UPDATED Oswego City School Board of Education member William Myer has announced that he is resigning from his position. He said he wants to ‘pursue other interests.’ He isn’t ruling out a run for the board in the future, however.
More sun, clouds and humidity for Friday.
A rundown industrial building on Fulton’s west side is on its way back to life after city lawmakers approved a zone change this week. The zone change could lead to the building becoming a woodworking shop and bakery.
Buccaneer Junior-Senior High School officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony by the students of the school, currently housed in portables behind Oswego Middle School. Overall, from pre-kindergarten to seniors in high school just over 4,100 students commenced the 2012-13 school year in Oswego.
Jiancheng Huang, Oswego County public health director, said he has requested the New York State Department of Health to issue a declaration of “imminent threat to public health” in Oswego County with the intent to conduct aerial spraying of the Big Bay and Toad Harbor Swamp area as soon as possible.
The number of districts will remain the same, just their shapes will change. Legislator Amy Tresidder’s district (16), for example, would cover both sides of the river in Oswego.
On August 31 and September 1, the Oswego City Police Department deployed additional personnel to address quality of life concerns in residential neighborhoods. This detail consisted of uniformed and plain clothes personnel. As a result of this effort, several arrests were made.
UPDATE: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has directed that flags on state government buildings be flown at half-staff on Friday in honor of Kyle Rookey.
Rookey, of Oswego, died Sunday in Afghanistan. He is being remembered for his smile and laughter and for his desire to help everybody.
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