The average temperature for May was 56.8 degrees. That was 0.8-degree above average. Total precipitation for the month was just 0.03-inch below average. And, the snowfall – a trace – was average.
More than 300 people attended State Senator Patty Ritchie’s annual Oswego County Job Fair today (June 4) at the Fulton War Memorial. Those in attendance were able to meet with nearly 50 employers, many of whom were looking to hire immediately. Forty-eight employers participated in the annual job fair.
Collectively, those employers were hoping to fill more than 100 jobs.
State Police reportedly have located Louis Gaetano.
He had last been seen on Monday, June 2, at his residence on Roosevelt Road, Cleveland, NY.
Project Lifesaver, otherwise known as electronic technology to locate missing persons, appears to be a success in Oswego County. Recently, a client, approximately 80 years old, from the town of Constantia, who was registered with Project Lifesaver and wearing a transmitting bracelet, went missing one hot, sunny afternoon in June.
The Oswego High School conducted its annual awards assembly on Monday at the Robinson-Faust Theatre for the Performing Arts.
The first Lake Ontario Central New York Lighthouse Challenge will take place this year on June 21 and 22. The challenge is to visit six unique New York lighthouses within two days. The official challenge route starts with Oswego’s West Pierhead Lighthouse and then moves East and West from the Thousand Islands to Rochester.
A downtown Oswego businesswoman is looking to rev up business this summer. At Monday’s meeting of the Physical Services Committee, Anne Backer, owner of Taste The World Specialty Coffee in the Canal Commons, requested approval to close West First Street between Bridge and Oneida streets on Sunday afternoons from June 15 to August 31. She is planning an event, Mugs and Motors, to help bring more people downtown on Sundays.
Oswego Mayor Tom Gillen recently announced that the city of Oswego Water Treatment Plant was starting construction on upgrades to the treatment facility. The work reduces the production capacity of the plant by 25% and will be continuing until the end of June. It is requested that all users of city of Oswego water curtail the use of water as much as possible during this construction period.
One person was arrested recently by the Oswego County Drug Task Force after a joint investigation conducted by members of the task Ffrce and the City of Fulton Police Department. A search warrant was conducted on May 20 and reportedly resulted in the recovery of 28 bags of heroin in glassine envelopes and/or plastic packaging and a morphine tablet.
A search warrant was conducted on May 29 and resulted in the recovery of 84 bags of heroin, Fentanyl Patches, marihuana, unlawfully possessed prescription pills and crack cocaine along with digital scales and packaging material, according to police.
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