The Oswego Fire Department will get its overtime funding. Just not all at once. At meeting Monday night’s Common Council meeting, aldermen voted 6-1 to approve an amended version of a resolution authorizing Fire Chief Jeff McCrobie to make a budget amendment of $110,000 to cover the short shift overtime. Councilor Bill Sharkey cast the lone nay vote.
Representatives from the Oswego Sherriff’s Office, police and fire departments, and the U.S. Coast Guard were at Lowe’s Home Improvement store to give tips on how to keep homes and people safe in the event of emergencies.
It focused primarily on the hospital’s ability to effectively respond to incidents where mass numbers of chemically-contaminated patients self-report to the hospital for medical treatment. Approximately 60 county students portrayed the victims.
The average temperature last month was 2.2 degrees above average. Meanwhile, the precipitation was slightly below average.
Abby Jenkins has been involved in the Tobacco Control Program in various capacities for several years. She was a Reality Check Program assistant while getting her college degree at SUNY Oswego. She loved her time in the Port City so much as a student, she jumped at the chance to return.
Police were called to a Cherry Street residence earlier today in regards to shots being fired. When they searched the residence no one was found. Authorities are looking for two men armed with a handgun and possibly driving a white Ford sedan with a different colored hood.
BREAKING NEWS: Shortly before 11:45 a.m. today a drill rigger, working where a new science building is being constructed on the SUNY Oswego campus, tipped over. The construction site is located between Piez Hall and Snygg Hall.
The Oswego City School District is one of 112 school districts and Board of Cooperative Educational Services in the state to receive the “2010 School Safety Excellence Award†from the Utica National Insurance Group.
At its Sept. 13 meeting, the council approved authorizing the mayor to enter into a pre-possession agreement with Fowler Gardella Construction and Thomas Miller for property located at 1-7 W. Seneca St.
The Oswego school board member who was removed from the board for misconduct a few years ago says he welcomes the challenge. Hoefer told his colleagues, “Bring it on,†as he plans to use this as a springboard to do battle with the State Commissioner of Education over things such as tenure.
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