Oswego Middle School Principal Bonnie Finnerty is one of two finalists in the search for a new superintendent at the Schroon Lake Central School. On Wednesday, she was informed by the president of the Schroon board of education of the decision. Finnerty was named OMS principal in July 2008.
According to Bill Gregway, local observer for the national Weather Service, Oswego received 1.2 inches of snow. “There was a lot, an awful lot, to our south and west,” he said. “It caused a lot of accidents and closings elsewhere. For us, it was no big deal.”
The Oswego City Police Department has made another arrest as a result of the search warrant executed March 4 at 8 Niagara St., which also included “The Pet Store,” 388 W. First St. On March 21, at 1:15 p.m., James W. Libbey-Stone, 23, of 34 E. Albany St., Oswego, was arrested and charged with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class B felony.
As a result of execution of search warrants, evidence was seized from two locations consisting of nearly $12,000 in cash, approximately 1.5 pounds of marijuana, numerous prescription narcotics and numerous items of paraphernalia commonly used in the production and sale of illegal drugs.
The site investigation identified an off-site groundwater plume of chlorinated solvents and an off-site chlorinated solvent vapor plume potentially impacting several offsite residential structures. The DEC will pay 90 percent of the costs.
The tentative $74,844,748 spending plan is less than the current budget. It would cut about 23 positions and increase the tax rate by 43 cents per $1,000 assessed valuation. Several members of the public spoke out against some of the proposed job reductions.
The Oswego City School District’s challenge regarding the tax agreement Oswego County and the town of Scriba have with Nine Mile Point Unit I was dismissed last week in state Supreme Court.
An Oswego woman crossing the street was injured this afternoon after she was struck by a car, police said. The driver was ticketed for failure to exercise due care, pedestrian.
It was a “relatively normal” Oswego winter, said Bill Gregway, the local weather observer for the National Weather Service said. “We have had much colder and we have had much warmer,” he added.
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