The Oswego County Legislature passed a new law at its June meeting which will allow residents to use sparklers and similar non-explosive devices for their Independence Day celebrations. The law permits “safe and common items,” such as sparklers, to be excluded from the list of dangerous fireworks as defined by the New York State penal code.
Regardless of the paths they choose in life, Superintendent Dr. Dean Goewey encouraged the Class of 2017 to make a positive difference in the lives of others. No one knows where they are going to end up, or who or what they may change on their journey; “but don’t doubt for a second that we won’t change the world in our subtle and unique ways,” Valedictorian Sarah Smolinski added.
On Monday, June 19, at approximately 1:50 p.m., State Police stopped a vehicle traveling northbound on State Route 481 for several traffic violations. The operator, Anthony W. Losito, 30, from Sundown Road, Fulton, was found to be driving the vehicle with a suspended non-driver identification, troopers said.
On June 22, 2017 at approximately 2:35 p.m., a trooper patrolling northbound on I-81 in the town of Salina came upon an accident that had just occurred. The trooper discovered a gray Ford pickup that had struck the concrete barrier, and spun, facing south in the northbound lanes near the 7th North Street exit. Five passengers, including a small child and an infant, were just starting to exit the vehicle.
Fulton Block Builders is working with homeowners in what’s been known as the “Sealright community,” according to FBB founder, Linda Eagan. The Sealright community is a string of houses in the Cayuga and Utica Streets area, Eagan said. “All of these houses were built by Sealright for their employees around 1945. They were known as the Sealright Homes,” said Jeanette Davis, one of the most recent homeowners to be presented with a Fulton Block Builder matching grant check.
Residents of flooded areas who want to have their water tested for bacteria may pick up test kits and drop off water samples at the Sandy Creek Town Clerk’s Office, 1992 Harwood Drive, beginning Monday, June 26. The Oswego County Health Department is working with town officials to make test kits available and to pick up samples of water for lab testing. Samples will be tested for Coliform bacteria and E. coli bacteria.
The week of June 25 – July 1 has been declared the 20th annual “National Mosquito Control Awareness Week” by the American Mosquito Control Association, an organization dedicated to preserving the public’s health and well-being through safe, environmentally sound mosquito control programs since 1935. The goal of the “mosquito week” is to educate the public about the significance of mosquitoes’ potential impacts on people’s daily lives and the important service provided by mosquito control workers throughout the United States and worldwide.
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.
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