Stamp Out Hunger Drives 23rd Annual Food Drive
The 23rd annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive by letter carriers occurs Saturday. Donors should set out donations before their normal delivery time. no special bags needed and all food stays in the local community. For more information, visit Stamp Out Hunger on Facebook.
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Oswego man charged with rape and related offenses
Oswego police charged Jerry B. Pulsifer Jr., 42, of 7 Catherine Street, with first degree rape a class B felony and criminal obstruction of breathing a class A misdemeanor. He was arraigned and remanded to jail on 20000 cash bail or 40000 bond and is due back in court May 12 at 9 30 a.m. Also charged was Joan F. Davis 42 of 77 E Ninth Street with six counts of acting in a manner injurious to a child younger than 17 and four counts of first degree unlawfully dealing with a child. Davis allegedly supplied alcohol to minors and allowed sexual conduct between a minor and an older individual. She is to appear in Oswego City Court on Thursday.
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Oswego
Oswego City
Jerry B. Pulsifer Jr
Catherine Street
Pulsifer
Oswego County
Joan F. Davis
Ninth Street
Davis
Oswego Schools Budget Proposal Sees Over 9 Percent Tax Hike
Oswego High School hosted a public budget forum as Superintendent Benjamin Halsey unveiled the 2015 2016 proposed budget totaling 82.8 million with a 9 plus percent tax increase. Spending rises include 1.2 million for instruction and contractually mandated raises and debt service. State aid climbs by 2.2 million but comes with conditions tied to Cuomo education reforms. The initial draft proposed an 8.1 percent rise, later trimmed after weeks of workshops to protect instructional funding.
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Benjamin Halsey
Oswego High School
Halsey
Andrew M. Cuomo
Oswego school board candidates clash at forum
Oswego High School hosted a Meet the Candidates forum for two open school board seats. Incumbents Lynda Sereno and Tom DeCastro spoke of team governance, transparency, and student focus, while challenger Fran Hoefer warned of a “runaway train” toward dysfunction, fairness gaps, and community bleeding.
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Oswego School Board
Lynda Sereno
Fran Hoefer
Tom DeCastro
Oswego Classroom Teachers Association
Oswego Home & School Association
Oswego High School
Oswego
Sereno
DeCastro
Hoefer
Skelos Clings to Power Amid Corruption Charges
Albany NY The Senate leader Dean Skelos dismissed the federal complaint as a press release and vowed to stay in power as GOP colleagues urge resignation. Skelos, from Long Island, was charged with extortion and soliciting bribes totaling over 200000 dollars from a real estate firm and an environmental technology company.
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Albany
N.Y
State Senate
Dean Skelos
Senate
GOP
Skelos
Dean
John Bonacic
Orange County
Long Island
USS
Preet Bharara
Fulton doctor charged with raping patient
A Fulton physician, 50, Dr. Dilip K. Roy of Baldwinsville, was arrested after a 24 year old female patient alleged unwanted sexual intercourse during an office visit at FastCare Family Medical. Roy faces one count of third degree rape, a class B felony, based on events reported to police.
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Fulton
Dilip K. Roy
Baldwinsville
Roy
FastCare Family Medical
South First Street
Ben Miller
Miller
City may fund repairs for worst sidewalks in Oswego
Oswego officials plan a sidewalk repair policy to assign annual sections to aldermen, targeting the most damaged paths. Despite manpower limits at the Public Works Department, council members favor a structured schedule to access CHIPS state funds for roads and sidewalks. Assistant city attorney Tom Reynolds noted the charter allows city-ordered homeowner maintenance but also discretion to repair sidewalks itself.
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Oswego
Department of Public Works
Administrative Services Committee
Tom Reynolds
Reynolds
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