A seized elevator motor unit, heavy smoke, and high heat conditions at 200 Water Street along with burnt food smoking at a West Seventh Street residence kept firefighters busy Tuesday night. No injuries were reported at either scene.
U.S. Representative Dan Maffei announced he will host a “Discuss it with Dan” mobile office hours event on Friday from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the Oswego Public Library Community Room, 120 E. Second St.
Town Supervisor Nancy Ridgeway, Town Highway Superintendent Mike Kastler, and County Legislator Margaret Kastler (1st District), along with Oswego County Emergency Management Office Director Dale A. Currier are monitoring the situation closely. “The town wants to ensure the safety of residents,” Supervisor Ridgeway and Highway Superintendent Kastler said. “People should be very aware of their surroundings.”
State Senator Patty Ritchie has announced she is cosponsoring a measure that supports the brave men and women of our armed forces by giving preference for state contracts to businesses owned by disabled veterans.
The SUNY system has selected SUNY Oswego’s online master’s in business administration and MBA in health services administration to join only six other degree programs in the soft launch this spring of Open SUNY. SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher introduced the new Open SUNY+ degree programs during her annual State of the University address today (Jan. 14) in Albany.
In his letter, he informs Gov. Cuomo of the high taxes and the high water and sewer bills in the Port City. “I wanted to show my concern because I lived in the city most of my life. I’m proud to live in the city of Oswego,” he wrote. “I have had my house for so many years and I want to keep it.”
The cause most likely was due to spontaneous combustion, a condition that has caused a number of fires locally in the past few years, according to Jeff McCrobie, fire chief.
The Greater Pulaski Community Endowment Fund (Pulaski Fund) raised $13,015 in individual and business contributions during its annual fall fundraising campaign. The John Ben Snow Memorial Trust gave a generous match helping the fund raise a total of $25,780 making the 2013 campaign the fourth most successful fundraiser in thirteen years.
Included in the funding is more than $60,000 for the Oswego City School District to expand its full-day pre-kindergarten program. For use with community learning center programs, the Fulton City School District was awarded nearly $47,000 and the Watertown City School District will receive nearly $108,000.
SUNY Oswego’s online MBA tied for 14th among online graduate business programs — the highest of any institution in the state, according to U.S. News’ 2014 “Best Online Degree Programs: Business (Graduate)” rankings published Jan. 8.
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