On Tuesday, the Common Council will review the mayor’s salary and consider the possibility of reinstating the position of mayoral assistant. By March 15, the council must make a recommendation regarding the mayor’s salary for the coming year, according to Council President Ron Kaplewicz. The current salary rate is good through the end of 2011.
One of the ghosts that beckon divers to the bottom of Lake Ontario is named “Getaway Gertie.” On Feb. 18, 1944 “Getaway Gertie,” a B-24 Liberator bomber went down in the lake somewhere between Nine Mile Point east of the Port City and Port Ontario. Despite the best efforts of many divers over the years, the plane and its crew of eight has never been found.
The annual report contains some good news for Oswego, according to district officials
The indictment charges Anthony Paris, 20; Kristy Guilds, 24; Jeremy Rowe, 20; and Mitch McQuaid, 20 with the felony offense of conspiracy to manufacture and pass counterfeit currency (10 and 20 dollar Federal Reserve notes) in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371.
UPDATED: Earlier today (Feb. 17) an Oswego Middle School student wrote a message on a restroom stall indicating that there was a bomb in the building, according to a district statement sent to OMS parents and staff. School officials immediately instituted a ‘stay in place’ as they prepared to evacuate the building. However, evacuation was not necessary as the student provided the administration with a written admission of guilt, the district said.
Oswego’s Fred Crisafulli tells of discovering the truth behind his brother’s death on Feb. 18, 1942. He also found out about the heroes in Newfoundland who risked their own lives trying to save his brother and dozens of other US sailors.
In August 2000, Undersheriff Robert Lighthall sat down with Oswego Daily News (now Oswego County Today) and reflected on his first employer. Today, except for the date, the story is the same.
Oswego County’s highest-ranking appointed police official is calling it a career — for now.
Undersheriff Robert Lighthall, the second-in-command to Sheriff Reuel “Mo” Todd, announced to co-workers that he will retire at the end of March.
Oswego County Sheriff’s Department is one of the 18 out of the state’s 62 counties that qualified for civil accreditation, according to Peter Kehoe, counsel and executive director of the NYS Sheriffs’ Association. To achieve accreditation, requires that the Civil Office meets a very strict set of standards set by experts in the field of civil process, he said.
A Richland man was arrested three times Monday, bringing his total for the last month to five arrests.
Dustin L. Butchino, 20, of North Fernwood Rd. Bldg. 205, Richland, was charged in connection with three alleged crimes around the county in August, 2010.
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