to continue to grow its science, technology, engineering, and mathematics focus.

The state comptroller’s report listed the Oswego district as mid to mid-high level to being susceptible to fiscal stress. The state told districts to cut down their fund balances; now we’ve done that and all of a sudden we are in ‘financial stress’? the board vice president asked. As far as the money we have, cash on hand, I feel pretty good about how much we have in reserves, another board member said.

Assemblyman Will Barclay released the following statement today (Jan. 22) following the Governor’s 2014-15 Executive Budget proposal. I am pleased to hear about the tax cuts for Upstate manufacturers. Cutting corporate taxes will give businesses more reason to stay as well as attract others. It was disappointing to hear so little about Central New York in the speech. I hope the budget reveals other details for our region.