The proposed charter modification would add a Section I, which authorizes the mayor to waive the residency requirements for an officer or employee when the strict adherence to the residency requirements will result in the loss of an officer or employee or the inability to fill a position of employment by the most qualified candidate regardless of residency or domicile.
Freezing Code, the local Vex Robotics Competition team, continued its winning season recently at a tournament in Troy, where it competed against 38 other teams from northern New York State. They, with their two alliance partners from Clifton Park, were the tournament champions.
Today’s News: The wrestling dynasty continues, a Division I signing and more are in today’s edition of RaiderNet Daily.
The Oswego Fire Department was dispatched at 10:45 a.m. today (Feb. 5) to a reported fire on the roof of a commercial building, Aldi Supermarket, 290 State Route 104. The fire was discovered by a solar panel inspector who ironically was there doing a routine inspection of the system. The solar power system on the roof of the structure will remain offline until proper repairs are made and it can be inspected.
Councilors give a favorable recommendation to a request hold the Oswego Polar Plunge for Special Olympics at Wright’s Landing this spring. The full council will also nominate a junior member to take part in the plunge.
State Police in Hastings are investigating a larceny of a 1998 Jeep Wrangler from the Auto Plus business parking lot located at 11 Enterprise Avenue in the town of Hastings. The vehicle was reportedly taken on Saturday January 16, at approximately 10:30 p.m.
Oswego County STOP-DWI Coordinator Robert Lighthall announced that Oswego County police agencies will participate in a special enforcement effort to crackdown on impaired driving. The statewide STOP-DWI Crackdown efforts start on February 5 and will end on February 8.
Today’s News: FBLA is headed to the district competition and lots of entertainment news are in today’s edition of RaiderNet Daily.
The average temperature for January 2016 was 28.3 degrees. That is 4.2 degrees above average. Total precipitation for January was 1.93 inches. That is 1.75 inches below average.
The Upstate Energy Jobs Coalition today (Feb. 3) announced its strong support for two pieces of legislation introduced by Assemblyman William Barclay and sponsored by Senator Patty Ritchie that would help secure the future of the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Scriba.
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