Oswego, NY -- The City of Oswego will hold a community meeting 6 p.m. Wednesday to discuss ways to improve the safety for those fishing on the Oswego River, to avoid the tragedies like last week’s drowning. The meeting will be held at the EconoLodge, on the shore of the Oswego River. Oswego Mayor Randy Bateman said representatives from Brookfield...
Oswego, NY -- The City of Oswego will hold a community meeting 6 p.m. Wednesday to discuss ways to improve the safety for those fishing on the Oswego River, to avoid the tragedies like last week’s drowning.
The meeting will be held at the EconoLodge, on the shore of the Oswego River.
Oswego Mayor Randy Bateman said representatives from Brookfield Power, the Coast Guard, the Port Authority of Oswego, the state Department of Environmental Conservation, local businesses, city agencies as well as fishing guides and those who fish have been invited with the goal of figuring out how to better educate people on how to stay safe on the river.
“My goal is to get everybody involved,” Bateman said. “We’re going to brainstorm and find ways to educate.”
On Sept. 28, four fisherman were swept into the river, one drowned. On Thursday, 17 fisherman had to be rescued when rain and storm-drain runoff swelled the river.
Contact Charles McChesney at cmcchesney@syracuse.com.