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With the upcoming Labor Day weekend, Oswego Police will once again have added patrols as part of the “Expanded Quality of Life Initiative.” They will also be out in force as part of the annual nationwide “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” crackdown on drunk driving.

The college will receive $139,500 over two years to pilot the program at Oswego Middle School, part of a $2.95 million grant the National Science Foundation awarded to the SUNY system, the New York Academy of Sciences and SUNY Empire State College to bring to scale a mentoring program that has been successful downstate.

Dylan F. Corten, 17, of 78 Great Oak Lane in Pleasantville was arrested on a felony drug charge Wednesday evening at his Oneida Hall residence at SUNY Oswego. University Police accused him of selling Ritalin, a prescription drug, to a plainclothes officer.

There may be a few boxes left to unpack here and there. But the BUC Junior-Senior High School is ready to welcome nearly six dozen students in September. On Wednesday, many of the students and their parents toured the classrooms located in the lower level of the Education Center. The school is based on the three founding principles of creating rigor in instruction, relevance to real world learning, and crafting relationships to the community.

The New York State Department of Health has notified the Oswego County Health Department that more evidence of the West Nile virus (WNV) was found in two different mosquito pools collected on August 21. One of the pools is located in the town of Constantia and it is the first positive finding in that township. The second pool is in the town of New Haven where the WNV has been found earlier this summer.

Two parcels had their assessments lowered. They will receive refunds based on their reduced assessments. The resolutions took effect immediately.

The county will seek proposals to clean up and demolish the site along Route 481. They will also have to decide what to do with the site once it is cleared. Their decision will have an impact on the county’s DMV office and records center, which is located on the same parcel.