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School Board Extends Superintendent’s Contract
The board of education voted 5 – 2 to approve extending Bill Crist’s contract through June 30, 2013. They also accepted several retirements, mostly from teachers.
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Council Supports Oswego Sunrise Rotary’s Fundraising Effort
The council approved a request by the Rotarians to use Leotta Park and the Railroad Tunnel on June 11. The event will support the many community service projects of Rotary. Councilors also approved replacing the word “alderman” in the city charter with “councilor.”
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Traffic Stop Results In A Pair Of Drug Arrests
The driver of the vehicle was found to allegedly be in possession of approximately 1.2 grams of cocaine. Further investigation developed information which led to the search of two residences in the city of Oswego.
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Police – Parking Lot Death Was ‘Natural Causes’
At approximately 2:49 p.m. on Sunday, Oswego City Police responded to 140 State Route 104, the Oswego Plaza, for a report of an unresponsive man in a parked motor vehicle. Today (May 23), the Medical Examiner’s preliminary forensic autopsy report determined the victim to have died of natural causes.
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Scene Around Town: Skipping Rocks
Photographer Harrison Wilde shares this photo with us. He says it was taken at Sheldon Beach and shows an unidentified youngster who is skipping rocks the hard way.
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Second Relaxation, Reflection and Writing Workshop Planned
That’s write. They’re doing it again. A cluster of writers has scheduled a workshop at Camp Hollis on the Lake Ontario’s shore in Oswego Town for June 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will be hosted and facilitated by Mary Slimmer, Jim Farfaglia and June MacArthur, the guest writer. The trio presented a well-received writers’ workshop at the camp last fall which prompted them to conduct another this spring.
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National Grid Transmission Line Project Under Way
Starting today (May 20), National Grid and their contractors will be undertaking an extensive maintenance project on their transmission lines. National Grid will be using helicopters, contractor line crews and associated heavy equipment during the length of this project.
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Governor’s People First Campaign Rolls Into Oswego
The governor feels very strongly that he was elected for three primary reasons, state Transportation Commissioner Joan McDonald said. They are get the economy up and running again, ethics reform and restoring the legacy of social reform. Passing an on-time state budget was a good start, she said.
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Mexico Sailor Pleads Guilty to Attempted Espionage
Mexico native Bryan Minkyu Martin pleaded guilty Thursday morning to charges that he took money in exchange for military secrets. Martin’s guilty plea came as his two-day Navy court martial was to begin in Norfolk, […]
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Local Author’s ‘Seeds’ Take Root In Oswego
Richard Horan takes readers on a quest to locate and collect seeds from trees belonging to some of America’s most influential literary and historical figures. His journey to the homes of his idols gleans revelations related not only to their individual merit and contributions, but also the influence their life and work has had over his own development as a writer and educator.