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The city is considering getting one new ambulance to replace the oldest one currently in the fleet. It will cut down on money the fire department has spent on maintenace costs. And, it would free up DPW employees who have worked to keep the old ambulances on the road, city officials said this week.

Students from SUNY Oswego won two awards in the recent Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts, a national competition.

Councilor Eric VanBuren has scheduled a Sixth Ward-City of Oswego meeting. It will take place February 27 at 5:30 p.m., in the Council Chamber at City Hall. The general public may also attend.

The Port City’s financial constraints have a ripple effect. At Tuesday’s Administrative Services Committee meeting, councilors discussed possible cuts to funding the city provides the chamber to run various events during the year. One item on the chopping block could be around $8,000 for the Independence Day Celebration’s fireworks display. Since not all councilors were present at the meeting, the resolution was tabled until all councilors could be in attendance.

State Police in Pulaski are investigating a crash that occurred at approximately 8:45 a.m. Feb. 18, on County Route 41 in the town of Richland. The trooper, a seven-year veteran of the State Police and assigned to the Pulaski Barracks was transported to Pulaski Medical Center for non-life threatening injuries. The other driver and her passenger were not injured in the crash.

In 1792, after the Revolutionary War and long before he began his term as the nation’s fourth President, James Madison wrote, “War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason; and if any thing is to be hoped, every thing ought to be tried.”  Ironically, although it is unlikely that he anticipated another war with Great Britain, Madison’s term encompassed the War of 1812, also known as the Second War for Independence.