Oswego NY— Today is Election Day for towns and cities across the country. Oswego residents voted on City and Town positions such as Mayor, Ward Counselors, and Town Clerks. A major topic in Oswego politics is Billy Barlow’s uncontested re-election. This will be his second term in office. 

There are 7 Ward Counselors positions available across Oswego City. The following lists the different positions and the candidates running for that office. Winners will be stated in bold.

• 1st Ward Councilor: 
  • Susan McBrearty (D)
  • Andrew J Hall (R)

• 2nd Ward Councilor:
  • Maureen A Wills (D)
  • Shawn Burridge (R)

• 3rd Ward Councilor:
  • Jonathan Ashline (D)
  • Kevin Hill (R)

• 4th Ward Councilor:
  • Diane Zeller (D)
  • Shawn P Walker (R)

• 5th Ward Councilor:
  • John B Gosek (R)

• 6th Ward Councilor:
  • Matthew Fleming (D)
  • Ronald Tesoriero (R)

• 7th Ward Councilor:
  • Robert Corradino (R)

Oswego Town offers 4 positions open for elections; Supervisor, Town Clerk, Councilman and Superintendent of Highways. The following states the positions and their candidates. Winners will be stated in bold.

• Supervisor
  • Richard Kaulfuss (R)

• Town Clerk
  • Nikki Fowler (R)

• Councilman
  • Margaret A Mahaney (D)
  • Richard J Tesoriero (R)
  • Jonathan Fowler (R)

• Superintendent of Highways 
  • Robert Malone Jr. (R)

In honor of April being national child abuse prevention month Oswego’s Child Advocacy Center, located in Fulton, New York,  has set out to spread awareness through Oswego County by placing blue and white pinwheels around the area.

These pinwheels are a part of a national campaign that multiple organizations take part in, in order to spread awareness of child abuse through communities and get the conversation started that children need to be looked out for not only by their families but their community as well.

Executive Director of Oswego County Child Advocacy Center, Karrie Damm, gave some insight as to why the Pinwheels are placed throughout the County “The pinwheel gardens that you see throughout the community are intended to start a conversation. We would like people to see those and have a conversation amongst themselves, amongst their friends, and especially with their children.” Although the conversation may seem touchy Karrie stressed how important it is to begin having conversations about serious issues such as this one. Because the first step to preventing incidents is spreading awareness, which the conversations help to achieve.

Although the child advocacy center is not well known throughout Oswego County it is an important organization that more people should get involved with. Take Craig Stewart for example, he is an electrician for the building, but STILL volunteers and aids the employees there because he does it for the unfortunate children that have to seek help at the organization.

If you would like to volunteer as well you can visit that website at oswegocac.org, Facebook message them, or call them. If you are not able to volunteer and would still like to help out this organization you can make a donation right on their website.