Oswego Daily News
Oswego Student Studies In Japan
Brianna Cole, an OHS graduate, spent three months in Japan through a program associated with her college. Her ultimate goal is to live in Japan and become an interpreter, she said.News
Brianna Cole, an OHS graduate, spent three months in Japan through a program associated with her college. Her ultimate goal is to live in Japan and become an interpreter, she said.
Oswego Daily News
OHS Frosh Kick Off School Year
More than 300 incoming Oswego High School freshmen will breathe a little easier on Wednesday 9 when they arrive for the first day of classes. On Sept. 3, the majority of the new first-year students visited, toured and ate at Oswego High School during the annual freshman orientation.
Oswego Daily News
Child Struck By Vehicle Has Died
The Oswego City Police Department learned Friday morning that two-year-old Armondo Sciacca has died as a result of injuries he suffered in Wednesday’s incident in which he was struck by a motor vehicle on West Cayuga Street in the city of Oswego.
Oswego Daily News
Barboni Sentenced To 25-Life
Jay John Barboni was sentenced this morning (Sept. 4) to 25 years to life for murdering a child. Barboni, 31, formerly of Falcon Drive, Liverpool, was convicted early last month of second-degree murder, a class A felony, and first-degree manslaughter, a class B felony.
Fulton Daily News
Oswego County’s Getting Stimulus Money, But How Much?
Here’s a question: How much federal stimulus money is being spent in Upstate NY or in Oswego County?
Good luck trying to find out.
There’s no one-stop source for finding what’s being spent and where it’s being spent. Even state and federal lawmakers aren’t sure.
Which leads to the inevitable question: Is Oswego County getting its fair share?
Fulton Daily News
Do This Saturday: Fulton’s City-Wide Garage Sale
Saturday’s your last chance this year for efficient garage sale shopping.
Fulton’s City-Wide Garage Sale takes place Saturday, all day, all over the place. If you’re running a garage sale, drop your info in the comments below.
And while you’re out, stop by the Fulton Farmer’s Market downtown. The county will be demonstrating the new voting machines that it will soon begin using. And the vegetables and fruits are pretty good, too.
Also this weekend: The International Classic at Oswego Speedway, an encampment at Fort Ontario reenacting the Jacobite Uprising of 1745, and Old Home Days in Redfield Saturday and Sunday, with a big parade Saturday night.
Fulton Daily News
Pension Rate To Rise In 2011, Giving Local Budgets Much More Trouble
The share that local governments, and thus, taxpayers, pay into the retirement funds of their public employees is going up sharply. The retirement fund used my most state-system retirees will require local governments to pay 11.9% of the tab in 2011, up from 7.4% for 2010. And the fund for police and fire retirees will require an even bigger contribution, 18.2%, from 15.1% in 2010.
Oswego Daily News
Another Lake Ontario Shipwreck Found
Rochester area explorer Jim Kennard and Texas engineer Dan Scoville found the wreck of the steamer Samuel F. Hodge off Oak Orchard, a community between Rochester and Buffalo.
Click the story to see some remarkable underwater video of the wreckage.
Oswego Daily News
Farmers’ Market Welcomes SUNY Oswego Students
More than 100 SUNY Oswego flooded the farmers’ market Thursday night. The students were able to find out about their new community as well as pick up some fresh produce, homemade goodies and other treats.
Oswego Daily News
Police ID Driver Of Vehicle That Struck Child
The 21-year-old Utica resident wasn’t aware he hit the child and couldn’t see the two-year-old due to the child’s positioning. The toddler is in critical condition. No tickets have been issued.