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At 7:35 p.m. Saturday, the Oswego Fire Department was dispatched to a reported structure fire at 142 E. Bridge St. An active fire was reported in a second floor apartment of the building. Officials stated the structure contains a hair salon and four apartments.

For the second time within a week, a body has reportedly been recovered from the waters of Lake Ontario. Shortly after 4 p.m. Saturday, an Oswego man died while helping a child in distress in the water.

At its meeting this week, the Common Council approved dedication of the street between City Hall and Pathfinder Bank as “John M. Canale Drive.” Canale has spent nearly three-quarters of his life as a teacher and was also a city alderman for more than two decades.

A horse in southern Oswego County has died of the Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus, the Oswego County Health Department reported today (Aug. 15). The horse had been stabled near an area known to harbor the EEE virus in Oswego and Onondaga counties, and was probably exposed to EEE in late July, prior to the aerial spraying of the Toad Harbor – Three Mile Bay Wild Management Area.

As part of the city sewer line upgrade, Washington Boulevard will be closed on Monday, August 18, from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. from the Forks of the Road to Fifth Avenue. Detour signs will direct traffic up Route 104 West to Fifth Avenue, and then back to Washington Boulevard. Limited traffic will have access to Raby’s Ace Home Center.

Shipments of aluminum products through the St. Lawrence Seaway to the Port of Oswego are expected to increase by 30 percent this year due to strong demand from aluminum sheet manufacturers catering to the automotive industry. The Port of Oswego is experiencing record levels of aluminum shipments and is forecasting that more than 120,000 metric tons will be delivered to the port in 2014.