At Monday night’s meeting of the Administrative Services Committee Tom Kells, DPW commissioner, requested a general budget amendment and authorization to purchase new dockage for the International Marina. Several of the docks have reached the end of their lifespan and have been severely damaged. The request totals $58,343.21 for 10 units plus shipping and handling, he said.
A Hastings resident is facing felony arson charges as well as other charges following a fire that destroyed a residence, a garage and two vehicles. David T. Wendt, 36, of 149 CR 38, Hastings, was arrested Sunday at 5:03 a,m. He allegedly lit a pair of pants on fire causing a garage along with the belongings inside, including two vehicles and residence to be destroyed.
The New York State Police in Pulaski are investigating a criminal mischief to the Village of Mexico Cemetery on Academy Street, Mexico. Numerous headstones were pushed over and damaged, police said today (April 2). This occurred between March 31 and April 1, in the historic area of the cemetery.
An Oswego High School student has been recognized by the White House for outstanding contributions to community service, one of the highest honors a high school student is eligible to receive from the United States federal government. Claudia Chetney, a senior at OHS, was honored with the President’s Volunteer Service Award at a recent Oswego City School District Board of Education meeting.
The three Oswego County Department of Motor Vehicles locations are teaming up with Donate Life NYS and DMV offices around the state during Donate Life Month to increase enrollment in the New York State Donate Life Registry. Donate Life Month is a national month-long observance aimed at raising public awareness of the critical need for organ, eye, and tissue donation, as nearly 9,500 New Yorkers currently wait for transplants.
Four months before Harborfest, egg-citement reigned supreme for hundreds of children Saturday in Breitbeck Park. Approximately 850 children “hunted” for colorful plastic Easter eggs scattered around Oswego’s Breitbeck Park – mostly in plain sight. The eggs contained a variety of goodies. Scores of parents were also on hand. Some crossed the caution tape to assist their children in egg hunting.
At its meeting this week, the Common Council authorized
Mayor Billy Barlow to accept the engineering design services proposal with EDR for two State Route 104 Streetscape Improvement projects proposed in his 2018 State of the City Address and sign the appropriate agreement in the amount of $24,950.
Mexico High School’s Friends of Rachel Club members have put forth weekly challenges for their peers to spread kindness and brighten someone’s day. The challenge for the week of March 26 to March 30 of “I will be there for someone who needs a shoulder to lean on or a helping hand” came on the heels of multiple threats of violence against the Mexico Academy and Central School District, and some more specifically at the high school.
Today’s News: Pennies For Patients To Aid Leukemia/Lymphoma; Conferences ‘Overwhelmingly Positive’; Bodley Artists Draw First At Art Competition; and more in today’s edition of The Raider – written by students in the GR Bodley Journalism Club and Journalism class.
With the Sunday, April 15, head-shaving event just a few weeks away, some 21 fundraising teams are busy collecting donations for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, the world’s largest private (non-government) funder of childhood cancer research. “The teams vary, from one or two members to 30, from young to old, from male to female,” explained volunteer event coordinator Dan Witmer.
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