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Oswego Daily News

2018 In Review: May – Guardian Angel Oswego Firefighter Honored, Former BOE President and Newcomer Elected, Family Fun Walk Raises Awareness For Autism

December 28, 2018 Steve Yablonski
At the Oswego City Fire Department’s eastside station May 10, State Senator Patty Ritchie presented Oswego City Firefighter Sean O’Gorman, whom she described as a ‘Gurdian Angel,’ with the Senate Liberty Award for his efforts to rescue two teenage girls from a rip current in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Oswego Daily News

2018 In Review: April – Coakley Promoted by Oswego Health, Tresidder appointed Chair of Port Board, DSS Reports $1.1 Million Savings

December 28, 2018 Steve Yablonski
New York State Department of Transportation Acting Commissioner Paul Karas on April 3 announced that construction has begun on a $1.9 million project to improve safety on State Route 481 at County Route 45 in the town of Volney.

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Fulton Daily News

NYS Law Restricts Official Newspaper Designation in Fulton

December 27, 2018 Mikayla Kemp
Effective January 1, 2019, however, city officials were notified that the Valley News will be relocating it’s business office from Fulton to Oswego. City officials were subsequently faced with the decision to select a different official newspaper or to amend the city code to allow the city’s official newspaper to be able to operate its business outside the city of Fulton limits.

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Oswego Daily News

2018 In Review: January – Oswego City, County Prepare for New Year; Local Resident Attends State of the Union

December 26, 2018 Steve Yablonski
In the middle of a blizzard, the new Oswego Common Council was sworn in at City Hall. At the council’s organizational meeting Jan. 1 night, five of the seven members sworn in by Oswego County Supreme Court Judge James W. McCarthy were freshmen. Rob Corradino was appointed president of the council. Kevin Hill was named vice president.

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Oswego Daily News

Oswego City Police Department’s K9 Crixus Rceives Donation Of Body Armor

December 26, 2018 Contributor
The Oswego City Police Department’s K9 Crixus received a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from non-profit organization Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. K9 Crixus’ vest is sponsored by Staten Island Companion Dog Training Club embroidered with the sentiment “Gifted by SICDTC, Staten Island, NY.”

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A view of refugees and townspeople gather at the fence to chat and exchange items. (Safe Haven file photo)
Oswego Daily News

A 75-Year Retrospective – The ‘Rescue Resolution’

December 25, 2018 Contributor
In November, 1942, after reports of the organized mass murder of Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe became public, the Bergson Group, a series of committees headed by Zionist Hillel Kook using the name Peter Bergson in America, dropped efforts to create a Jewish army, and focused on urging the Roosevelt administration to rescue Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe.

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Merry Christmas from all of us at Oswego County Today
Oswego Daily News

Looks Like A White Christmas For 2018

December 24, 2018 Steve Yablonski
After a brief, balmy stretch recently, Old Man Winter has returned just in time to ensure a white Christmas. Though things are likely to warm up again in a few days, December 25 will be white. It will be “seasonal” Christmas Eve with lows lingering in the mid 20s with some lake effect snow. Temperatures will be near 30 with the snow tapering off around mid-day on Christmas Day.

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