At Monday night’s meeting the Common Council approved Local Law #3 of the year 2015, amending Chapter 224, Taxation, of the Code of the City of Oswego. It allows for the exemption from taxes that portion of an increase in assessment to residential buildings occurring as a result of capital improvement, according to the assistant city attorney.
The Friends of Oswego County Hospice has set the date for the 16th annual Oswego County Hospice Cup Regatta. The Summer Solstice themed event will be held on June 20 at the Oswego Yacht Club/International Marina. Plans for the day-long event, which raised more than $21,000 in 2014, and more than $300,000 total since its inception, are well under way.
The Child Care & Development Council asks Oswego County to come together for children during the Week of the Young Child, April 12-18. As part of the national Week of the Young Child celebrated across the country, Oswego County is honoring young children and all those who make a difference in children’s lives.
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For the second consecutive year, author and Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan will be visiting Oswego Middle School to share her story with the seventh and eighth grade students. She will also be sharing her story in an evening presentation for the Oswego community.
More than 200 volunteer shavees went bald Sunday afternoon to help raise funds to fight childhood cancer. This year’s goal was $100,000. Less than an hour into the event, the total stood at $70,000. The final figures are still being added up.
The VOW Foundation is gearing up for the second annual SAFE Fair. “The fair won’t deal with just synthetic marijuana,” Teresa Woolson, president of the VOW Foundation, told Oswego County Today.”Synthetic drugs are causing all sorts of problems. At the fair, information about all drugs, addiction, prevention and healthy options will be provided.” The VOW Foundation is a non-profit organization named in honor of Victor Orlando Woolson who died in 2012 from a fatal reaction to synthetic drugs.
The ninth annual Shave for a Cure will be held Sunday from 1-5 p.m. at the Lake Ontario Event and Conference Center. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation works to raise awareness and funding to support childhood cancer research and treatments.
At approximately 7:50 a.m. today (April 10), Oswego City Police executed a search warrant at 235 E. Eighth St. in the city of Oswego. As a result of the investigation, Oswego Police arrested and charged 54-year-old James A. Jackson of 235 E. Eighth St., with three counts of “Possessing a Sexual Performance by a Child” (class E felony) and three counts of “Possessing an Obscene Performance by a Child” (class E felony).
She has that quirky personable spunkiness that seems to be common with Torties. She does the head bonk thing, loves tummy/chest rubs, purrs up a storm, and will “chat” with you, especially when she’s looking for attention. If you say “Meow” to her, she will answer you.
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