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County Approves One-Year PILOT With Constellation

Legislator Mike Kunzwiler, standing center, makes a point  regarding the tentative agreement prior to the legislature’s vote  Thursday night. Looking on, from left in foreground, are legislators  Terry Wilbur and Morris Sorbello. In background from left are Jacob  Mulcahey and Fred Beardsley.

The Oswego County Legislature voted 23-0-2 Thursday night to join the town of Scriba in accepting a one-year PILOT (Payment In Lieu Of Taxes) agreement with Constellation (owner of the Nine Mile Point Unit I nuclear power plant). Of the three entities involved, the town of Scriba voted to accept the deal while the Oswego City District Board of Education voted against it.

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Scene Around Town: Gone Fishin’

Photo by Jessica Burt, via Oswego County Tourism Facebook page.

This is just one of many great photos taken at the annual Women’s Fly Fishing Seminar, held at Pineville on the Salmon River on Saturday.  Women who love to fish got expert help in the difficult art of fly fishing.

Jessica Burt took this photo for the Oswego County Department of Promotions and Tourism, which shared them with us.

Go to the Oswego County Tourism Facebook page to see all the great pictures from this event.

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Oswego Daily News

Councilors Consider Grant Funding For OPD

At Monday night’s Administrative Services Committee, Mike Dehm, police chief, requested permission to reapply for the 2010 Community Oriented Polices Services Hiring Recovery Program. It’s a competitive grant program that provides funding directly to state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide. The department would have to keep the officer(s) for one year after the grant funding.

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