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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.

On Monday September 23, at 7 p.m., prior to the Common Council meeting, representatives from the NY State Office of Real Property Tax Services will be giving an informational presentation on the new legislation regarding the STAR exemption for homeowners.

Onions, apples, meats and more, all are grown right here in Oswego County! To celebrate the rich bounty of local food Oswego County produces Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County is holding the Fourth Annual Oswego County Harvest Dinner. The popular event will this year take place on October 18, at The American Foundry in Oswego.

SUNY Oswego MBA Director Irene Scruton will host four live online information sessions this fall for anyone interested in learning more about SUNY Oswego’s MBA programs in management, public accounting and health services administration.