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Semi-Pro Football Comes To The County With The Oswego County Outlaws

January 8, 2010 Contributor

Kenny Anderson, head coach, and LeRoy Collins, two of the people behind the Oswego County Outlaws semi-pro football team.

The Outlaws are coming.

Oswego County will have its first-ever minor league football team this summer when the Oswego County Outlaws begin play in the Northeastern Football Alliance.

“It will bring a different type of excitement” to the area, said Leroy Collins of Fulton, the former professional football player who is one of four men behind the Outlaws, with former local athletes Kendall “Kenny” Anderson, Dave Parker and Brad Rose.

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Cooper – The ‘Snow Lion’

January 8, 2010 Steve Yablonski

Scene Around Town: Cooper appears to be a bit perturbed that his human is taking his photo instead of picking him up out of the deep snow in Minetto recently. While the Oswego area is languishing a bit behind, the snowfall total for the Fulton Ã¢â‚¬â€œ Minetto region is just shy of 100 inches.

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New On OswegoCountyToday: News About Your Milestones

January 7, 2010 Contributor

Look down there.Ã‚Â There.Ã‚Â Follow the little red arrow.Ã‚Â See it?Ã‚Â Good! A brand new section of news, starting today. Your Milestones is about you, your family and your important moments.Ã‚Â It’s your chance to […]

County Legislature Gets Reorganized For 2010

January 7, 2010 Steve Yablonski

There are some new names as the legislature welcomed five new members today (Jan. 7). The lawmakers also approved an intermunicipal agreement with the town of Scriba and Oswego City School District regarding negotiations with Constellation Energy’s nuclear power plants at Nine Mile Point.

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Nine Mile Two Shuts Down

January 7, 2010 Contributor

The Nine Mile Point nuclear station, with Nine Mile 1 on the left and Nine Mile 2 and its signature cooling tower on the right. Photo Ã‚Â© Constellation Energy Group, Inc. 2008

According to a filing with the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the reactor began shutting down because of a water level in the reactor that had fallen to the point where it kicked off an automatic shutdown.

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RaiderNet Daily: Fully Inflated

January 7, 2010 Contributor

Today, the results of an experiment in hot air.Ã‚Â Also, a roundup of a good night in Raider sports and a harsh opinion on an insurance ruling.

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Fulton’s Big Snowstorm Brings Big Snow Moving Problems

January 7, 2010 Contributor

When you get four feet of snow in a few days, you also get a problem:Ã‚Â Where to put it all?

“There’ve been quite a lot of problems,” Fulton Mayor Ron Woodward said this week.Ã‚Â They’re the usual problems and they continue to defy easy solutions.

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Group Seeks To Bring Best-Selling Author To Oswego

January 7, 2010 Steve Yablonski

The goal is to not only bring the Oswego community together through Greg Mortenson’s book (Three Cups of Tea), but also raise awareness and encourage a world view that advocates understanding and tolerance.

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Agenda: Nuclear Tax Deal, New Elections Commissioner Before County Legislature

January 7, 2010 Contributor

The first meeting of the new year for the Oswego County Legislature is made up of formalities — routine appointments that must be made each year.Ã‚Â Today, though, there’ll be discussion and perhaps action on a property tax deal involving the Nine Mile Point nuclear plants, and the appointment of a new Democratic Elections Commissioner, to replace Bill Scriber, who took a job at the Port of Oswego.

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RaiderNet Daily: Meeting With The Principal

January 6, 2010 Contributor

Students meet with the principal and it’s a good thing?Ã‚Â Yes, when it’s the Principal’s Roundtable, a chance for students to talk about whatever’s bothering them.Ã‚Â Also today, hard losses for the hockey and swim teams and a commentary on the musical artist Lady Gaga.

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