A little bit of rain was barely an inconvenience for the crowd at Thursday night’s opening of Harborfest 22. The music started at 7 p.m. Thursday with Hotel California (a salute to the Eagles). And, after a short interruption for the official opening ceremonies, Live Wire (an AC/DC tribute band) kept Harborfest 2009 rocking and rolling. Scattered showers, some heavy at times, plagued the Hotel California concert; but the crowd continued to grow in front of the NRG Lakeview Stage. The crowd was massive, sprawling all the way back to the sidewalk in Breitbeck Park.
There are new charges against Timothy Sheldon of Oswego, already accused of sexually abusing a child.
The Oswego County Sheriff’s Department Wednesday charged Sheldon, 27, of County Route 89, Bldg #371, town of Oswego, with new counts of felony sex abuse and endangering the welfare of a child.
Opening ceremonies will be sandwiched between two musical acts. Hotel California gets things started on the NRG Lakeview Stage at 7 p.m. Live Wire takes the stage at 9 p.m.
SUNY Oswego’s Center for Service Learning and Community Service wants approval of a volunteer student project. Members of the incoming freshmen would paint over graffiti along the east and west linear parks.
Well-connected North Country political blogs report today that Republican Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava of Gouverneur has a solid head start in her effort to be picked by her party to run for Congress today.
The Harborfest Children’s Committee hosted a Children’s Gala to celebrate the festival’s cultural component – the history of Oswego. Each year, the cultural component highlights a certain country during Harborfest. This year, the focus is on “Historic Oswego.” Approximately 250 childrfen attended Tuesday’s gala
State Senator Darrel Aubertine’s got a few more days to say whether he plans to run for Congress or not.
Chairs of the county Democratic committees in the 11 counties that make up the 23rd Congressional District said Monday that they’ve extended to this Thursday their deadline for candidates to announce their intentions.
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