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.
Emily Bradshaw is continuing her mission to help the area homeless just in time for the holidays. She recently presented dozens of personal care bags to Oswego Middle School and Oswego High School. Fifty bags were given to the Fulton high school and 100 bags will handed out on Thanksgiving at the Salvation Army.
Sometimes, we forget what Thanksgiving is all about. So what are you thankful for? Who has helped you in your time of need? Who has showed your graciousness and kindness when you needed it the most? We asked you and here’s what you told us:
All Content Copyright Dot Publishing 2024. All Submissions Become Property of Dot Publishing All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.