A couple pumpkins were more than 1,000 pounds at this year’s festival in Oswego. The winner was 1,219.5 – not quite as massive as last year’s record-setting 1,405.5 pounder.
A 26-page report detailing Oswego County Department of Social Services’ investigations involving Erin Maxwell was made public Thursday afternoon. Originally prepared for Oswego County Legislature Chairman Barry Leemann, the report provided information about three separate investigations that were launched over a three-year span between 2003 and 2006. DSS Commissioner Frances Lanigan says that another investigation is underway.
Nearly a month since the Fulton City Police Department first asked for the public’s help to find 32-year-old Chad Barton, police have no new developments in the case. Barton was last seen July 25.
Edward E. Farrell, of East Cayuga Street was arrested for allegedly breaking into the Valero Gas Station, 181 E. First St.
A Neighborhood Watch involves a group of concerned citizens who work together by looking out for one another. Members get to know their neighbors, learn how to make their homes and property more secure, and help reduce and prevent crimes in their neighborhood.
A former daycare provider who was convicted of endangering the welfare of a child earlier this year has been released from the Oswego County jail. Audrey Arnold, who was found guilty March 31 after a four-day trial, was sentenced to serve one year in jail June 3; convicted of causing injuries to Fajo Edward while he was in her care May 31, 2006. The child’s parents say they were not aware that Arnold had been released, nor were they notified that she was being considered for release.
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