State Senator Patty Ritchie summed up Entergy’s announcement that it plans to shut down the James A. FitzPatrick nuclear power plant in one sentence. “To say that the news concerning FitzPatrick is disappointing is a serious understatement,” she told Oswego County Today. Governor Andrew Cuomo expressed the same sentiments.
Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) announced today (Nov. 2) that it will close the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Scriba, in late 2016 or early 2017.
The company said its decision to close the plant is based on the continued deteriorating economics of the facility.
Things were getting a little muddied at the Great Bear Springs Recreational Area. So an Eagle Scout stepped in to clear up things. A new puncheon (plank/bog) bridge was constructed by Tim Boyce for his Eagle Scout project. Recently, Tim, a Boy Scout with Troop 715, Fulton, got together with some family and volunteers and constructed a 42-foot puncheon bridge for a seasonally muddy section of a popular well-used trail.
On October 27, Oswego County District Attorney Gregory Oakes appeared before the Public Safety Committee of the County Legislature and presented a progress report on the county’s Welfare Fraud Program. DA Oakes was joined by Cheryl Wallace, who served as the supervisor of Investigation and Benefit Recovery Unit at the Oswego County Department of Social Services for most of the past four years.
Two-thirds of home fire deaths result from fires in homes without a working smoking alarm, according to the National Fire Protection Agency. The Oswego Fire Department reminds you to not only change your clock for Daylight Saving Time but the batteries in your smoke alarms, too.
The Oswego County Health Department has announced it will no longer admit new patients to the Oswego County Certified Home Healthcare Agency starting immediately. The New York State Department of Health authorized the Oswego County Health Department to no longer accept referrals for home health care services Oct. 19.
Interested in learning more about the services and programs available to youth in Oswego County? If so, you won’t want to miss the Oswego County Youth Forum to be held November 4 at the McCrobie Building, 41 Lake St. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. with the program starting promptly at 9 a.m.
If chosen as one of the three regional recipients in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Upstate Revitalization Initiative, the CNY REDC would receive $500 million to spend over a five-year period. According to Operation Oswego County, as part of its plan, CNY REDC selected six industries and strategies it would focus its efforts on.
Entergy has told its employees that it will decide whether to refuel the FitzPatrick plant by the end of October.
SUNY Police at SUNY Oswego today (Oct. 29) arrested Adarsha Budhathoki, 18, of Brewster on charges of third-degree rape, a felony, as well as second-degree unlawful imprisonment and third-degree sexual abuse.
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