Oswego Daily News

If there was a basic life support ambulance coming in from somewhere with an advanced life support patient, they’d request a link, Oswego Fire Chief Jeff McCrobie explained. The city would bill the other ambulance service for assistance.

The publication, which helps inform education service officers, transition officers and the service members they counsel, named SUNY Oswego to its annual list in the “2013 Guide to Military-Friendly Colleges & Universities,” noting that schools on the list “go out of their way to implement military-friendly policies in support of our men and women in uniform.”

The Water Department plant manager is seeking authorization for the Purchasing Agent to seek bids to purchase and install equipment for surveillance and security measures at the Water Treatment Plant and remote Water Department facilities.

The Oswego County Highway Department has installed new signs to assist users of the Oswego County Recreational Trail. The signs are posted at various points along the 26-mile trail and indicate location, dining and lodging facilities, gas stations and rules of use.

Oswego Hospital welcomed its first baby of the year, Natalie Storme Backus at 1:04 a.m. on New Year’s Day. She weighed six pounds, 13 ounces and was 20 inches long.

Last month was nearly 6 degrees warmer than average. That ranks in 7th place on the all-time warmest Decembers in Port City history. Two other recent years rank as one and two.

Fred Beardsley was re-elected as chairman and Kevin Gardner is the new vice chairman. The Democrats had nominated Amy Tresidder and Jacob Mulcahey

Recently the Oswego jayvee girls basketball team capped off a fundraiser for Makayla Walker, a sixth-grade student at Oswego’s Fitzhugh Park Elementary School. Money raised will go toward medical expenses for Makayla, who is battling cancer.