Aerial spraying of portions of the towns of Hastings, West Monroe and Constantia was completed between 6:30 and 8:45 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16. Oswego County contracted with Duflo Spray-Chemical Inc. from Lowville to conduct the aerial spraying of about 10,000 acres of the Toad Harbor / Big Bay Swamp near the north shore of Oneida Lake.
On Sunday (Aug. 16), members of the Oswego County Sheriff’s Office were called to the scene of a fatal motor vehicle accident in the town of Palermo. Killed in the accident was 32-year-old Gary K. Sun, with a most recent address of 29 Vincent St., Carthage, NY.
The USTA Tennis Program teaches basic tennis skills and gives youth a chance to get outside and exercise, said the program’s coordinator. A carnival was held to give them a chance to show off what they’ve learned – and win some prizes in the process.
The Oswego Common Council has agreed on a budget proposal for 2016. The council will present a budget with a 1.6 percent tax hike later this month. That’s 1.6 “pending proofing,” the city chamberlain explained following Saturday’s marathon budget workshop.
SUNY Oswego’s enrollment of about 1,500 first-year students for the fall semester will approach and possibly surpass 2013’s class of first-year students — the largest since 1988 — and establish a new high-water mark in ethnic diversity. “It’s an exciting time. These are changing times at SUNY Oswego, geographically, when you look at the diversity and when you look at areas of interest academically,” said Admissions Director Dan Griffin.
Aerial spraying of the Toad Harbor – Big Bay Swamp area in Oswego County is cancelled this evening, Friday, Aug. 14, due to weather conditions. Weather permitting, aerial spraying will take place Sunday, Aug. 16, between 6 and 9 p.m.
Mayor Tom Gillen appointed Ellen B. Clark, concierge with experience Oswego NY and co-founder of Lighthouse Coworks, as chair of Oswego’s Promotion and Tourism Advisory Board. Clark, a charter member of the board, is a native of Oswego and graduate of Cornell University.
A sample of mosquitoes recently collected in the north-central area of the town of Palermo has tested positive for the Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus, the Oswego County Health Department reported today. EEE was also found in three additional samples of mosquitoes collected from Toad Harbor Swamp. The West Nile virus was found near the county health department’s mosquito monitoring field station in West Monroe, marking the first confirmed presence of West Nile virus this summer in Oswego County.
On Wednesday, August 12, at approximately 4:29 p.m., investigators with the Oswego County Drug Task Force, pursuant to a drug investigation, stopped a 2012 Ford Focus in the driveway of 184 W. Utica St. Also on Wednesday, at approximately 6:15 p.m., investigators with the Oswego County Drug Task Force, with the assistance of the Oswego City Police Department’s Special Response Team, executed a narcotics related search warrant at 4 ½ Governor St. Two arrests resulted.
Algoma Central’s Capt. Henry Jackman unloaded a six-story road salt cone in Oswego on Wednesday Aug. 12. Launched in 1981 as the Lake Wabush, Capt. Henry Jackman was one of three vessels acquired by Algoma Central Corp., Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., from Hanna Mining on March 27, 1986.
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