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Hundreds brave the chilly temperatures and brisk winds for the annual ceremony. The city’s holiday tree was lit Thursday night in Civic Plaza. And, Santa greeted scores of youngsters eager to tell him their Christmas wish lists.

The Oswego County tax levy increase for 2013 … is zero. Fred Beardsley, chair of the Oswego County Legislature made that pronouncement at the end of a nearly 90-minute session Thursday night. “It couldn’t have happened without both sides of the aisle working together. This budget could not have been achieved if it wasn’t for the cooperation that went on in this legislature,” he said.

Your baking prowess and artistic skills could win prizes next month. This year’s holiday Gingerbread House Contest has three categories. The theme this year is the Oswego Lighthouse. Contestants will be asked to bake and decorate a gingerbread house that looks like the historic Oswego landmark.

Christmas is on its way to the village of Mexico and is bringing a favorite holiday story with it. Celebrating its ninth season, Christmas in Mexico promises fun character interaction, shopping and crafts, pictures with Santa, and a coloring contest for the children.

On November 28, at about 1:30 p.m., Oswego County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the area of County Route 10 in the Town of Schroeppel on a report of a man swinging an axe at passing motorists. The man was disarmed and taken into custody. As a result of the altercation, three deputies were injured.

At approximately 9:54 p.m. a 2009 Pontiac G6, being operated by Ryan M. Hilton, 27, of 28 Kennedy Drive, Oswego, was stopped in the area of Bunner and Maple streets. He was subsequently found to allegedly be in possession of a small amount of marihuana as well as 44 individually wrapped bags of heroin.

The Oswego County Department of Social Services will temporarily re-locate to the former Cayuga Community College facility on state Route 3, west of Fulton, in mid-December. The Mexico office building will be closed for asbestos abatement and repairs until early May 2013.

Alan Jones was re-sentenced on Wednesday in Oswego County Court. He received the maximum for second-degree manslaughter, 5 to 15 years. He had been serving a 25 years to life sentence.