County officials are mourning the loss of a colleague who gave more than four decades of public service to Oswego County residents. Arthur Ospelt, District 12 Legislator and Vice Chairman of the Legislature, passed away Dec. 18. He served in several leadership roles in town and county government. He is remembered as a strong and visionary leader who took great pride in the people and resources of Oswego County.
On Thursday at approximately 6: 40 p.m., the Oswego City Police Department responded to Palmer’s TV, located at 225 W. Third St., Oswego, for a reported robbery that had just occurred. First responding officers determined that one suspect had entered the open store, displayed a knife and demanded the money in the cash register.
Windy with localized snow squalls on Saturday – highs near 30.
The average temperature was 1.5 degrees higher than normal. Precipitation was very close to average and snowfall was 4.4 inches below average.
After a lengthy executive session Wednesday night, the Oswego Common Council passed a resolution regarding a five-year agreement with the firefighters’ union. There is no wage increase for the first three years of the new pact.
Turning blustery and colder Friday as winter returns.
“We don’t know them. But, we mourn with them. It’s all one big family now; the whole nation is grieving together,” one woman said. One of the organizers said, “It was just a bunch of us wanting to get together, light some candles, say a pray. And the turnout is just amazing. I am so humbled that my community is so caring.”
The investigation revealed that a 2004 Pontiac Sunfire, driven by Sarah J. Teifke, 24, was eastbound on County Route 45 and a 2004 Western Dump Truck, driven by George D. Preeman, 61, was northbound on State Route 481. The Pontiac Sunfire failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection and was struck by the dump truck on the passenger’s side, troopers said.
In nominating the building, the state Board for Historic Preservation wrote of the church, “the 1894 Romanesque-inspired religious building is historically representative of the prominence that the city of Fulton obtained during the late 19th century as a major commercial and manufacturing hub on New York’s canal system.”
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