At the request of Friends of Great Bear, Andrew York, a Boy Scout from Troop 119, Baldwinsville, as his Eagle Scout Project, designed a foot bridge across the Great Bear Springs Stream at Great Bear Springs Recreational Area. Andrew secured donations for materials and organized the work party, made up from scout volunteers, family and Friends of Great Bear.
Tipping fees at the Oswego County transfer stations and landfill have seen another increase after the County Legislature addressed the fees at last month’s meeting (July 14.) Fulton Mayor Ronald Woodward Sr. said the city of Fulton will consider leaving the garbage business due to the $10 increase approved to begin January 1, 2017.
The Oswego Firefighters Association will host a public rally outside City Hall, 13 W. Oneida St., on Thursday, August 11, at 5 p.m. Local lawmakers will be attending a workshop inside City Hall at this time, looking at ways to make the appropriate changes to the proposed budget.
The fiscal year 2107 proposed budget is $47,886,284 for all funds, an increase of 3.87 percent compared to fiscal year 2016. As you know, the increase is primarily attributed to retirement and health care costs.
The sixth annual Hunter Arms Weekend will take place August 19 and 20 with the same historical entertainment expected as years past. The weekend draws guests to Fulton from all over including as far as Alaska to display, shoot and learn more about the historic Hunter Arms/L.C. Smith gun manufacturer that once thrived in the city.
On July 29, investigators with the Oswego County Drug Task Force, with the assistance of the Phoenix Police Department, executed a search warrant at 104 State St., in Phoenix. On August 3, the task force, with the assistance of the NYS Police Special Operations Response Team and Contaminated Crime Scene Emergency Response Team executed a methamphetamine related search warrant at 444 Chapman Road in Parish.
On August 8, State Police in Hastings arrested Richard S. Buffham, 48, of West Monroe, for (1) count of “Course of Sexual Conduct against a Child 1st degree,” a class “B” felony. Buffham was charged following a joint investigation with the Department of Homeland Security Investigations.
Today’s (Aug. 9) nuclear agreement will prevent imminent closure of the FitzPatrick plant. The plant’s continued operation will save approximately 600 jobs and maintain $500 million in annual economic activity. It also prevents three million tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually – the equivalent to keeping more than 600,000 cars off the road.
Exelon Generation (NYSE: EXC), owner of the nation’s largest nuclear fleet, has agreed to assume ownership and management of operations of Entergy Corporation’s (NYSE: ETR) James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Scriba, the companies announced today (Aug,9). New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who asked the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) to adopt a Clean Energy Standard (CES) benefitting the state’s nuclear power plants, helped facilitate the transaction.
The Children’s Museum of Oswego (CMOO) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $250,000 grant from the Shineman Foundation for the Build, Play, Grow Campaign. The funding will be used for the design, fabrication and installation of one of CMOO’s planned signature exhibits, the Cloud Climber.
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