Oswego council backs tougher housing codes to lift values
Oswego officials approved stricter housing codes after an audit aligned city rules with state requirements. Councilors noted mixed property upkeep and said the updated codes will curb violations while pursuing $150,000 state funds to address blighted homes, foreclosure clinics, and demolition of two vacant structures with the Oswego County Land Bank Corporation.
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Nate Emmons
3Rd Ward
Susan Gentile Deary
Ter
Codes Office
Oswego
Bear photographed near SUNY Oswego amid social media posts
Locals posted images of a black bear near the Oswego Public Library with footage from nearby neighborhoods on the west side. State police cite DEC guidance to avoid approaching bears, back away slowly, make noise, and不要 throw objects to deter bears. No reports of sightings confirmed by DEC as of press time.
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Oswego Public Library
West Side State University
State Department of Conservation
DEC
Oswego Council Approves Ice Rink at Civic Plaza Event
Oswego voters back a temporary synthetic ice rink by Artificial Ice Events to boost downtown life. The plan funds equipment and promotion at about 5100 with staffed hours from noon to 10 p.m. on Nov 26 during the Christmas Expo featuring crafts, parades, performances, and carriage rides.
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Oswego Council
Oks
Civic Plaza
Michael Gallant
West Second Street
Youth Bureau
Jennifer Losurdo
Oswego
Rob Corradino
7Th Ward
John Gosek Jr
5Th Ward
Corradino
Eric van Buren
Rob Ward
Emmons
YMCA Partners Move North Building Kitchen to Armory
The YMCA shifts its kitchen project from the north building on West First Street to the YMCA Armory due to structural concerns on the north wall. Webb says a broker valuation of the north building will go to the board for future plans. Talks continue with Oswego city government and National Grid about a connecting passage between the armory and pool, with plans to convert the armory garage into locker rooms and an atrium breezeway bridging the 12 feet to the pool.
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West First Street
Ymca Armory
Webb
YMCA
Oswego
National Grid
Armory
NY judge upholds Kiryas Joel expansion in Hudson Valley
A Westchester County justice rejected challenges to Kiryas Joel's 164 acre annexation from Monroe and its environmental review. Orange County eight municipalities and Preserve Hudson Valley pursued appeals. the decision may be appealed after the Yom Kippur holiday. Opponents warn of increased congestion in the suburban area about 50 miles north of New York City.
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Monroe. N.Y
Supreme Court
Hudson Valley
Gretchen Walsh
Westchester County
Kiryas Joel
Monroe
Orange County
Emily Convers
Middletown Times Herald-Record
New York City
Deaths Stevens Caruso Siembor Slacks Hazel Flack Oswego Fulton Sterling
Obituaries list Calvin O Stevens 73 Oswego with graveside service Friday at Fairdale Cemetery Hannibal and Shirley Caruso 85 Fulton with service Saturday at Sugar Funeral Home Fulton and Rose Siembor 95 with calling hours Thursday and funeral Friday at St Stephen's Oswego, burial St Peter's Cemetery. Hazel L Flack 94 Sterling with calling hours Thursday and service to follow at Nelson Oswego and private burial at Springbrook Cemetery.
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Fairdale
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Sugar & Scanlon Funeral Home
Fourth St
Caruso — Shirley
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Second St. S
St Mary’s Cemetery
Funeral Home
Siembor — Rose
Nelson Funeral Home
Albany St
St. Stephen's Church
St. Peter’s Cemetery
Flack
Hazel L
Sterling
Springbrook
Obituary of Christopher A. Scharf 21
Christopher A. Scharf 21 of Oswego died Oct 11 2016 at home. He was born to Stephen and Patricia Kucharski Scharf. Survived by parents daughters Aliea and Ava brothers Justin and Bryant and Mylie Colon mother of his children. Services are private. Nelson Funeral Home in charge. He enjoyed the outdoors and time with family.
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Patricia (Kucharski) Scharf, Christo
Christopher A. Scharf
Aliea
Ava
Justin
Bryant Scharf
Mylie Colon
Nelson Funeral Home
Ernestine Pomeroy Fulton obituary notes long life of zeal
Ernestine Lorini Pomeroy, 98, of Fulton, died Oct 5 2016 after a life spanning World War I through the Contemporary Period. She was a longtime parishioner of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Minetto, born in Mingo Junction Ohio to Rose Paolucci and Joseph Lorini, survived by daughter-in-law Eunice and granddaughter Michelle, with services Oct 15 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help and entombment at J Peter Cemetery.
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Fulton
America
Ernestine (Lorini) Pomeroy
Ernie
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church
Minetto
Emie
Mingo Junction
Ohio
Rose
Paolucci
Joseph Lorini
Rice Creek Field Association
Ermestine
Fair Haven
Charles Augustus Pomeroy
David Roland
Eric Charles
Michelle (Doerner
Toronto
Canada
Eunice “the
Demperio
Rochester
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
J. Peter Cemetery
Oswego Woman Carol Dodds, 78, Dies. Funeral Friday
Carol Anne Dodds of Oswego, widow of William Dodds, died October 11 at Morningstar Care Center. A Oswego High School graduate and homemaker, she leaves four children, seven grandchildren, and two locations in Minetto and Oswego. Services Friday at 1 p.m. from Dowdle Funeral Home with 11:30 a.m. calling hours. Entombment at All Saints Mausoleum. Memorials to Oswego County Hospice.
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Oswego
Carol Anne Dodds
Morningstar Care Center
Oswego County
Oswego N.Y
Oswego Woman Carole Griggs Dies at 69
Oswego resident Carole A Griggs 69 died Oct 11 at her home. Born in Oswego she was daughter of the late Raymond and Rose Clark a Oswego High School graduate and interior designer. She taught RCIA at St Marys and St Pauls churches CCD and enjoyed cross stitch. Survived by husband Carl 52, daughter Melissa, sister Barbara OBrien. Funeral 9 am Monday at St Marys with burial at St Peters Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday 4 7 pm at Dowdle Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers donations to American Cancer Society.
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Pauline Raby
Sheridan
Oswego High School
William Dodds
Linda
Steven) Betts
Montoursville
Patty
Roger) Clark
Oswego
Carole A. Griggs
Raymond and
Rose (Zayowa) Clark
Carole
RCIA
St. Mary's Church
St. Paul's Church
Carl Griggs
Melissa Griggs
Barbara O'Brien
Watertown
St. Peter's Cemetery
Dowdle Funeral Home
American Cancer Society
Lyons Street
Syracuse
N.Y
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