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Just as certain that it’s going to snow during the winter in the Port City, the Common Council will continue to wrangle with the winter parking policy. For nearly an hour Tuesday night, the Planning and Development Committee discussed the pros and cons of possible winter parking scenarios. At the end, they agreed to form a committee to facilitate the creation of a policy that benefits city residents and ensures the safety of the plow operators.

It is with much pleasure, that I announce my candidacy for Scriba Town Supervisor. I will be on the Republican and Conservative lines this September 12th primary.

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Representative John Katko today (August 31) visited the Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum. The pair has introduced legislation that would authorize the National Park Service to conduct a study on whether the museum should become a part of the National Park system. This designation would provide significant resources to Central New York, including increased federal funding for historic preservation and economic development programs, and would increase tourism to the area.

On August 30, 2017, the Oswego County Sheriff’s Office was called to investigate a report of child abuse on Albion Cross Road in the town of Albion. The report was initiated when the 10-year-old victim fled from a residence on Albion Cross Road and reported to a neighbor that she had been the victim of ongoing physical abuse. Investigators with the Sheriff’s Office have charged Gary Bubis Jr, 37, of 393 Albion Cross Road, with Assault in the Second Degree. Also charged with Assault in the Second Degree is 23-year-old Shawn Whaley and 18-year-old Brandy Shaver of the same address.

You can accomplish great thing when you work together. That was the message Oswego Mayor Billy Barlow shared Tuesday (August 29). The Greater Oswego-Fulton Chamber of Commerce facilitated a “Meet the Mayor Roundtable” at the new Home2 Suites by Hilton in Oswego. More than two dozen city officials, business owners, representatives from various community service organizations and others attended. There’s a huge opportunity for inter-municipal cooperation between Oswego and Fulton as well as the county, the mayor said.