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OSWEGO – The Oswego County Health Department is planning to conduct aerial spraying of the Toad Harbor / Big Bay Swamp area tonight, Sept. 19. Aerial spraying is being conducted as a preventative measure to […]

Preparations are under way as the Bucs host the annual “Pageant of Champions” at Joe Wilber Field on Saturday. The “Pageant of Champions” usually attracts a standing-room only crowd and begins at 6 p.m.  with Small School 3 Westmoreland followed by Large School 3 Auburn. The Small School 2 bands in competition include Jordan-Elbridge and Phoenix while the Large School 2 bands will be Central Square and Cicero-North Syracuse.

At this week’s Administrative Service Committee meeting, Gay Williams, city attorney, requested council authorization for Mayor Gillen to enter into the proposed Water Supply Agreement between the Novelis Corporation, the town of Scriba and the city of Oswego. “The city and Novelis have been discussing this contract for many months,” she said. The committee sent the request to the full council.

A pool in the town of West Monroe and another near the village of Central Square both tested positive for EEE. Two pools near the village of Central Square and another in the town of West Monroe each tested positive for WNV. Aerial spraying is scheduled for Thursday night if weather permits. The area to be sprayed is the Toad Harbor / Big Bay Swamp area near the north shore of Oneida Lake.

SUNY Oswego’s Rice Creek Field Station will launch fall programming in September with a new Sharing Science series, followed by naturalist-led walks, a hands-on sustainable art series, tours of the new headquarters building and winter bird study.