Oswego Daily News
Restore NY Grant Funding Aids Oswego Stevedore Site Project
Empire State Development on Wednesday announced close to $9.5 million in grants for projects in Oswego, Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties as part of the third round of Restore NY grant program. The city of Oswego will receive $1.6 million to develop the Stevedore Building, a vacant warehouse located on the Erie Canal Heritage Corridor and in the Oswego Empire Zone.
The deteriorated basketball court and lodge at the camp are considered safety hazards by the state. The Youth Bureau has funds to repair the court. It is seeking grant funding for work on the lodge.
Proponents claim if teachers teach an additional period a day it would be a win-win for everyone involved. Others say there is more to the situation than just adding one more period. During the public session, a speaker claimed one board member was crunching numbers to make his argument appear credible.
The average temperature was just 0.7-degree warmer than average. And, the total precipitation was 0.47-inch below normal.
The Oswego County Health Department is working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture again this year in a rabies vaccine distribution program to prevent the spread of raccoon rabies in New York State. Planes flying over rural northern Oswego County will drop packets of rabies vaccine between today (Aug. 28) and Sept. 3.