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Oswego Police Announce 2 Drug Arrests
An Oswego resident and a Scriba resident were recently charged in connection with ongoing drug investigations. The two arrests, police said, aren’t related.
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Source: Tentative Agreement Avoids Midnight Strike at FitzPatrick
A source in a position to know tells Oswego County Today that a tentative agreement has been reached between Entergy and the union at its FitzPatrick nuclear plant.
There are no details available of the agreement yet, but the deal will prevent a strike by workers when the contract expires tonight.
As part of the tentative deal, the current contract has been extended a week to allow union workers to vote on the agreement.
The union and company are expected to release more details later Friday.
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Oswego Council Breezes Through Light Agenda
At this week’s meeting, councilors approved use of public space. And, they also give several city employees permission to travel to training seminars.
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Harborfest Terminates Executive Director
UPDATED with Harborfest’s press release Oswego Harborfest is looking for a new executive director. The board terminated Tom Van Schaack at its last meeting. He said he was informed that the board was looking to take the festival in a new direction and “reenergize” the festival with the 25th edition of Harborfest coming up next year.
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Race To The Top Runs Into Debate At Oswego School Board Meeting
After hearing an update on the Race To The Top initiative for nearly an hour Tuesday night, members of the Oswego City School District’s board of education agreed with the plan in principle. However, the part about pulling educators out of the classroom to be trained didn’t sit well with the board.
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Woman Badly Hurt in Sandy Creek Crash
A woman riding her motorcycle in Sandy Creek suffered serious injuries when she was thrown from the cycle. The Oswego County Sheriff’s Department reports that at about 4:10 p.m., Sheryl Cough, 54, of Pulaski was […]
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Horse In Richland Dies After Exposure To EEE
“While there is less EEE activity around the county since we conducted aerial spraying, the virus is still present at our test sites,” said Dr. Dennis Norfleet, public health director of the Oswego County Health Department.
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Westside Residents ‘Fed Up’ With Rowdy College Kids’ Behavior
The fall semester isn’t a month old yet and already some westside Oswego residents are fed up with the rowdy late-night behavior of some SUNY Oswego students. Speaking at the public session of Monday’s Common Council meeting, two residents asked the council to give the police department whatever it needed to put an end to the bad behavior.
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Notification Of Change In Mayor’s Office Hours
Starting on Sept. 26, and continuing for the remainder of his term (through Dec. 31), the mayor will be changing his posted hours that he will be present in the mayor’s office to Monday 3 to 5 p.m. and Tuesday through Thursday 9 a.m. to noon, or by scheduled appointment.
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Literacy Coalition Celebrates ‘One World – Many Stories’
Hundreds of readers, young and old, descended on the Oswego YMCA Armory over the weekend to celebrate “One World – Many Stories.” The Literacy Coalition of Oswego County hosted the free event. The goal of the Literacy Coalition of Oswego County is to empower the community to build literacy in a collaborative, inclusive and comprehensive manner.