Over the Labor Day weekend, the Oswego City Police Department deployed additional personnel to address quality of life concerns in residential neighborhoods. This detail consisted of marked, unmarked and foot patrols. A total of 33 individuals were arrested as a result of the detail.
The Friends of Fort Ontario will host an Arts, Crafts, and Kites Festival Sept. 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the spacious and historic grounds outside the old fort. Admission to the festival is free while normal admission fees will apply to those who wish to tour the old fort. Kite experts from around the United States and Canada and noted kite historian Thom Shanken will be on hand to assist kite fliers of all ages and abilities.
Breezy, cooler and less humid today with more clouds than sun. High near 70 with a chance of showers.
The new state-of-the-art building is located in the center of campus, right next to Campus Center and the building it’s replacing, Snygg Hall. Shineman Hall is named after the late Dr. Richard S. Shineman who was a professor of chemistry at SUNY Oswego from 1962 to 1988. He was the founding chair of the chemistry department.
State Police were called to the Red Cross Parking lot across from the New York State Fairgrounds shortly after 2 p.m. this afternoon (Sept. 2) for a reported animal cruelty case. When troopers arrived, they observed a male standing over a black Labrador canine who was seizing and barely breathing. Troopers attempted to cool the dog with water and ice.
Fort Ontario State Historic Site will host the Great Lakes Seaway Trail War of 1812 Traveling Quilt Show from Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 2 to Sunday, Sept. 29. Twenty-six of the finest newly-made examples of 1812-period quilts will be on display in Officer’s Quarters One inside the old fort. Every quilt in the exhibit has a story-card attached with interesting details about the quilts and quilt-makers from 11 different states and three Canadian provinces.
Despite the humidity, August 2013 goes into the record books as cooler than normal. That’s right, cooler, according to Bill Gregway, local observer for the National Weather Service. The average temperature last month was a pleasant 68.6 degrees, but that is 0.8-degree below average. Gregway said, “Temperature wise it wasn’t a bad month. The humidity was a little tough at times.”
Major Rodney W. Campbell, Troop D Commander urges everyone to support the AAA’s annual “School’s Open—Drive Carefully” campaign to help preserve the safety of children traveling to and from school.
On an afternoon full of storylines during pole day qualifying for the Budweiser International Classic 200 at Oswego Speedway, none was more historical than that of Jessica Zemken looking to become the first woman to qualify for the richest Supermodified race in the world.On Friday night, with a lap of 16.590 seconds at 135.624 mph, history was indeed made, as Zemken officially clocked in 10th quick locking herself into the starting field for Sunday’s 200-lapper which is set to take the green at 3 p.m.
UPDATE 5:30 PM: Senator Charles Schumer has just informed the mayor’s office that the Port of Oswego Authority has been awarded a $1.5 million grant that will fund the construction of a significant new rail link at the Port. Senator Schumer was committed to working with the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Anthony Foxx, to position the Oswego project for a TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grant.
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