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The tentative spending plan for the coming year is $34,574,842 for all funds. That is an increase of 14.2 percent compared to the original fiscal year 2013 budget of $30,112,264. The mayor says a tax increase might hurt now. “But, if we don’t do it, it’s going to hurt a whole lot more down the road,” he added.

The Oswego City Police Department is pleased to announce the addition of its new K-9 unit consisting of Officer James LaDue and Crixus, a two-year-old Dutch Shephard donated by the State Police.

The Oswego County District Attorney’s Office has been awarded $11,708 in state funds to help local law enforcement agencies purchase equipment for video recording of statements. The project is overseen by the state Division of Criminal Justice Services and is intended to help law enforcement efforts and prosecution outcomes by videotaping interviews and interrogations.

Dr. Alfred Frederick, distinguished service professor in SUNY Oswego’s curriculum and instruction department, participated in the State Conference on Education in the State of Piaui, Brazil. The forum is a component of Brazil’s National Curriculum Reform Project, involving national mobilization for the discussion of public policies on education leading to the construction of decennial education plans for municipalities, states and the country.

The arrests stem from drug and burglary investigations, according to OPD