Fascinating Tales of Bravery Will Highlight Oswego County 1812 Symposium
Col. Zebulon Pike’s brutal winter encampment at Plattsburgh, and stories of daily life in the North Country during the War of 1812, are among the topics to be presented at the third annual Oswego War of 1812 Symposium.
More than 60 people filled the room at the village hall for the public hearing on the March vote to keep or shut down the department. They heard Mayor Karl Hax say that the department needs a second full-time officer in order to be effective and to raise the hourly rate of part-time deputies in order to attract and keep them.