Legislators approved accepting a $500,000 state grant for DSS. The money will be used for improving supervisory practices, increasing staff and enhanced and training.
The increase was recommended by the authors of a study from Cornell University of the county’s Social Services department in the wake of the death of 11 year old Erin Maxwell of Palermo.
Well, that didn’t take long.
At 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, Governor David Paterson appointed a Lieutenant Governor in an attempt to end the two-party standoff in the State Senate.
By 1:00 a.m., a judge blocked the appointment.
The ranks of Oswego County’s Youth Court could swell by nearly two dozen soon. Teens from across the county are taking part in YC training this week. Youth Court is a recognized community diversion program aimed at keeping young offenders out of Family Court.
Proposal to site the nation’s largest slaughterhouse somewhere in Oswego County doesn’t sit well with many. “We shouldn’t be leaping into something that hasn’t been done before, has no track record anywhere,” a member of the Oswego County Farm Bureau’s board cautions legislators The county won’t take any action until it receives a lot more information, the legislature’s chairman said.
curb the noise problems in the First Ward. The fenced-in area on Water Street, where the Open Container Ordinance is waived during Harborfest, was also OK’d again.
There’s at least one fewer potential candidate among the Republicans who want to represent the North Country in Congress.
Republican Assemblyman Will Barclay of Pulaski pulled his name from consideration Monday in a brief statement.
Oswego’s Coast Guard station has had a busy week. Saturday, they resuced two men swept by waves into Lake Ontario and earlier in the week, they rescued four people from a capsized boat.
Crowds lined West Bridge Street Sunday afternoon to catch a glimpse of the annual Oswego Independence Day Celebration parade. Sunday’s event had something for everyone from marching bands to fire trucks.
Myriam Oosterkamp said she also wants to take plenty of American candies back to Germany. Her time in Fulton has gone by much too quickly, she said. She will miss the friendly people here and try to stay in touch with all her new friends, she added.
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