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Notice: Oswego Hospitalâ€™s Walk-In Emergency Entrance Relocated This Weekend

April 16, 2010 Contributor

Community members that need to access Oswego Hospitalâ€™s walk-in emergency entrance this weekend are asked to use the facilityâ€™s main entrance.

The main entrance is to be used for walk-in emergencies from 4 p.m. Friday, April 16 until 7 a.m. Monday, April 19. Construction crews will be working over the weekend at the entrance on West Sixth and Oneida Streets that has served as the walk-in emergency entrance.

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Operation Safe Stop 2010 Deemed A Success

April 16, 2010 Steve Yablonski

The purpose of the program isn’t to punish drivers. The mission is to educate them about the importance of not passing a stopped school bus â€“ anywhere. Even though Operation Safe Stop has ended, we still plan to continue our aggressive enforcement of observed violators, the police chief said.

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Trees For Vets Takes Root In Oswego

April 15, 2010 Steve Yablonski

Council approves the start of planting of the trees. More than 30 applications have been made already, organizers said.

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Oswego Man Facing Felony Drug Charges

April 14, 2010 Steve Yablonski

Police allege the suspect was going to get illegal drugs with the intent to sell them.

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Former Oswego Schools Employee Admits to Child Sex Charge

April 14, 2010 Contributor

Darrell Peckham admitted having had sexual contact with a 14 year old boy four years ago.Â Peckham worked for more than a decade in the Oswego City School District as a social worker, leaving in 1992.Â He also was director of Cayuga County’s Big Brother program.

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Oswego School Board Approves 2010-11 Budget

April 13, 2010 Steve Yablonski

The voters get to have their say on the $74.8 million spending plan on May 18. There is no tax levy increase and no schools will be closed.

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Oswego Woman Charged With Grand Larceny

April 13, 2010 Steve Yablonski

Rheanna A. Hibbard of Oswego, was taken into custody late last night and charged with fourth-degree grand larceny.

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Oswego Police Apprehend Fugitive

April 13, 2010 Contributor

UPDATE: Hewitt was taken into custody this morning.

On March 21 three people allegedly broke into a west-side residence, assaulted a victim with a blunt object, and robbed the victim of various items. Police made one arrest the day the incident was reported and have been conducting an investigation to determine who else was involved. Police have identified one of the other persons as 39-year-old Mark J. Hewitt.

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Operation Safe Stop Planned In Oswego

April 13, 2010 Contributor

The Oswego City Police Department will be participating in â€œOperation Safe Stopâ€ on Thursday. Officers in the city of Oswego will be joining law enforcement officers across the state in an effort to promote school bus safety through education and enforcement efforts.

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Oswego Council Maintains Support For Harborfest

April 13, 2010 Steve Yablonski

Councilors voted 5-2 Monday night to transfer more than $77,000 into overtime accounts for this summer’s Harborfest. However, even those in favor of the move agreed something has to change next year in light of the city’s financial situation.

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