The Starr Clark Tin Shop and Underground Railroad Museum will open its doors to visitors at an open house Dec. 1 at 2 p.m. The tin shop was a key gathering place for abolitionists. Constructed in 1827, it is believed to be the oldest mercantile building in Oswego County.
“Any time you’re messing with this, it’s like playing Russian Roulette In reality, these drugs are poison. It’s about time we start calling them what they are,” a representative from the Upstate New York Poison Center told the crowd Tuesday night.
His administration is committed to creating a budget that will ensure for the safety of the residents but is also fiscally responsible, the mayor said. There’s no reason to close the west side fire station, unless the budget is not being held accountable; the fire department must stay within its budget, he explained.
While homelessness in Oswego County is not always recognizable, it does exist. A one-day study on January 25 of this year, conducted by the County of Oswego Advocates Challenging Homelessness (COACH), indicates that on any day in Oswego county more than 85 county residents have no place to call home and more than 30 more are on the brink of homelessness.
As of Jan. 1, 2013, the mayor’s proposed spending plan will become the official city budget for the new year. Councilors voted 7-0 Monday night to approve Mayor Tom Gillen’s budget. Some amendments were passed that juggled some funds around, but it is still roughly the same dollar amount as the mayor originally proposed.
The New York State Police is asking anyone who may have been in the area of the Sandy Creek Mobil gas station at around the time of this incident to contact police at SP Pulaski 24 hour number: 315-298-1444 or SP Pulaski BCI number: 315-298-1470.
He took his case to court and his petition was dismissed. And so, he appealed in the Appellate Division. Now that the lower court’s ruling was affirmed, he vows to move to federal court.
A public community forum on bath salts is scheduled for 6 p.m. November 27 in the Robinson-Faust Theatre of the Performing Arts at Oswego High School.
Graduate student Bailey Smith sought the help of her fellow students to gather a rental van-load of food, water, winter clothing, batteries, blankets and more, and drove there the weekend of Nov. 10 and 11. “It looks like the end of the world down there,” Smith said. “I think tears ran down my face from the moment we got there until the moment we left.”
Oswego firefighters continued their annual tradition of assisting the Human Concerns Center on East Fourth Street to help those less fortunate at Thanksgiving. On Tuesday, they helped provide a holiday meal basket for more than 240 area families.
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