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Lynn Maxwell: Erin Could Get Out Of Her Locked Bedroom Anytime

August 5, 2009 Contributor

Lynn Maxwell offered at least three reasons for having locks on the outside of stepdaughter Erin Maxwell’s door.

Lynn Maxwell took the witness stand after the prosecution rested its case of more than 20 hours of testimony alleging that Lynn and husband Lindsey Maxwell endangered 11 year old Erin’s life by keeping her in a home with widespread cat feces and a thick odor of cat urine and by keeping her in a room with locks on the outside of the two doors.

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Police Searching For Missing Parish Teen

August 4, 2009 Contributor

State Police in Hastings are attempting to locate a Missing 15 year-old female from the Village of Parish.

Kristen Rae Bates is described as 5’6″ tall, 150 lbs., with dirty blonde hair and blue eyes. She has a small scar on her right chin bone. Kristen was last seen on July 17,2009 at approximately 8:30am at her residence on Ryder Avenue in the Village of Parish, Oswego County.

Information from interviews is that she may be somewhere in the Liverpool area.

If anyone has information on her location is asked to contact State Police in Hastings at (315) 668-2496.

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Barboni Guilty Of Second-Degree Murder

August 4, 2009 Steve Yablonski

The jury has spoken in the case of Jay John Barboni. Barboni, 31, formerly of Falcon Drive, Liverpool, was convicted of second-degree murder, a class A felony, and first-degree manslaughter, a class B felony. He had been charged in connection with the death of 15-month-old Nicholas Taylor.

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Live Power Line Down Across Route 481

August 4, 2009 Steve Yablonski

BREAKING NEWS: National Grid crews are on the scene of a downed, sparking power line in the city of Oswego right now. The live wire fell across Route 481 between Hubbard and Albany streets shortly after 3:10 p.m.

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Scene Around Town: Marching Bucs Prepping “The Search”

August 4, 2009 Contributor

The OHS Marching Buccaneers have begun practice for the 2009 Audio-Visual Field Band season. This year’s show is titled “The Search”. The 2009 season marks the 36th consecutive year of competition for the Marching Bucs.

Band parent Denise St. John-Knight shared a handful of practice photos with us, and we thank her.

Got interesting photos? Share them with us.

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Conservatives To Meet In Brewerton To Pick Congressional Candidate

August 4, 2009 Contributor

Conservative Party members will soon carry out their threat to repudiate the Republican Party’s pick for Congress. They’ll meet next week in Brewerton to make their choice.

The seat that includes Oswego County will soon be open. The U.S. Senate is expected to vote as soon as this week to confirm current Congressman John McHugh of Pierrepont Manor as President Obama’s new Secretary of the Army.

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Mayor Delivers Proposed Budget Message

August 3, 2009 Steve Yablonski

The property tax rate will stay the same next year under the mayor’s tentative spending plan. However, the sewer fee would triple from $26 per quarter to $78 per quarter.

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Community Remembers Rosemary Nesbitt

August 3, 2009 Steve Yablonski

UPDATED – I learned a great deal from Rosemary Nesbitt. And, the education didn’t cease over the course of more than three decades since I left the classroom. Mrs. Nesbitt passed away peacefully on Sunday, with her family by her side. She was a Distinguished Teaching professor at SUNY Oswego, where she will be fondly remembered as an inspiring educator.

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Oswego’s Historian Dies: Rosemary Nesbitt, 84

August 3, 2009 Contributor

The woman who brought history alive in Oswego for decades has died.

Rosemary Nesbitt died Sunday, 84 years old, ending a life of documenting Oswego’s history and spreading those stories to others through theater, books and talks.

Read her obituary here
See pictures of her retirement party on the H. Lee White Marine Museum website.

Enjoy this slideshow of Rosemary in action:

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Rosemary S. Nesbitt, 84, 08/02/2009

August 3, 2009 Contributor

Rosemary S. Nesbitt, 84 of Oswego, passed away peacefully on Sunday Aug. 2, 2009, with her family by her side. She was born on Oct. 12, 1924, in Baldwinsville. In 1959, Mrs. Nesbitt adopted Oswego as her home, and worked tirelessly to bring to life the rich history of the Oswego area.

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