With the onset on nice weather and the lifting of the city-wide parking ban, Oswego Police Chief Michael J. Dehm Jr. wishes to remind citizens not to block city sidewalks with their vehicles. The Oswego City Police Department will be actively enforcing the City Ordinance regarding blocked sidewalks.
Lt. Nathan H. Williams, 28, was one of two people killed Wednesday when the F/A-18F Super Hornet they were flying during a training exercise crashed in a field near Naval Air Station Lemoore in California. The 2000 grad of Oswego High School is the son of city attorney Gay Williams and retired elementary school teacher Al Williams.
The seven trees along West First Street were dying and needed to be cut down, the DPW commissioner explained. He said within two weeks, new trees will be planted to replace them. Tree steward June MacAuthur said she hopes any new trees the city plants are conducive to this area.
Recently, as the result of a $196,000 ARRA EETT (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Enhancing Education Through Technology) grant the WBUC television station will be on the scene once again. A mobile studio made its debut recently for an Oswego High School varsity lacrosse game and in the months ahead the students will be visible throughout the community providing programming spotlighting Oswego.
UPDATED: Matt Slocum was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia last fall. He is currently recovering at the Ronald McDonald House in Boston from a bone marrow transplant. His immune system is like a newborn’s. And so, his home needs to be remodeled to make it environmentally safe for him to return. Several volunteers have already come forward to help and a special account has been set up at Pathfinder Bank for donations.
The Administrative Services Committee voted unanimously Monday night to table a resolution regarding a proposal to correct a “serious flooding” problem in the Seventh Ward after no one could agree on who was responsible for paying for the work.
Oswego County Social Services Commissioner Frances Lanigan is retiring.
Lanigan announced her retirement to employees last week.
She declined to speak with Oswego County Today about her retirement in a polite e-mail exchange over the weekend, saying she would be “more prepared” to discuss it later in the month.
A second person has been charged in connection with a drug bust late last month. On April 1, Oswego City Police arrested Tina L. Lucas, 38, of 143 Weller Road, Fulton.
Oswego kicked off a 200th anniversary commemoration on Saturday with the War of 1812 Symposium. The event, at The American Foundry, consisted of a series of lectures which focused on Oswego County’s role in the War of 1812. Several local historians and history buffs attended.
After retiring from teaching, Hope Marston embarked on a career as an author of children’s books. She has 32 books to her credit with more on the way. Marston will be the featured speaker at the April 13 meeting of the Oswego Reading Council.
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