Birthday gifts turn to charity for Lucy Speigel
Lucy Speigel celebrated her ninth birthday by asking guests to donate to Catholic Charities food pantry instead of presents. Her sister Moira, who turned ten the next day, chose gifts be given to an animal shelter. Both sisters prefer giving to others per Margaret Perella-Pektow. Oswego museums open free today 12 to 4 with Fort Ontario closed.
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Man fatally shot by son during Sandy Creek hunt
Police say Kevin D. Paro, 58, of Sandy Creek was shot in the chest while hunting in his woods. Kristopher Paro, 24, fired a .270 rifle after mistaking his father for a deer. Kevin Paro died at Oswego Hospital. state police and DEC investigate with Forensic Identification Unit assisting.
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SUNY Oswego boosts off-campus housing role for students
SUNY Oswego expands the Student Association off-campus relations unit to guide tenants rights and leases. Alyssa Lopez named assistant director, overseeing housing fairs, landlord standards, and a public dashboard of compliant and noncompliant properties. The effort follows condemned buildings and aims to inform roughly 40 percent of students choosing off-campus housing.
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SA Attor
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Fulton council praises work on 2017 budget
The Fulton Common Council reviewed Mayor Ron Woodward Sr and Clerk Dan O'Brien’s 2017 budget, which keeps the property tax rate near the 2016 level. Councilors voiced no changes as budget talks concluded, noting cost containment by department heads and no tax increase.
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Don Patrick
Explorers Find Strikingly Odd Black Duck Shipwreck
Maritime explorers from Oswego identify the 1872 wreck of the Black Duck a 51 foot scow-sloop built in 1859 on Wellesley Island carrying coal from Oswego to Sackets Harbor. The vessel with a four foot draft sits in 350 feet of water and may be the only fully intact scow-sloop in the Great Lakes. Captain Barney Everleigh his wife and crewman Willie Decker escaped by jumping overboard and swimming to shore.
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Willie Decker
Lake Ontario
Oswego professor sues landlord over mold and deposit
SUNY Oswego professor Dr. James Wyckoff filed a complaint with the New York Attorney General against Landlord Doug Waterbury over more than 3900 dollars in unreturned security deposit rent and damages after a ceiling collapse. Wyckoff, who was undergoing cancer treatment, cited mold exposure and photos from inspectors showing ceiling damage. City records show inspectors issued more than six code citations to Waterbury over the summer.
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Eric Schneiderman
James Wyckoff
East Side
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Waterbury
Volney Budget Cuts Small Tax Rate for 2017
The Volney Town Board unanimously approved a 2017 spending plan that cuts the property tax rate to about 4.56 per 1000 in assessed value. The highway fund remains the largest share at roughly 2.74 per 1000, down about 10 cents from 2016, with the overall rate dipping about six cents from 4.63. Supervisor Dennis Lockwood noted the final figure may adjust slightly once Oswego County assigns the countywide property values.
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Oswego County
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