The Oswego County Community Foundation (Oswego Foundation) has launched its first grant round and is now accepting applications until October 15. The fund is expected to award up to $20,000 in total grants this year to organizations directly serving Oswego County residents.
For the second time in a week, the Oswego Fire Department rescue boat, Marine One, has been pressed into emergency service in the Oswego Harbor. This evening (Aug. 11), firefighters responded quickly and rescued two people off the breakwall, and a third person who had been struck by a wave and thrown into the water.
At Monday night’s Common Council meeting Mayor Tom Gillen announced three budget workshops would be held this week regarding the city’s proposed spending plan for 2016. Workshops will be held Wednesday and Thursday from 6-8 p.m. and on Saturday at 9 a.m. They will be held in the council chambers and are open to the public.
The suspect allegedly engaged in acts of sexual intercourse with the victim who was less than 13 years of age between the summer of 2008 and May of 2011.
Update Aug. 11: “After an investigation by The city of Oswego Cause and Origin Team, the fire appears to be electrical, then spreading to the attic of the structure,” according to Fire Chief Jeff McCrobie.
Wade’s Diner on East Ninth Street was struck by fire shortly after 5 p.m. Aug. 10. Oswego Fire Department was on the scene at about 5:15 p.m. The blaze was knocked down within about a half hour.
The Preservation Association of Central New York will sponsor a tour of the Oswego Lighthouse on August 22, at 10 a.m. The Oswego Lighthouse is one of Central New York’s most iconic landmarks. While it no longer serves as a working lighthouse, it is undergoing an interior and exterior restoration by the H. Lee White Marine Museum. PACNY is pleased to present this rare opportunity to visit the Lighthouse.
Four three-minute soundings of the new sirens installed by Exelon Generation and Entergy Nuclear will take place on Wednesday, Aug. 12, in the final testing before the system is approved by federal regulators. In the event of inclement weather the tests will be held Aug. 13.
To celebrate the importance of immunizations for people of all ages – and make sure children are protected with all the vaccines they need – the Oswego County Health Department is joining with partners nationwide in recognizing August as National Immunization Awareness Month.
The average temperature was just 1.0 degree below average. Meanwhile, total precipitation for the month was 1.37 inches below average.
Julian was born on May 14, 2005. He was called home early Saturday morning (August 8, 2015, at 3:30 a.m.). He was in the final stages of Neuroblastoma and was in hospice care since early this year. He may be gone, but his spirit lives on in all of us. Julian never stopped fighting. He packed more into his short lifetime than most adults do in decades.
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