By Krystal Cole
OSWEGO, N.Y.– Oswego County’s 2018 Budget proposal is expected to have no increase in property tax.
The overall budget is currently around $202 million. If no changes are made before the final version, taxpayers will actually see a decrease in their property tax.
These numbers are not set in stone however, as the county is still waiting on figures from the state.
A final vote on the budget will be taken on December 14 at 7 p.m.
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Chilly week ahead
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- Sunny with Light Winds Today
- Partly Cloudy Wednesday
- Chance of Showers Thursday
Sunny with a high of 43 and Northwest winds around 10 mph.
Lows Tonight:
Oswego: 37℉
Fulton: 34℉
Syracuse: 34℉
Partly cloudy tonight with light winds.
Highs Tomorrow:
Oswego: 51℉
Fulton: 54℉
Syracuse: 56℉
Partly sunny skies tomorrow with Northeast wind 5-10 mph.
Lows Tomorrow Night:
Oswego: 39℉
Fulton: 38℉
Syracuse: 39℉
Partly cloudy skies with West wind around 5 mph.
Highs Thursday:
Oswego: 51℉
Fulton: 55℉
Syracuse: 57℉
A chance of showers possible early afternoon. Mostly sunny, with West wind 10-15 mph in the afternoon.
Stay tuned to WTOP10 News for more updates.
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Women’s Soccer Suffers Tough Loss
The Oswego State women’s soccer team suffered a tough 1-0 loss against Potsdam on Saturday. With the defeat, the Lakers drop to 4-4-1 on the season while the Bears are now 8-2-2.
Both teams were held scoreless in the first half but not before Oswego had their chances to score. Within the 41st minute alone, the Lakers took three shots including a header by Taylor Harrington. They would go on to outshoot Potsdam in the half 9-3, and 17-5 in total. The Bears scored the game’s lone goal early in the second half.
The Lakers will look to end their three-game losing streak when they face Buffalo State on Friday at 3 pm.
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Army Corps of Engineers approves dredging of Oswego Harbor
As the saying goes, better late than never.
On Thursday, United States Senator for New York Charles Schumer said the Army Corps of Engineers approved the dredging of sediment in the Oswego Harbor. The project, scheduled to start on June 1st, has been long overdue as the last dredging took place in 2008.According to Army Corps Officials, the harbor is supposed to be dredged every 3-4 years.
Approximately 72,000 cubic yards of sediment will need to be dredged. This process is used to counter the affects of sedimentation in channels of water, which in time can fill and render important waterways useless. The harbor will be returned to an optimal depth after the removal of the deposited sediments, for shipping and leisure purposes.
Senator Schumer, says the dredging will give a boost to the local economy, commercial barges, family boaters and fishing charters in the harbor. The Port of Oswego says it puts more than $1 billion into the local economy each year. Other improvements that have already been made to improve rail access to the port are expected to increase capacity by 50 percent.
The Port of Oswego is the only deep water port on the U.S. shores of Lake Ontario, receiving large shipments of soy, corn, wheat and aluminum.
