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Nearly a dozen speakers Monday night told Oswego councilors the city’s odd-even overnight parking policy is doing more harm than good. The majority urged city officials to do away with the policy. Councilors took no action on the matter. However, it will be a topic of further discussions for a long time.

The State of Emergency imposed last week by Mayor Thomas Gillen remains in effect for the city of Oswego. According to Oswego DPW Commissioner Michael Smith, more than 30 properties have had their water services restored but there are still more than a dozen who remain without water as the work continues. It is EXTREMELY important that residents continue to have their water running (about the diameter of a pencil) without interruption until further notice.

Registration for the fourth annual Tri-Oswego Triathlon is open, according to race director Christopher Jones. The USAT Sanctioned event will take place June 20 at Breitbeck Park on Lake Ontario in Oswego. The fourth-annual event will showcase athletes from throughout the Northeastern United States and Canada.

The shelter, located at Laker Hall on the SUNY Campus, for those Oswego residents experiencing frozen water services will close at 5 p.m. today (March 1). The water station, located at the East Side Fire Station, will remain in service until all city water services are back in working order.

On Saturday at approximately 7:30 p.m., State Police were called to the area of County Route 57 near the Liverpool Bypass in the town of Clay to assist the Oswego County Sheriff’s Office with searching for a possible suicidal subject in a vehicle.