Visitors to Oswego County sugar bushes during Maple Weekends, March 21 and 22 and March 28 and 29, will be able to observe maple operations and learn how sap is collected and boiled into maple syrup. Pictured is a stand of trees at Maple Hollow Farm, Hannibal. (Photo by Mary Ellen Barbeau, Oswego County Tourism Office.)
Oswego Daily News

Maple Producers Host Maple Weekends

Several local maple producers will host tours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 21 and 22, and the following weekend, March 28 and 29, for the New York State Maple Producers Weekends. Maple fanatics can visit these businesses to see the how sap is collected from maple trees, boiled, and transformed into delicious maple syrup.

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The 444th Engineer Company based at Oswego - Troops from the Oswego U.S. Army Reserve Center repaired and marked IED (Improvised Explosive Device) locations in Iraq in 2007-08. In 2011-12 the 444th Engineer Company based at Oswego deployed to Afghanistan and suffered three men killed and one severely wounded.
Oswego Daily News

Fort Ontario Receives Certificate of Appreciation

At the 99th annual Greater Oswego-Fulton Chamber of Commerce annual meeting held March 5 at the River Vista Center in Fulton, Executive Director Greg Mills presented Fort Ontario State Historic Site with a certificate of appreciation in recognition of 260 years as a member of the Oswego County business community. Fort Ontario and the Port of Oswego Authority represent Oswego County’s oldest active businesses.

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Oswego firefighters respond to a blaze in the city's west side shortly after midnight today (March 15). OFD photo
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Oswego Fire Department Battles Blaze On West Side

UPDATE: They are not sure how many people were living there or if it was a fraternity house. They are looking into whether this is an official fraternity house. The fire is under investigation and OFD still has personnel on the scene searching for the origin and cause.
Oswego Fire Department crews were dispatched to a structure fire just after midnight at 110 W. Bridge St., near West Eighth Street. First arriving crews reported smoke showing from the two and a half-story multi-family dwelling, with the duty officer reporting an active fire seconds later.

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Oswego Daily News

Katko Praises Upcoming Port Of Oswego Dredging Project

“As the only deep water port on the U.S. shores of Lake Ontario, the Port of Oswego is a critical asset for attracting new economic growth opportunities in Oswego County and across Central New York,” said Rep. Katko. “I have been in close contact with the Army Corps of Engineers in Buffalo and appreciate their efforts to make this project a reality. Dredging the shallow waterways of the harbor will allow more ships to navigate the port and provide an enormous boost to our regional economy.”

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Oswego Daily News

Oswego City School District Conducting Family Engagement Survey

The Oswego City School District is conducting a Family Engagement Survey in order to assess the current functioning of the district, from the perspective of families who have children in the the schools. PLS Associates, Inc., based in Florida and New York, is conducting the online survey that is now available on the district’s website at www.oswego.org The survey is password protected and entitled “Oswego City Schools Family Survey 2015.”

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Fulton Daily News

Fulton Pair Facing Felony Drug Charges

On Wednesday investigators with the Oswego County Drug Task Force, with the assistance of the Fulton City Police Department, arrested Thomas Knopp, 31, and Tifffany M. Braunig, 27, both of 121 W. Broadway, Fulton. The arrests were based on arrest warrants that had been issued by Oswego County Court as a result of Knopp and Braunig being indicted by an Oswego County Grand Jury, police said today (March 13).

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Oswego Daily News

SUNY Chancellor Awards Honor Five Oswego Students

This year’s Oswego honorees for outstanding achievements inside and outside the classroom are Dianora DeMarco, a five-year accounting-MBA major; Joshua Drake (of Fulton), a biology major; Molly Matott, a meteorology major; David Owens, a studio art major; and Eyub Yegen, dual major in finance and applied mathematical economics.

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Oswego Daily News

County Chairman Delivers 2015 State of the County Address

The Chairman of the Oswego County Legislature delivered his State of the County Address at Thursday afternoon’s meeting. While the county has and will continue to face challenges in the coming years, the chairman highlighted several things that will help alleviate the burden on county taxpayers in the future.

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