Oswego County Today Weekly News Roundup: January 9 – January 15

by Kassadee Bradshaw | January 17, 2022 7:00 am

OSWEGO COUNTY – Oswego County Today presents the top stories from this past week.

City of Oswego news:

The Oswego Common Council met Monday January 10, and passed 13 resolutions. Full story here[1].
Wednesday January 12, Mayor Billy Barlow addressed the City of Oswego in his seventh State of the City[2]. Full story here[3].
Mayor Billy Barlow announced a partnership between the City of Oswego and Menter Ambulance, under the City’s Emergency Declaration, to offer supplemental rapid COVID-19 testing opportunities for immunocompromised individuals and essential workers in order to ease the burden of testing for Oswego Health and other local healthcare providers. Full story here[4].

Oswego County news:

According to the Oswego County Health Department, there have been a total of 2,157 additional cases of COVID-19 (data from January 3 through January 9) and three more COVID-19 related deaths have been reported. Full story here[5].
The Oswego County Traffic Safety Board recognized six members of various Oswego County law enforcement agencies as ‘Traffic Safety Champions’ of 2021. Full story here[6].
The first running of the Norway 5k Snowshoe Race went on as scheduled, despite thin snow cover and a freezing drizzle falling on the hardy field of competitors. Full story here[7].
A national production crew came to Oswego on January 6 as part of a short-form documentary series hosted by Dennis Quaid spotlighting frontline heroes and their response and commitment throughout the pandemic. Full story here[8].
Oswego County Legislature Chairman James Weatherup posted his bi-weekly video of updates for the community. In the video, he discussed new guidance about quarantine and isolation, free transportation availability for COVID-19 vaccines and testing, and welcomed new legislators. Full story here[9].

More news can be found in the links below:

Endnotes:

here: https://oswegocountytoday.com/news/oswego/oswego-common-council-meets-barlow-gives-reminder-of-parking-ban/
State of the City: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPP-OIXL0YY
here: https://oswegocountytoday.com/news/oswego/mayor-barlow-gives-state-of-the-city-address-discusses-highlights-of-2021-future-plans/
here: https://oswegocountytoday.com/news/oswego/mayor-barlow-announces-partnership-to-supplement-covid-testing-efforts-in-oswego/
here: https://oswegocountytoday.com/news/covid-19-statistics/weekly-covid-19-statistics-update-january-10-2022/
here: https://oswegocountytoday.com/news/oswego-county-traffic-safety-champions-recognized/
here: https://oswegocountytoday.com/news/challenging-conditions-do-not-slow-norway-5k-snowshoe-race/
here: https://oswegocountytoday.com/news/oswego-health-frontline-heroes-to-be-featured-in-national-short-form-documentary-series-%E2%80%A8hosted-by-dennis-quaid/
here: https://oswegocountytoday.com/news/weatherup-discusses-quarantine-isolation-guidance-in-video-update/
COVID-19 Statistics reports: https://oswegocountytoday.com/category/news/covid-19-statistics/
Daily news: https://oswegocountytoday.com/category/news/
Community news: https://oswegocountytoday.com/category/community/
Politics: https://oswegocountytoday.com/category/politics/
Entertainment: https://oswegocountytoday.com/category/entertainment/

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