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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.
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.
The Oswego County Health Department today (Nov. 20) announced it has begun the process of closing its Long Term Home Health Care Program. The State Department of Health recently approved the closure plan and the final closing date is pending the County Legislature’s approval. In August 2013, there were 18 patients in the program. By August 2014, 17 of those 18 patients had transitioned into alternate programs following the national and the state changes.
Today’s News: The importance of keeping warm, At The Movies and NFL picks highlight today’s edition of RaiderNet Daily.
“I don’t know how successful marketing this will be,” the mayor said during an interview with Oswego County Today in October. “I can’t imagine it doesn’t have some value to it. If the farmers can grow onions and lettuce on it for 100 years they ought to be able to use it now for topsoil.”
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 Thursday, November 20. A directed early departure for non-essential employees is hereby granted and employees do not have to charge credits.
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