The Oswego City School District Board of Education today (July 14) approved the acceptance of a bid for sod replacement at Joe Wilber Field and allowing a volunteer to prepare the field for the sod installation. The board nearly didn’t get to the resolution as the meeting erupted into a shouting match between members Dave White and Fran Hoefer.
Dr. Dennis Norfleet, Public Health Director of the Oswego County Health Department, said this morning (July 13), that the Eastern equine encephalitis virus was found in a pool of mosquitoes collected on Toad Harbor Road in West Monroe. The virus has only been found in the type of mosquitoes that bite birds, not in mosquitoes that feed on humans.
Nineteen Canadians got on their bikes July 3 and began the third annual fundraising trek benefiting a charity that ships recycled bicycles to Malawi, a small nation on the eastern edge of Africa.
The riders were in Oswego to begin the annual “Ride For Runaways”, put on by Anchor House of Trenton, New Jersey. The agency’s website doesn’t explain why Oswego serves as the beginning of their rundraising ride, but we’re guessing it’s because Oswego to Trendon is about 500 miles. A nice, round number.
A rider named Tim Quinn shared these photos through the Twitter photo service Twitpic. The photo comes from this page. Learn more about the ride here.
The Senate met as a complete body for the first time in a month because the Democrat who flipped to the Republicans in exchange for something good for himself flopped back to the Democrats in exchange for something good for himself.
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.
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