Senator Darrel Aubertine was at the Common Council meeting Monday night to present the city with a $1,024,000 grant. The senator recognized the needs of the city’s DPW and these funds “will go a long way to provide the necessary resources the DPW needs,” Mayor Randy Bateman said.
In the wake of lingering questions and concerns by the public and some aldermen, the Common Council voted 4-3 Monday night to table a resolution regarding the purchase of the International Marina from the Port Authority. Council President Dan Donovan and councilors Mike Myers, Shawn Walker and Bill Sharkey voted in favor of tabling the resolution.
County legislators begin reviews of the proposed 2011 Oswego County budget this week as six committees hold meetings. The $189 million spending proposal increases spending by $4 million, but lowers the tax levy 9 cents per thousand.
A full house Friday night enjoyed a meal made from ingredients provided by Oswego County farmers. A trio of some of Oswego’s finest chefs prepared the feast at The American Foundry Friday as part of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County’s first ever Harvest Dinner.
A sold out crowd at The American Foundry enjoyed dinner made by some of Oswego’s finest chefs Friday evening.
The guests and chefs were part of the First Harvest Dinner, a celebration of local agriculture with more than 90 farms around Oswego County donating produce which has been freshly harvested. The dinner was a smash hit among guests who had the opportunity to try some exotic dishes such as roast elk with butternut squash and cranberry barbeque sauce and desserts like stuffed lady apples with amarena cheese.
The event sold out last week and with the overwhelmingly positive feedback the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County hopes to make it into a bigger and more delicious tradition in the future.
Legislative grant pays for work to preserve historic building, maintain community services
Farnham Family Services has announced that their present Fulton Office has relocated to 113 Schuyler St., Suite 1, in the Schuyler Commons in Fulton, according to Jeanne M. Unger, MS, Executive Director of the Oswego-based non-profit, chemical dependence outpatient substance abuse clinic, with school-based prevention and Student Assistance counseling services.
It was one of the largest crowds ever for the annual event. The principal says the turnout shows the huge increase in support for the county’s only Catholic school.
Reginald Stepp of Syracuse pleaded guilty this week in Onondaga County Court to felony aggravated cruelty to animals. He will be sentenced next month.
About a dozen people turned out Thursday night for a town hall meeting with city officials. Topics ranged from the city’s plans to purchase the International Marina to the behavior of college students (and others) to snow removal. The meeting was productive, one councilor said. Things are headed in the right direction, she said. But change doesn’t happen overnight, she added.
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