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Oswego Daily News

Oswego County Opposes Recommendation To Adopt Lake Plan

A resolution urging the US Congress to reject the recommendation by the International Joint Commission to adopt Plan 2104 (regarding lake levels) was approved Thursday by the county legislature. Plan 2014, as proposed, doesn’t contain commitments to keep lake levels below 250 feet above sea level, according to county lawmakers. Opponents of the plan say that it will result in significant erosion and other damage.

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Downed tree blocking Munn Street (Photo courtesy Bill Foley)
Oswego Daily News

Oswego Fire Department Offers Storm Safety Tips

As the city of Oswego continues to recover from the devastating storm that occurred yesterday, we want to remind residents how to remain safe in the affected areas. The storm left several neighborhoods with trees down, utility poles broken, and downed wires. Current estimations from National Grid state that 21,000 residents are without power in the Central New York area and their officials were unsure when power will be restored. National Grid has arranged several pick-up points for dry ice, water, and more information regarding the power outages.

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Oswego Daily News

Storm Causes Drive-In Intermission

In the moments after the storm passed last night (July 8) the proprietor of one of the country’s few remaining drive-in theaters stood quietly near the projection room looking toward the destroyed movie screen. “It’s going to be a few days before we know what the insurance will say,” Midway Drive-In Theater owner John Nagelschmidt said.

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A large tree fell on a wooden fence crushing it
Oswego Daily News

Police: Use Caution Traveling In City Of Oswego

UPDATE 10 PM: Emergency workers will continue working into the night in order to clear roadways.
Police are advising citizens that there may be live wires down that emergency crews are not aware of, at this point. Today (July 8), the city of Oswego experienced high winds which caused some significant damage in the form of fallen trees, downed power lines, and various power outages throughout the city of Oswego.

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a sketch of the U.S.A.F C-45 aircraft as it appears today on the bottom of Lake Ontario. By Roland Stevens
Oswego Daily News

Six decades after crash, plane found at bottom of lake

The last thing Lt. Col. Charles Callahan did before leaping from his plunging U.S. Air Force C-45 the evening of Sept. 11, 1952, was to set an autopilot course he hoped would guide the empty airplane to a crash landing in a remote spot where no one would be hurt. As plane crashes go, it was a wild success. The C-45 traveled 65 miles with no one aboard and crashed in Lake Ontario near Oswego, where it was recently discovered underwater after lying undisturbed and undetected for 62 years.

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