At this week’s meeting of the Physical Services Committee,
Justin Rudgick, Community Development Director, said he received a request from Cre8 Studios regarding the Oswego County Paddlefest to be held on July 22. The kayakers will reach Oswego around 11 a.m. and the event will last until 7 p.m.
For the past several months, my colleagues and I have been working diligently at the Capitol to build a brighter future for all New Yorkers. With the 2017 Legislative Session now complete, I am proud to report that by working across the aisle, we have achieved many major accomplishments that will help to make our state a better place to live and work.
The intended opening of Fulton’s former beach area on Lake Neatahwanta, Stevenson Beach, will be delayed at least another dredging season. Though city officials were once hopeful the beach could reopen this summer, high toxicity levels do not permit swimmable conditions which Mayor Ronald Woodward Sr. referred to as “disappointing.” Currently, the city is in the process of buying the dredging equipment from the contractor that has been completing the dredging work in recent years, Groh Dredging.
At the heart of the Healthy Neighborhood Initiative (HNI) which is what Fulton Block Builders is founded on, is a shared sense of community. Community is about engagement, sharing excitement, and being good neighbors. All around the city you can find neighbors helping each other just as these three have done on the west side.
On the site of “hallowed grounds” Tuesday evening, a new outdoor interpretive panel was unveiled near the granite refugee memorial installed in 1981 by the Syracuse Chapter of Pioneer Women/NA’AMMAT and the Jewish Community of Central New York, which was dedicated to the millions of victims of the Nazi Holocaust who never had the opportunity to start a new life. The panel describes the historical significance of the World War II Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter – the only one in the United States.
Oswego City Police are seeking the public’s assistance in attempting to locate Alexander Reynnells. Alex had left word that he was moving out of his Oswego residence on June 9, 2017, and has not been seen or heard from since that date. Family and friends are concerned about his well-being.
Fulton City School District Board of Education President David Cordone was recently honored with the designation of the Central New York School Boards Association Board Member of Achievement award for the 2016-17 school year.
For the past two years, our Upstate communities have rallied for the continued operation of R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station and the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant. Our voices were heard, and as of April 1, the Clean Energy Standard and Zero Emissions Credit program were implemented, creating a path for long-term operation, and preserving important jobs, tax dollars, and clean energy for our region. However, two weeks ago, the NY Legislature introduced two bills that would significantly alter or possibly end altogether the approved ZEC program.
At Monday night’s Administrative Services Committee meeting, Kristen Slimmer, of the Youth Bureau, requested approval of the execution and installation of the artwork for the West Riverwalk during 2017. The mural project is a youth-focused initiative with the design and implementation directed by local young people with the support of the city of Oswego, the Oswego City-County Youth Bureau and AmeriCorps.
On June 9, the Tobacco Free Network of CNY released new tobacco data for Oswego County. Biennially, an independent organization conducts a Community Tobacco Survey of adults residing within the three counties that TFN provides services within; Cayuga, Onondaga, and Oswego. Completed surveys are then analyzed for conclusions and used to guide future programming efforts.
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