Oswego Daily News
August 2009 Was ‘Pretty Much Normal’
The average temperature was just 0.7-degree warmer than average. And, the total precipitation was 0.47-inch below normal.News
The average temperature was just 0.7-degree warmer than average. And, the total precipitation was 0.47-inch below normal.
Oswego Daily News
Legislature Chairman Clarifies DSS Issue
A legislator alleged the Department of Social Services and the county “is spending millions of dollars more on legal assistance than we needed to,” the chairman said. That’s not the case, according to county records, he said.
Fulton Daily News
Oswego County Plans Aerial Spraying Wednesday, Sept. 2
Weather permitting, the Oswego County Health Department will conduct an aerial spray of the Toad Harbor Swamp on the north shore of Oneida Lake Wednesday evening, Sept. 2. The aerial spray will begin after 6 p.m. and continue until the area has been treated.
Oswego Daily News
Photo Gallery: Fulton vs. Oswego Football Scrimmage
Would you believe we’ve got more than 90 pictures in a photo gallery from Saturday’s football scrimmage between Fulton and Oswego? Click the story to see the gallery.
Fulton dominated the first team-vs-first team parts of the scrimmage. Both teams open their league seasons this weekend.
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Fulton Daily News
Boy Drowns While Swimming In Kasoag Lake
The Oswego County Sheriff’s Department says Joshua A. Spicer, 14, of 39 Beaver Lodge Road, Altmar was swimming in the lake at midafternoon when someone found him unresponsive in the water. Police and rescue workers were called at about 3:40 p.m.
Fulton Daily News
People Remember “Special Angel”, Erin Maxwell, at Vigil Marking A Year Since Her Death
Erin Maxwell is gone, but far from forgotten. Several dozen people gathered Sunday night under the pavilion at Palermo Town Park to remember the girl who died a year ago.
“I wish I could have helped you,” said Colleen Scott, one of the people behind Justice for Erin.
Fulton Daily News
Local Officials Ask Sen. Gillibrand To Help Them Find Money
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand met the officials of Oswego County’s various governments Friday afternoon for a brief give-and-take on economic issues that produced offers to help bring more money to the area.
Their message, whether the issue was stimulus funding, farming or a new nuclear plant, was simple: We need money.
Click for the full story and a gallery of photos from her visit.
Oswego Daily News
USDA Schedules Rabies Vaccine Drop For Northern Oswego County
The Oswego County Health Department is working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture again this year in a rabies vaccine distribution program to prevent the spread of raccoon rabies in New York State. Planes flying over rural northern Oswego County will drop packets of rabies vaccine between today (Aug. 28) and Sept. 3.
Fulton Daily News
Oswego County Plans Aerial Spraying for Mosquitoes Next Week
The Oswego County Health Department has received notification that 12 additional pools of mosquitoes have tested positive for the Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus. Eleven of the pools were collected from the Toad Harbor/Big Bay Swamp area and one came from a trapping site located along Lot 10 Road in the Town of Palermo.
Oswego Daily News
Oswego Middle School “School in Good Standingâ€Â
BREAKING NEWS: Oswego City School District officials received notification that Oswego Middle School is now a “School in Good Standing.†The Oswego Middle School has been removed from the New York State Education Department “Schools in Need of Improvement†list.