After a brief discussion and a handful of amendments, the Oswego County Legislature unanimously adopted the 2017 budget Thursday night. The county’s 2017 spending plan has a zero increase in the generic tax rate.
Mayor William J. Barlow, Jr. has issued a Travel Advisory in the city of Oswego due to heavy snow accumulations and white-out conditions in our immediate area. A “Travel Advisory” means NO unnecessary travel on city streets, and NO parking on city streets between the hours of 12 a.m. and 6 a.m.
State Police in Fulton are investigating a two-car fatal crash that occurred on County Route 57, south of Hoag Drive in the Town of Schroeppel today (Dec 15.)
Recently, despite the bitter windchill, volunteers from the Youth Bureau created a snowman themed mural across the darkened windows at Oswego’s JC Penney store. Some of the artists are involved in the summer time mural program along the city’s west riverwalk area as well.
Operators returned Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Unit 1 to full power Tuesday night (Dec, 13), following a maintenance outage that started on December 10.
Today’s News: Opinion – Four Day School Weeks; Junior Class Winter Dance; More Thoughts on Dress Code; Teens and Piercings and more in today’s edition of The Raider – written by students in the GR Bodley Journalism Club and Journalism class.
During Monday night’s Common Council meeting, Oswego Mayor Billy Barlow recapped the first year of his administration, outlining several accomplishments and examples of success over the last 12 months. The mayor spoke specifically to winning the $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative from Governor Andrew Cuomo, accounting for a large portion of the almost $16 million the city secured in grant funding in 2016 alone.
The Oswego Health Board of Directors announced today (Dec. 13) that it will begin a search process to replace president and CEO Chuck Gijanto. The board offered to extend Gijanto’s agreement, but he is unable to accept due to personal reasons. Gijanto was hired by Oswego Health as an interim president and CEO in September 2015.
The Parade of Trees at the John Wells Pratt House Museum is a fun and festive welcoming for the holiday season in Fulton each year. For roughly 35 years, The Parade of Trees has brought community residents, businesses, and organizations together to celebrate the holidays with a decorating contest among several colorful, creative displays of Christmas trees.
The Oswego County Bicentennial Committee announced that the “Oswego County History” book will soon be available, just in time for holiday gift-giving! The commemorative edition represents the culmination of the county’s bicentennial celebration this year. It will arrive in Oswego during this week (December 12) and be distributed to various municipal historians, historical societies, and museums for sale.
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