Oswego Daily News

The cases involved attempts by people to collect benefits while living in other states, filing for duplicate benefits, not reporting income and attempting to collect benefits while incarcerated in a correctional facility. In addition, 8 people were arrested over the past few weeks and charged with welfare fraud and grand larceny.

More than 1,000 backpacks were meticulously scattered about the campus quad today (April 18) at SUNY Oswego. Many of them had the names of their “owners” affixed to them. They came from a myriad backgrounds and hometowns; names like Mike, Brian, Meg, Kyle, Shari, Joe, Sam, and Mom. The common thread that will forever tie them to each other – they were all college students who took their own lives.

In a brief session Tuesday evening, the Oswego School Board approved the superintendent’s proposed spending plan for the next school year. The vote was 5-0-2 with vice president Kathleen Allen and member Fran Hoefer absent. The spending plan approved Tuesday is $76,604,057.

He allegedly engaged in anus to penis contact with the victim being less than 17 years of age during the summer months of 2011 in the village of Phoenix and engaged in mouth to penis contact with that victim being less than 17 years of age, in April 2009 and the summer months of 2011.

Mayor Tom Gillen and Second Ward Councilor Mike Myers have scheduled a Neighborhood Walk for the Second Ward on May 2. Councilors of the other wards are invited to join them, as well as Code Enforcement Director Neal Smith, Engineer/Zoning Administrator Tony Leotta and Community Development Director Mary Vanouse.

Oswego is proposing to boost the rate Scriba users of the city’s sewer and water system so that they are more in line with what the city users are currently paying. The council will vote on the 3-year deals next week.

The arrest stems from an investigation by the Oswego County Department of Social Services that revealed she allegedly had undeclared income making her ineligible for benefits she received in excess of $3,000.

UPDATED  On 04/15/2012 members of the Oswego County Sheriff’s Office responded to an armed robbery complaint at the FasTrac gas station located at 234 State Route 264 in the Town of Schroeppel. As a result of the investigation, two males were arrested on multiple charges.