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The Oswego City School District Board of Education heard its first draft of the 2015-16 budget on Monday night with a presentation by Superintendent of Schools Ben Halsey and Business Administrator Nancy Squairs. Halsey said, “ This is the first public look. It is challenging and continues to be a challenge. This is a snapshot of a draft proposal for the board of education to consider.” The Oswego City School District has until April 24 to formulize the budget as it needs to be approved by that date in order to follow the requirements for the May 19 vote.

The seven winners of the Pacesetter Award for 2014 are: the Port of Indiana – Burns Harbor, the Port of Erie, the Port of Duluth-Superior, the Port of Milwaukee, the Port of Cleveland, the Port of Toledo and the Port of Oswego.

Councilors set a public hearing for next month on a new local law that would give homeowners incentive to make capital improvements. It would allow for the exemption from taxes: “that portion of an increase in assessment to residential buildings occurring as a result of capital improvement.”

Teresa Woolson, president of the VOW Foundation and Penny Morley, co-chair of the Coalition to Combat Adolescent Substance Abuse in Oswego County, announce several youth contests around substance abuse (heroin, synthetic drugs, marijuana, alcohol, tobacco, etc.) and healthy options/alternatives to be held at the Oswego County SAFE Fair on April 26 at the Elks Lodge in Oswego.

The Tri-Oswego Triathlon announced that it is adding a duathlon race to its event schedule in 2015. The USAT Sanctioned event will take place June 20 at Breitbeck Park on Lake Ontario in Oswego as part of the days race activities.

America’s first arms race, the cession of Michigan, and the residents of Upper Canada are among the topics presented at the fifth annual Oswego International War of 1812 Symposium scheduled for Friday, April 17 to Sunday, April 19 at the Lake Ontario Event and Conference Center, 26. E. First St.