The year of SUNY Oswego’s birth 150 years ago takes on lives of its own Tuesday as faculty, staff and students mark the college’s sesquicentennial near Glimmerglass Lagoon, with the Village student townhouses as a backdrop. A “birthday bash” for founder Edward Austin Sheldon — born Oct. 4, 1823 — put an exclamation point on the day’s festivities. (SUNY Oswego photo by Charles Wainwright)
UPDATE: The investigation has resulted in assault and robbery arrests. At about 2:03 a.m. today (Oct. 4), Oswego City Police responded to a report of a two-car motor vehicle accident in the area of West Sixth and Oneida streets.
Oswego Mayor Randy Bateman has announced that Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., will be expanding the current store on Route 104 East in Oswego, to allow inclusion of general merchandise and a full-service grocery store under one roof.
The city will form a committee to look at not only the fire department’s issues regarding overtime but all departments in general. Councilors hope the move will save the city thousands of dollars.
The average temperature last month was 65.6 degrees. That is 3.6 degrees higher than normal. September’s precipitation came in at 1.45 inches above average. Snowfall for the month was “average.”
The Oswego County Sheriff’s Department says it acted on a tip and searched a home in the town of Williamstown today.
The department says the home contained items commonly used to make methamphetamine.
UPDATE: Erie Street is now re-open for vehicular traffic. West Eighth Street between Erie and Niagara streets remains closed.
Erie Street, from West Fifth Street to West Eighth Street, and West Eighth Street between Erie and Niagara streets in the city of Oswego are temporarily closed due to a possible oil spill, according to city police.
The pumpkins were GREAT. The weather, not so great. And yet, dozens of hardy souls braved the cold temperatures and heavy rain for the annual Great Pumpkin Festival’s weigh off. Alan Nesbitt’s entry totaled 1,268 pounds to slip past John Miller’s 1,217.5 pumpkin.
An Oswego resident and a Scriba resident were recently charged in connection with ongoing drug investigations. The two arrests, police said, aren’t related.
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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