The Local Waterfront Revitalization Program aims to use Fulton’s abundant waterfront along the Oswego River and Lake Neatahwanta to attract visitors and residents as well as spur economic growth and water related commerce. A second public meeting is scheduled to be held Tuesday, February 28 in the Fulton Municipal Building located at 141 S. First St. beginning at 6 p.m.
Nearly 50 children crowded into the ballroom at Bridie Manor Friday for a kids’ paint and pizza night. The Oswego City-County Youth Bureau along with Oswego Kiwanis Club facilitated the program. Melissa Rose Crafts hosted the event and assisted the children in creating works of art on wood.
The Oswego City School District will be accepting petitions for Board of Education Members for the 2017-18 school budget vote and board member election on May 16. The district will be filling three three-year seats on the board of education during the May election.
The SLA conducted an underage-drinking sting operation visiting 10 different businesses, including drug stores, convenience stores, liquor stores and grocery stores. In total, undercover decoys working under the direct supervision of SLA Beverage Control Investigators were able to purchase alcohol at one of the ten businesses visited, with nine licensees refusing to sell to the minors.
Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney today (Feb. 23) endorsed Governor Cuomo’s plan to reduce property taxes by empowering voters to approve locally-designed plans that deliver shared, coordinated services and lower the cost of local government.
Today (February 23), an Oswego County Jury convicted Scott D. Basedow, 61, of Oswego, of Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated and Driving While Intoxicated, both felony offenses. Basedow was arrested by the New York State Police in the Town of Mexico on April 19, 2016. His reported BAC was 0.25%.
State Police charged Dakota L. Bertges, 19, from 44 State Route 104B Mexico, with Rape 1st degree, a class B felony. On Wednesday (February 22), Troopers and investigators with the State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation in Hastings were called to a sexual abuse complaint in Parish.
At Tuesday’s meeting of the Physical Services Committee, Julie Burns, president of the Kiwanis Club, announced plans for the club to take over the annual Easter Egg Hunt. The committee also recommended approval for the St. Patrick’s Parade and Tri-Oswego Sporting Event.
The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office reports that a victim of a homicide that occurred in Brewerton in December 2016 has now been identified. The Sheriff’s Office received confirmation yesterday (Feb. 21) that the victim has been positively identified as Aikeem Hudgins.
The second victim of the fire has now been positively identified by the Onondaga County Medical Examiner’s Office as 50-year-old Verna Nicholas of 150 Crim Road. The cause appears to be an electrical event that occurred near the doorway of the bedroom which prevented the couple from exiting the home.
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