Oswego Daily News
City Police Announce Drug Arrests
Police Charge Oswego Man With Holding Teen Alcohol Party, Again
Former County Resident Battles Rare Life-Threatening Illness
Amyloidosis is a potentially fatal disease caused by the production and build up of abnormal proteins leading to organ failure. “Four years ago, I was a seemingly healthy, active working 59-year-old. Than my diagnosis was confirmed … enter the realm of rare diseases.”
Prosecutor Notes ‘Bittersweet’ Court Victory; Maxwells’ Lawyer ‘Did The Best We Could’
As Lynn and Lindsey Maxwell walked out of Palermo Town Court Saturday night to the State Police vehicles that would take them to jail, a pack of reporters moved with them while townspeople who had attended court faithfully for the last two weeks formed a gauntlet of eyes.
“What’s your reaction?” asked one reporter. “How you feeling right now, Lynn?” asked another. The Maxwells had spoken often with reporters on breaks in the trial. Tonight, they said nothing.
Police Probe Death In East Side Business
BREAKING: Maxwell Trial Goes To Jury
They’re going back in to continue deliberating.
5:30 PM SATURDAY: The fate of Lynn and Lindsey Maxwell is in the care of a jury in the town of Palermo at this hour.
Lawyers for both sides summed up their cases Saturday afternoon. Town Justice Robert Wood instructed the six person jury on the law and sent them off to make their decision at about 5:15p.m. Saturday.
The Maxwells are accused of endangering the welfare of their 11 year old daughter, Erin, last August. Erin died in what police claim is a sexual assault and murder at the hands of stepbrother Alan Jones, The Maxwells are not charged with her death, but instead with providing living conditions that endangered her welfare. Each is charged with four misdemeanors, for which the maximum punishment is 1 year in jail.
Scene Around Town: A Waterspout In Oswego
A waterspout is, essentially, a water tornado.

Read the whole story to get a visual explanation of what waterspouts are.
Oswego Teachers Return To ‘Class’
More than four dozen teachers, from a variety of subjects, became students for four days this week. They took part in the Summer Writing Institute at Sheldon Hall. Guest speaker for the opening day was local award-winning author Laurie Halse Anderson.
Lynn Maxwell: Nothing In The House Was A Threat To Erin
Lynn Maxwell asserted that Erin Maxwell was never endangered by the smell of the urine of more than 60 cats and by bedroom doors that locked on the outside.
“There was nothing,” she said as prosecutor Mark Moody grilled her, “that was a threat to her.”

