Oswego Daily News

Prior to regular voting action, the members of the board recognized the service of veteran Oswego High School Social Studies teacher Patricia Runeari.  She has served the educational needs of Oswego’s students for nearly three decades. The board accepted her retirement which will be effective on January 28, 2013.

You can’t spell champion without FSB. Well, yes, you can. But not that often when you’re talking about the Trinity Catholic School Corporate Spelling Bee. Fulton Savings Bank recently out-spelled seven other teams to capture the crown.

According to the Surgeon General, in the United States, 3.6 million youth currently smoke cigarettes. In New York, the current rate of cigarette smoking by high school students is 12.6 percent, less than the 17.2 percent national rate.

The Board of Directors of the New York State Environmental Facilities Corp. approved $7.96 million in short-term financing for the city of Oswego, including $4 million in no-interest loans, to improve sewer and stormwater collection in the city.

Discussion on setting the time and place for a public hearing relative to a proposed local law on a reapportionment plan for Oswego County quickly segued into a debate about the tentative proposal. Some legislators questioned whether the county’s plan is legal. The public will have its say prior to the legislature’s December meeting.

UPDATE: He has reportedly been found safe  The Oswego County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a missing person from the Town of Oswego.  Timothy Benway, 47, was reported missing in the early morning hours today (November 15).

Even though professional dog trainer Andrea Giordano is busy getting ready to open her new business, “Dogs Among Us,” in January, she took time out recently to give a presentation to the students at the new Buccaneer Junior-Senior High School in Oswego.

Oswego County legislators will vote Thursday on a proposal to allow the Probation Department to use a GPS tracking system and electronic bracelets to monitor criminals who are awaiting court action. If approved by the Legislature, the system can help alleviate jail overcrowding by providing around-the-clock tracking of offenders in their homes.

With several dozen fellow firefighters looking on from the audience, the president of the Oswego Firefighters’ Association made an impassioned plea for the mayor and council to reconsider the proposed cuts to the department in the tentative 2013 city budget.