A one-day count of homeless individuals in Oswego County, the Point in Time survey, mandated by the federal department of Housing and Urban Development, is a concise effort by area human service agencies to raise the awareness of homelessness and compile an approximate number of those who are homeless, or are housing vulnerable, in Oswego County.
The Oswego Common Council voted 4-0-3 Tuesday night to approve the purchace of a portable milling machine for the Department of Public Works, as well as the reimbursement of the purchase through CHIPS funding from the state.
A two-car rollover accident in the village of Phoenix at approximately 8:27 p.m. Thursday sent at least three people to the hospital.
After six months of research the city of Fulton received its review report from the state’s financial restructuring board on Monday (June 30) which includes several recommendations and an offering of $400,000 in grant money if certain conditions are met.
“There’s still more they want us to do,” Mayor Ron Woodward said.
Included in the funding is $5,000 for Pulaski High School; aid which helped to make a trip to represent New York State in the National Fourth of July Parade in Washington D.C. possible. “I must say that I am very surprised and incredibly humbled by this wonderful donation. In terms of what this means to the Oswego Marching Buccaneers is that it will help us in many areas,” said Scott Ciesla, Oswego’s director.
“That’s it. It was a rather uneventful month,” Gregway said. “Even the thunderstorms didn’t really amount to much. The average temperature was 1.1 degrees higher than average. Total precipitation was 0.62-inch lower than normal.
“I am happy to announce after working with Oswego City-County Youth Bureau Director Brian Chetney, Youth Activities coordinator Dawn Mattot and AmeriCorps Director Kathy Andolina, the park attendant program will be returning to the city of Oswego,” Sixth Ward Council Eric VanBuren told Oswego County Today.
The Children’s Museum of Oswego (CMOO), would like to invite the public to an upcoming Visioning Workshop on July 7, starting at 5 p.m. The session will be held in the community room of the Oswego Public Library, 120 E. Second St.
On Wednesday (July 2), members of the Oswego County Sheriff’s Office recovered a 1988 Volvo station wagon from the Oswego River north of Lock 5 in Minetto. A sonar company hired by the NYS Canal Corporation had discovered the vehicle. Further investigation found it had been reported stolen to the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office in 1996.
State Police in Pulaski announce the arrest of Joseph M. Smegelsky Jr., 34, from Oswego, for Grand Larceny 3rd degree, a class “D” felony. An audit and investigation by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s office of the Minetto Fire Department reportedly uncovered the alleged misappropriation of nearly $20,000 in department funds by Smegelsky Jr., the department chief.
All Content Copyright Dot Publishing 2024. All Submissions Become Property of Dot Publishing All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.