At its meeting this week, the Common Council authorized a public hearing regarding the proposed amendments to the Code of the City of Oswego, Chapter 257, Vehicles and Traffic Ordinance, Section 257-27, Winter Parking Restrictions. The public hearing is set for Jan. 25 at 7:10 p.m. in the Council Chamber of City Hall.
Mayor Billy Barlow’s first executive order, imposing a winter parking ban on all city streets between the hours of 1 and 6 a.m., is working, the Mayor’s Office announced late today (Jan. 14). Since imposing the parking ban on Monday evening the Oswego Police Department has noted a sharp decrease in the number of vehicles parking overnight on city streets.
At about 5 a.m. today (Jan. 14), investigators with the Oswego County Drug Task Force in conjunction with the Fulton Police Department and the New York State Police Special Operations Response Team and Contaminated Crime Scene Emergency Response Team executed methamphetamine related search warrants at two separate residences in the city of Fulton: 37 S. Seventh St. and 42 S. Fifth St.
Linda Windey, a Parish, NY, native who was staying with relatives in Ohio due to her temporary job with eBay, purchased three Powerball tickets at Cincinnati South Travel Center in Walton, Kentucky. She discovered one of them matched five numbers in Wednesday’s record $1.6 billion drawing – earning her $1 million.
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Recently purchased by Gary E. Springs, former Nestles building #30 fell victim to $30,000 worth of vandalism believed to happen sometime Saturday (Jan. 9) night. Despite all newly replaced windows and a door being smashed, current owner, Springs, feels this incident is only a minor set back to his plans of opening a U-Haul business and storage facility.
Contrary to the usual winter bliss that hits the area before the holidays, Fulton residents experienced an unfamiliar December with very little snowfall. However, the local McDonalds restaurant still brought the well-known winter wonderland to life at their 701 South Fourth Street location in Fulton. Each year, the Fulton McDonalds restaurant participates in a holiday decorating contest and for the second year in a row, they won the ever sought after first place Santa trophy.
Edward Elsner, librarian, Oswego Public Library, walked down to the end of the Yacht Club pier this morning (Jan. 13). He took these photos before heading to work.
A Fulton City Police Officer’s picture has gone viral on social media after he was caught on camera stopping to help a young boy build a snowman.
With the arrival of the first significant winter storm of the season, the Oswego Fire Department reminds residents to take necessary precautions to prevent serious injuries. The National Weather Service reports a “very complicated” storm is heading our way as low pressure moves across the Great Lakes, resulting in frigid temperatures, blustery winds and heavy lake effect snow. Weather experts have stated the weather will change here in Oswego around 5 p.m. this evening, causing icy conditions and low visibility.
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