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Just some of the delicious appetizers from the 2013 Oswego County Harvest Dinner. Make plans to attend this year’s event on October 3.

Fifth Annual Oswego County Harvest Dinner Set For October 3

July 16, 2014 Contributor

Celebrate Oswego County agriculture and all the local food it provides us on October 3 at the Fifth Annual Oswego County Harvest Dinner. The dinner is fast becoming a “can’t miss” event that showcases the quality and diversity of agriculture in Oswego County by featuring locally grown and sourced food. The event is hosted by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County, with the support of local farmers and agriculture businesses, at The American Foundry.

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Fulton Zone Change Adds Protected Living Space

July 15, 2014 Janet Rebeor

There is one more area in Fulton where people can live where they work, correcting a measure that the mayor believes helped “kill downtown.”

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Scriba Resident Facing Felony Drug Charges

July 15, 2014 Submitted article

At about 1:41 p.m. today July 15), the Oswego City Police Department’s Anti-Crime Team with assistance from the Oswego County Sheriff’s Office, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement and United Sates Border Patrol executed a search warrant at 956 Middle Road, Lot 6W, in the town of Scriba. The resident was charged with two drug-related felonies.

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Oswego BOE Meeting for Tonight Rescheduled

July 15, 2014 Steve Yablonski

Tonight’s (July 15) scheduled Oswego City School District Board of Education meeting has been rescheduled for July 22. That meeting will be held at the Education Center Curriculum Room at 120 E. First St.

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On July 26, at 2 p.m., the May 5-6, 1814 Battle of Oswego will be reenacted at Fort Ontario and Oswego Harbor. Graphic depicts “Attack on Fort Oswego, Lake Ontario, North America. May 6th, 1814, Noon.” By John Hewett. Etched by Robert Havell, London. 1 May 1815.

Harborfest Tall Ships Battle at Fort Ontario

July 15, 2014 Contributor

Fort Ontario and Oswego Harbor will be the scene of a recreation of the May 5-6, 1814 Battle of Oswego during Harborfest 2014. On July 26, at 2 p.m., tall ships, gunboats, cannon, and re-enactors will follow in the waves and footsteps of American and British forces who defended and attacked Oswego in a desperate struggle for control of Lake Ontario.

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Oswego Council OKs Ambulance Purchase

July 14, 2014 Steve Yablonski

At Monday night’s Common Council meeting, by a 5-1-1 vote, councilors approved the bid submitted by North Eastern Rescue Vehicles for a new ambulance. Also, the council unanimously approved closing Sheldon Beach (north end of Sixth Avenue) during Harborfest.

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Oswego Man Charged In Campus Incident

July 14, 2014 Contributor

SUNY Oswego University Police charged Michael W. Decare, 54, of 10 Gregory St., Oswego, with two felonies following an investigation into an incident in Funnelle Hall. Decare faces charges of third-degree criminal mischief and third-degree attempted grand larceny.

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Fulton Fire Combated Swiftly

July 13, 2014 Janet Rebeor

A fire in the house on the corner of VanBuren Street and Kimball Avenue Sunday (July 13) afternoon has displaced a Fulton family this evening.

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Fulton’s Broadway Bridge ‘Not Quite Ready Yet’

July 13, 2014 Janet Rebeor

While travelers may think it looks like construction has stopped, the concrete poured for the north lanes of the Broadway Bridge that carries State Route 3 over the Oswego River is very busy curing below the deck surface and it will be several weeks before all lanes east and west will finally re-open.

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Oswego Daily News

Children’s Museum of Oswego Is ‘Veggin’ Out’ At The Oswego Farmers’ Market

July 13, 2014 Contributor

In an effort to empower children to make healthy food choices and introduce them to the local food system, The Children’s Museum of Oswego (CMOO) is presenting the Power of Produce (POP) program.
CMOO’s Power of Produce program began in June and runs through October at the Oswego Farmers’ Market every other Thursday 4:30 – 8 p.m., on West First Street.

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