With I-90 reopened, Oswego County’s trucks and manpower ready to return home, and The Buffalo News reporting a ‘Shovel Brigade Mob’ has descended on South Buffalo neighborhoods, Oswego County Emergency Management Director Dale Currier described the government mobilization process in a situation like last week’s fatal snowstorm.
County Legislator Marie Schadt said on Friday that she contacted every emergency agency she could think of after the brunt of the storm Wednesday because she is worried about her 67-year-old friend in Orchard Park, one of the areas hardest hit by the pre-winter storm.
Oswego County is lending some of its snow removal expertise and equipment to the city of Buffalo to assist in the removal of this week’s massive lake effect snowfall. County Legislature Chairman Kevin Gardner approved a request from the State Office of Emergency Management Thursday afternoon for additional snow removal assistance. “We’re used to these types of events and are certainly happy to help them out,” said Chairman Gardner.
Before settling down to eat your turkey or prepare your house for guests this Thanksgiving, why not get a little exercise in and help the Salvation Army and Human Concern Center of Oswego? The Run for the Pies, now going for 15+ years, does just that! Every Thanksgiving morning, a group of runners and walkers meet at the Oswego YMCA to do a 5K run/walk before dinner. It’s open to the public and everyone in the community is welcome to join.
Today’s News: First quarter honor roll students, turn down the music and beating the winter blues are all included in today’s edition of RaiderNet Daily.
Oswego County Clerk Michael C. Backus and Veterans Services Director Donna Kestner Thursday (Nov. 20) thanked Governor Andrew Cuomo for signing into law legislation that eliminates the fee for veterans seeking a distinction on their drivers’ licenses or non-driver ID cards. The legislation passed both the NYS Assembly and Senate unanimously earlier this year.
The all-day event will offer a wide variety of holiday events and activities. Events are planned at the Lake Ontario Conference Center, St. Joseph’s, City Hall and many other places. Downtown restaurants and businesses will be open throughout the day as well as after the tree lighting, offering holiday shopping and dining specials. Santa Claus will greet children at the 6 p.m. tree lighting and then invite them inside City Hall to hear their Christmas wish lists.
Two people escaped injury today as their car went over an embankment and landed precariously on the shore of Lake Ontario, according to the Oswego Fire Department. The accident occurred just before 3 p.m. today (Nov. 20) at Fourth Avenue, near SUNY Oswego, in a parking lot adjacent to “Flatrock.”
In light of the weather conditions associated with the continuing winter storm, state offices in Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Franklin, Genesee, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego, and Wyoming counties will be closed on Friday, November 21. A directed early departure for non-essential employees is hereby granted and employees do not have to charge credits.
On Friday, November 21, at 10 a.m., water will be shut off in the immediate area of Church Street and Duer Street on the city’s eastside. It will take approximately four hours for the necessary work to be completed. There is a likelihood that the Riley School water tank supply may be interrupted during this process.
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