The Oswego City Police Department has arrested two individuals in connection with the theft of a woman’s purse from inside the Price Chopper grocery store, located at 137 State Route 104 in the city of Oswego. The suspects were identified using video surveillance footage from the store.
Deputies say the charges stem from the investigation into an incident that occurred at a residence in the town of Scriba in October 2011. The suspect is alleged to have had finger to vagina contact with the victim being less than 17 years of age.
Recently, a group of graduate students at SUNY Oswego conducted a survey regarding morale in the as part of their class work. There isn’t a morale problem in the Oswego City School District. However, Superintendent Bill Crist admits, “I think morale could be better.” District officials will now consider the recommendations made in the survey as they continue to discuss the issue.
From duffers to the more experienced, Oswego’s newest ‘golf course’ proved to be as delightful as it was challenging on Monday. The Oswego Public Library was closed for regular activities. However, it hosted a mini golf event on Martin Luther King’s Day to sponsor the Children’s Room.
Local award-winning photographer Richard Drosse shares a couple of unique views of the recent winter weather
The committees all have full agendas. Items to be discussed include zone change requests, event plans by the chamber and the fire department’s ambulance rates among several other resolutions.
Old Man Winter dumped more than a foot of snow in many places around the county on Friday. Traffic slowed to a snail’s pace at times as visibility fell to near zero. The snow is expected to let up over the weekend. Take a look inside at some of the images from Friday.
Mayor Tom Gillen has announced that the winter parking ban will go into effect at 1 a.m. Saturday (Jan. 14). During such time as the winter parking ban is imposed, the parking of any vehicle on all highways and streets shall be prohibited between the hours of 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. The Oswego Police Department will issue courtesy tickets for the first two nights only that the parking ban is in effect.
The group’s director encouraged Oswego board members to attend the upcoming annual legislative breakfast, which will be held at Baldwinsville High School. “It’s an opportunity for our organization to get out in good numbers and tell our stories to our state legislators,” he said.
Ironically, the area is in the middle of a snow drought as the annual celebration that honors winter looms on the horizon. It’s getting colder. Snow is in the forecast. But, will there be enough to sustain some events for the annual Warm Up, Oswego Festival? We’ll just have to wait and see.
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