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Fort Ontario Post Cemetery Lantern Light Tours are Back for Five Nights

August 23, 2019 Contributor

Historian Corey King guides visitors by lantern light on a walking tour of the Fort Ontario Post Cemetery on Saturdays Aug. 31, and Sept. 7, 14, 21.and 28. Tours begin at 7 p.m. at the Lake Ontario overlook parking lot at Fort Ontario State Historic Site, 1 E. Fourth St., Oswego.

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H. Lee White Maritime Museum Curator Designs State Fair Exhibit

August 21, 2019 Contributor

H. Lee White Maritime Museum curator Michael Pittavino of Oswego served as lead designer of the Great New York State Fair Maritime Exhibit for 2019. The exhibit features more than 14 recreational boats spanning the decades from 1913 to current-model boats representing modern hull and propulsion design in a dry-land mock marina setting.

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Masonry Expert To Explain Fort Ontario’s Construction and the History of Masonry

August 21, 2019 Contributor

Masonry fort historian and expert John R. Weaver II will lead a technical tour of Fort Ontario, identifying and interpreting key elements in the fort’s design and construction, at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 28. The tour is free and open to the public and begins at the rock monument just outside the old stone fort.

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Barlow Announces Completion of Complete Streets and Water Street Square Projects

August 20, 2019 Contributor

City of Oswego Mayor Billy Barlow announced the completion of the State Route 104 “Complete Streets” project, along with the completion and opening of the new “Water Street Square” pocket park, two of Oswego’s $10 million Downtown Revitalization projects.

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Aerial Spraying Completed in Oswego County

August 20, 2019 Contributor

Aerial spraying of the target area over Toad Harbor Big Bay Swamp in Oswego County took place Tuesday, August 20 to reduce the mosquito population and the threat of the Eastern equine encephalitis virus.

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Oswego County Plans Aerial Spraying Today, Aug. 20

August 20, 2019 Contributor

he Oswego County Health Department reported today (Aug. 20) that seven new mosquito samples located in the village of Central Square and the towns of West Monroe, Hastings and Constantia have tested positive for the Eastern equine encephalitis virus. Oswego County plans to conduct aerial spraying of approximately 10,000 acres in portions of the towns of Hastings, West Monroe and Constantia this evening.

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Oswego County to Participate in Statewide STOP-DWI Labor Day Crackdown Enforcement Effort

August 20, 2019 Contributor

Oswego County STOP-DWI Coordinator Robert Lighthall announces that Oswego County police agencies will participate in a special enforcement effort to crackdown on impaired driving.

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County Postpones Aerial Spraying Aug. 19, Second Horse Dies

August 19, 2019 Contributor

Aerial spraying of the Toad Harbor Big Bay Swamp area in Oswego County is cancelled this evening, Monday, Aug. 19, due to weather conditions. The county has also received notice from the state Department of Health that a second horse, this one in the town of Amboy, has died of the Eastern equine encephalitis virus.

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Fulton Daily News

Fulton PD Probe ‘Unknown Male’ Incidents

August 19, 2019 Contributor

In 2 incidents an adult female was walking to work in the early morning hours and approached by an unknown male. He was physical with both females, however left the area after a brief encounter. The adult females were not injured in these incidents.

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AmeriCorps Member Shining Light on the ‘Power of Produce’

August 19, 2019 Contributor

AmeriCorps member Allison Choate has been leading the Children’s Museum of Oswego’s Power of Produce program this summer at the Oswego Farmers’ Market.

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