The city demolished the dilapidated historic building at the southeast corner of West Fifth and Bridge streets. The building had been declared a safety threat and an emergency work order issued to raze it.
This story’s a little unusual. Police say a Volney man gave a local credit union five minutes’ warning that he intended to rob them, then took off. Police say they found him on his getaway vehicle — a bicycle.
Bion’s application for a Demonstration Permit for its Kreider Farms project Phase 1 has been approved. The company recommends that it be a precondition for the Oswego County project.
The Oswego City Police Department wishes to alert motorists to a traffic change planned for tomorrow (Aug. 13). Due to the planned demolition of the building located at 133 W. Fifth St., the Traffic Section of the Oswego Police Department will be closing West Fifth Street from West Oneida Street to West Bridge Street for all vehicular traffic.
The fire department was notified in a letter dated June 29, that they were found to be in violations of section 3031 of the Public Health Law and a regulation addressing documentation requirements for advanced life support systems. A plan of correction was to be submitted by no later than July 22, and in fact was submitted and accepted by that date.
Schools across the state want to know when the new federal education aid to hire teachers will show up. In Hannibal, the Superintendent of Schools worries it won’t show up in time to hire teachers before school begins, and even if it does, the district may end up laying off those teachers next year.
The Water Department, DPW and City Engineer were authorized to move forward with cleaning and lining of the necessary Hillside Avenue water mains with an approved coating system. The cost of the project is not to exceed $35,000. Several residents there have water, they say, unfit to use.
The New York State Department of Health has sent letters of reprimand to 39 members of the Oswego Fire Department. The action is a result of the state’s probe of the department’s ambulance service.
The state’s sudden change in scoring its statewide grades 3 through 8 tests dealt a cruel blow to some students and possibly a very expensive blow to school districts, including Fulton. Hundreds of students who had scored as proficient in math or English found themselves in the not-proficient category after the tests were rescored. And that could cost the district money it doesn’t have to help those students.
Oswego homeowners and businesses will soon pay a lot more for the use of the city’s sewer system. The Common Council voted Monday night to increase sewer fees by 50% to pay for a court-ordered separation of the city’s west side system.
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