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County Legislature Honors Retiring Clerk
Legislators recognize Ted Jerrett for his more than three decades of service to Oswego County and its residents. County lawmakers also voted to approve extending the 1% sales tax.
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Budget, Transportation Propositions Featured On WBUC TV Program
Two brief programs providing an overview of the Oswego City School District proposed budget and the bus proposition have been produced by Oswego High School television station WBUC. The programs will be broadcast over Channel 16 on Oswego Time Warner and will also be available on the district website www.oswego.org
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Oswego School Polling Places Open Noon – 9 p.m. May 17; One New Polling Place
Oswego City School District voters will be going to the polls on May 17 from noon to 9 p.m. at 10 polling places spread throughout the district. This year the voters in the fifth district or fifth ward in Oswego will be casting their ballots at the Cullinan Ice Rink, located directly behind Kingsford Park Elementary School.
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Oswego Council OK’s Sales Tax Rate Continuation
At its meeting Monday night, the Common Council unanimously endorsed the continuation of the additional one percent sales and compensating use tax, which is due to expire on Nov. 30. It is not a new tax, the mayor pointed out.
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Oswego Councilors To Consider Moving Ahead With Improvements For McCrobie Civic Center
The Common Council is expected to vote on resolution Monday night to approve certain restoration work for the historic landmark. Grant funding won’t cover the entire project. So, only parts will be done currently.
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Memories Of The May 2001 Oompa’s Pizzeria Block Fire
May 7 marks the 10th anniversary of one of the Port City’s worst fires. The inferno devastated nearly the entire block on the north side of West Bridge Street between Third and Fourth streets. The smoke and flames were so intense at one point it prompted a firefighter to exclaim, “This must be what hell looks like.”
See three videos from the fire and aftermath, inside.
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Child Advocacy Center Workshop Focus – Sexual Predators You Know
It’s not always the stranger who is the danger. Children being abused by someone they know and trust is a growing epidemic, according to the CAC’s director.
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No Speakers At Oswego Budget Public Hearing
No one turned out to speak at Tuesday’s public hearing regarding the 2011-12 school budget plan. The school board ratified a one-year deal with the COASA in the only action of the night.
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Oswego’s Ice Fee To Go Under The Microscope
The Oswego Minor Hockey Association lost money last season. With rising costs for ice time at the city rinks, officials say it is becoming more and more difficult to keep the organization solvent. City representatives said Monday night that they’d be willing to work with OMHA to find cost-saving measures that would benefit them both.
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Overnight Celebration Marks Death of bin Laden
While many people sat in front of their TVs and radios and computers to absorb the news of the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. Special Forces troops, a large group of students at SUNY Oswego took to the campus quad to celebrate the news.
See the video inside.