The Physical Services Committee paves the way for the mural project to continue this summer in Oswego. The mural project began as a youth-focused initiative, with the design concept and implementation directed by local young people with the support of the mural committee. The program is also a means to address graffiti issues.
The Town of Hannibal will hook more than 600 parcels of land to its municipal water system because of a special grant and loan package provided by the state, according to Town Supervisor Ron Greenleaf.
Mayor Randolph Bateman announced today June 24) that he has appointed Jeffrey M. McCrobie as Chief of the Oswego Fire Department. McCrobie will replace Chief Joseph Perry who is retiring effective June 26. Mayor Bateman also announced that Donald T. Dowd II will replace McCrobie as First Assistant Fire Chief.
Cayuga Community College will ask for bids to see who can come up with the next home for its rapidly growing Fulton campus. The school’s plans to move to the former P&C supermarket were foiled, they believe, by their current landlord. Now, they’ll take offers from anyone who believes they have the land and building space necessary to house a school that one official says is “bustin’ at the seams.”
At about six feet tall and weighing more than 200 pounds, he can be an imposing figure at the Oswego Police Station. However, while walking through some city crosswalks, he was virtually invisible to many drivers. Several drivers this week told police they didn’t notice the police officer acting as a pedestrian going through the crosswalk in front of them as part of a program to increase safety.
When Governor David Paterson ordered the closure of Fort Ontario State Historic Site, nine-year-old Christopher Colasurdo of Oswego answered the call to action. The fourth grader at Fitzhugh Park School raised more than $1,000 to support the fort through a “hat day†fundraiser.
A minor earthquake rumbled through the area Wednesday afternoon.
Those who felt the shaking said it was mild.
Agencies across the state reported feeling the shake.
Federal earthquake monitors so far report only one earthquake in the region, centered about half an hour north of Ottawa.
The quake has an initial magnitude of 5.2, making it a moderately strong earthquake, and likely to be felt so far from Ottawa.
An earthquake of magnitude 5 on the Richter scale can cause building damage in the immediate area of the quake. About 800 such earthquakes happen around the world each year.
Did you feel it? Tell us what you experienced in the comments.
One of Trinity Catholic School’s smallest sixth grade classes graduated Tuesday night during a commencement celebration and mass at St. Joseph’s Church. The ceremony marked a stop along one part of the 12 students’ journey, but was also the starting point to the next part of their journey – middle schools in Oswego and other parts of the county.
Brad Bennett was working on his boat, tied up along the Oswego River between Fulton’s upper and lower locks, when he saw a car come down the access road. The car was moving fast. He saw the driver, who was talking on his cell phone. The man “drove straight into the water,” Bennett said.
UPDATE: Rescue crews responded to the scene of a car in the Oswego River in Fulton. We’re told it happened on the east side of the river and that a person inside the vehicle got out safely. The driver has been identified as a young man from Oswego.
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