Oswego County Fire Coordinator Donald Forbes reminds county residents of the annual statewide ban on all open burning which is in effect during the high fire-risk period of March 16 through May 14.
The Oswego County Land Bank Corporation announced today (March 24) that the organization has been selected to receive a Land Bank Community Revitalization Grant. The award comes from a bank settlement agreement negotiated by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and will be managed by Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
Due to milder temperatures and the minimal threat of substantial snow forecasted for the next week, the ban has now been lifted.
“On Tuesday (March 21), the Hon. James Tormey, Chief Administrative Judge for the 5th Judicial District, appointed me (and thereby my office) to serve as special prosecutor in the matter of People v. Peter Rauch,” Oswego County District Attorney Gregory S. Oakes said. He has been actively consulting with the Syracuse Police Department about the investigation over the past few days, he added.
Family Video is in the final days of it’s sixth annual “Round It Up” Campaign in Fulton. The campaign offers all customers of Family Video the opportunity to round up their purchase amount to the nearest dollar, donating mere cents of every purchase to the Lymphoma Research Foundation.
Oswego County District Attorney Greg Oakes will oversee the criminal case against former investigator for the Onondaga County District Attorney’s office, 37-year-old Peter J. Rauch of Liverpool after he struck an 18-year-old man with his vehicle and fled the scene on Tuesday (March 21) at 1:30 a.m. The victim, Seth M. Collier, was immediately taken to Upstate University Hospital where he was listed in critical condition upon admittance, however, Syracuse Police have since confirmed that Collier succumbed to his injuries at 3:36 p.m. on Thursday, March 23.
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation will host its 11th annual St. Baldrick’s Day in Oswego from 1 – 4 p.m. on March 26. The foundation is a volunteer-driven charity committed to funding the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives. In its first 10 years, the Oswego event has raised more than $530,000.
Keynote speaker Rene Chartrand will deliver an illustrated lecture on the five-month French campaign against Oswego at the Fort Ontario History and Archaeology Conference to be held at the Great Lakes Event and Conference Center in Oswego April 22.
Hundreds of people took advantage of the first rabies clinic of the year on Wednesday night to safeguard their pets from the rabies virus. The cold may have caused the crowd to be slightly less than previous years. “Rabies continues to be a threat in Oswego County,” said Jiancheng Huang, Oswego County Public Health Director.
The Fulton Common Council revisited a zone change request after no action was taken following a public hearing in August. Property owner for the locations listed at 837 and 839 Oneida St., Joseph Latino has requested the zoning to be changed from the current C-1 Commercial to R-1 Residential with the intent to sell the property. With five councilmen present at the initial public hearing, all fives votes in favor were required to approve the zone change. After two councilmen abstained their votes, no action was taken, Mayor Woodward explained.
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