Addiction has been in the news a lot. There is an urgent need for more information, education and awareness about the Opioid Crisis and addiction in general. Families and friends are in a unique position to help their loved-ones through their addiction recovery, and could benefit from additional resources to help.
The Oswego City School District named Kara Shore as the new principal at Leighton Elementary School on Tuesday night. She comes to the Port City from Cicero. She was employed at the Baldwinsville Central School District where she was the principal at VanBuren Elementary school. She begins her duties on Wednesday, Aug. 17.
Mayor William J. Barlow Jr. announced today (Aug. 16) the signing of an Executive Order that orders the immediate end to an overtime practice within the Oswego Fire Department that rewarded the most senior firefighters with overtime in direct violation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the city and its firefighter’s union, according to the Mayor’s Office.
Today (August 16), a Fulton police officer stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation in the 300 block of East Broadway. Contact was made with the driver, Scott E. Brien, 45, of Fulton, and while waiting for the response of a computerized check of the driver’s license status the vehicle began to flee at a high rate of speed, police said.
In the middle of one of the hottest, driest summers in Oswego history, the Administrative Services Committee was once again focused on the city’s winter parking policy. For about an hour Monday night councilors and residents discussed concerns and possible solutions to the city winter parking problems. Currently, the plan is “a work in progress.” A final resolution has yet to be proposed.
State Police in Fulton arrested Gregory J. Scerbo, 20, from 13 Powers Drive Fulton, and Steven R. Henri, 20, from 252 Kingdom Road Oswego, NY, both for Criminal Possession of Marijuana 4th degree, a class “A” misdemeanor. On August 13, troopers conducted a traffic stop on Second Street in the city of Fulton on a 2008 Pontiac G6 operated by Steven Henri.
On August 14, at approximately 2 a.m., State Police in Fulton attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a 2011 Volkswagen Jetta on State Route 48 in the town of Granby when the driver allegedly refused to comply. The driver eventually stopped after three miles of being pursued on State Route 48 in the city of Fulton.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today (Aug. 15) announced $14.6 million in grants to support 12 critical municipal water infrastructure projects in Central New York. These grants are part of the second round of NYS Water Grants funded through the state’s Water Infrastructure Improvement Act. Oswego, Phoenix and Constantia will receive funding.
The Fulton Universal Pre-Kindergarten program continues to grow and boast success as program and school officials prepare to head into the 2016-2017 school year. Starting in 1999, Fulton UPK enrolled only 78 students in its first year. In most recent years, the enrollment number remains steadily between 150 and 160 students in the UPK program.
Oswego Fire Department personnel were notified at 3:24 p.m. today (Aug. 13) of a building located at 19 E. Cayuga St. struck by lightning. A customer of an adjacent business reported the strike to OFD officials after witnessing it and seeing smoke. No injuries were reported, and damage was limited to a non-structural section of the roof.
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