The Oswego County Legislature today (July 12) approved transferring funds to cover the cost of boarding OCJ inmates in other county facilities. The resolution to transfer an additional $200,000 prompted a lengthy debate about how to correct the problem without continually having to spend more money on it. At some point, one legislator said, the county is going to have to tell the state: enough is enough.
The charges stem from a police pursuit that began at the railroad crossing on State Route 481, north of VanBuren Drive in the town of Volney and went south on 481 into the city of Fulton where the vehicle the suspect was driving turned east onto VanBuren Street then made a sharp turn north onto North Sixth Street where he finally parked the vehicle.
Integrated Community Planning is helping bring an Oswego historical landmark back to life. ICP has relocated its offices into the Stevedore Lofts, 317 W. First St. (Suite 111). The public is invited to the official open house on July 19 from noon to 7 p.m.
The public hearing will be held at 7:10 p.m. July 23 in the Council Chamber at City Hall.
Proponents of the change say it will help improve the quality of life in neighborhoods, especially in the First and Third wards. However, the owners of the two bus companies in the city say the regulations will unfairly infringe on their right to conduct business.
Joseph T. Steadman has now been located. At approximately 10:10 a.m. today (July 10), he was recognized from his description and photograph while on the lakeshore at Marsh Road in the town of Sterling. Officers responded and identified Mr. Steadman, who was subsequently transported to Oswego Hospital for an evaluation.
The free treatments, packets of a regionally produced (in Oriskany) larvicide that can be used to treat standing water, including small pools, bird baths and ornamental ponds, are being made available to homeowners through a partnership with the Soil and Water Conservation Districts in Jefferson, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego and St. Lawrence counties.
Inga Back, Acting Public Health Director of the Oswego County Health Department, announced this morning (July 10) that the New York State Department of Health found evidence of West Nile virus in two collections of mosquitoes in the village of Central Square. There are no known human cases of West Nile virus in Oswego County at this time.
At approximately 5:30 p.m. today (July 9), State Police in Hastings responded to an area behind the “Castaways” Restaurant located at 916 County Route 37 in the Town of Hastings, for a body found in the Oneida River near the boat docks. The body was positively identified as 34-year-old Michael C. Thompson, of 5864 Mudd Mill Road in Brewerton.
At its meeting Monday, the Common Council voted to hold a public hearing for a proposed code changes for Chapter 228, taxicabs (buses), of the code of the city of Oswego. It will be held at 7:10 p.m. July 23 in the Council Chamber at City Hall. Prior to the vote, the public weighed in on the issue.
Today (July 9), United States Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that President Obama has signed into law new drug legislation that will permanently ban the deadly chemical compounds marketed and sold as bath salts and incense in the New York State and the United States.
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