The Washington Post recently published an appreciation of the life of Mark W. Tracz, the Fulton native who owned a minor league baseball team and worked hard to try to bring Major League Baseball back to the Washington, D.C. area.
Tracz died July 3 of tonsil cancer, the paper reported.
One of the latest state budgets in New York history is likely to win final approval this week, according to State Senator Darrel Aubertine.
“It’s been frustrating for everyone, but I do think in the end we end up with a budget that’s much better than the budget that was originally proposed,” Aubertine (D-Cape Vincent) said Monday, before heading to Albany for Tuesday’s special session.
The Oswego Town woman was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of her husband in their home on March 19.
While the humidity made things feel worse than it was, it was only 3.3 degrees higher than average – and only good for 6th place on the list of all-time hot Julys dating back to 1844, according to Bill Gregway, local observer for the National Weather Service.
Oswego Mayor Randy Bateman presented his 2011 city operating budget message following Monday night’s council committee meeting. The mayor is proposing a 50 percent increase in the sewer rates in an attempt to make the sewer fund self-sufficient by 2012.
Two Schroeppel teens are on the fast track to court after leading police on a car chase. Police say the chase involved many of the roads in the area, including a snowmobile trail. The teens jumped from the moving car, police allege, but didn’t get far.
Lisa Buske hopes to have her book finished by this Thanksgiving. It details how she has dealt with the kidnapping and presumed murder of her sister – Heidi Allen. She hopes by sharing her experience it will help others facing the same situation.
Ten time Indy 500 veteran and 1997 Oswego Speedway International Classic winner Davey Hamilton met several race fans Friday afternoon at Burritt Motors. Hamilton was in town to help kick off the 24th annual “$10,000 to Win†this weekend at Oswego Speedway.
Oswego County Public Health Director Dr. Dennis Norfleet announced today that a total of eight pools of mosquitoes collected near the village of Central Square and the Toad Harbor Swamp area have tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE).
“The virus activity is developing into a situation very similar to what we had in 2009 when we had a case of human EEE in Oswego County,†said Dr. Norfleet.
The New York State Education Department has made significant scoring changes in grading the statewide proficiency tests. These tests have been given regularly since 2005 to elementary and middle school students. However, the changes will have an impact on test scores as well as present problems for school districts.
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