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At This week’s Administrative Services Committee meeting councilors gave a favorable recommendation to a plan to restore the Port City’s tree canopy. Phil MacArthur from the Tree Advisory Board requested authorization to accept a donation of 100 trees, purchased under an ORA grant, to be planted by the Tree Stewards organization. “This is part of an experiment suggested a year ago, to try buying small cheap trees and see how well they grow,” MacAuthur said.

Architects working with SUNY Oswego on the 2011-13 exterior renewal of century-old Sheldon Hall recently earned a top design award for historic preservation from the American Institute of Architects New York State. The Sheldon Hall exterior renewal project put the college’s Old Main, which opened in 1913, on course for its next 100 years.

Standing alongside members of the New York State Police, Oswego County District Attorney Gregory Oakes today (Nov. 5) announced the arrest of 32-year-old Steven D. Szatanek for the murder of Anna Rose Shove. Szatanek from Camerondale Road, Baldwinsville, has been charged with second-degree murder, a class A felony, and second-degree manslaughter, a class C felony, in connection with the death this August of the 17-year-old from Ontario, NY. If convicted, he could face up to 25 years to life in prison.

Political newcomer Pat McLaughlin (Dem – WTR) is looking to unseat incumbent Mike Myers (Rep -Con – Ind) in the race for Oswego’s Second Ward council seat. The preliminary Election Board ballot tally for Oswego County Family Court Judge has local attorney James Eby, with 16,254 votes topping Lou Anne Rucynski Coleman’s 10,786.

The community is invited to come celebrate the gift of giving and assist families of middle school students. Oswego Middle School will hold a backpack program fundraiser at the school on November 13 from 5-7 p.m. called “Empty Bowls.” The backpack program will assist families who find themselves in need of some additional support during school breaks.