Every other Thursday morning, nearly 60 area military veterans gather to share breakfast and war stories, not to mention the friendship they have through their common bond of service to their country. About 15 years ago Robert Mitchler, a former state senator from Oswego and veteran of World War II and the Korean War, started the Veterans Breakfast Group with about eight others who served on U.S. Navy minesweepers. It was a kinder, gentler Oswego Village Board that met Monday to discuss Trustee Kevin Dombkowski's 13 proposed ordinances designed to create procedures for the board to follow. Residents question Ogden Falls' developer deal Residents of Oswego's Ogden Falls subdivision raised concerns last week about a deal the village has struck with Lord and Essex that they said does nothing to assuage their problems with the subdivision's developer. Nicholson cleaning clears most nontoxic mold After extensive cleaning at Nicholson Elementary School in Montgomery, the levels of nontoxic mold in the building appear to have been greatly reduced.
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The Oswego School District 308 Board of Education approved a 20-acre land swap Monday with Indian Prairie School District 204 in the Century Trace subdivision at 119th Street and 248th Avenue. District 204 had already approved the exchange. A strong sewage smell prompted Larry Phetteplace, regional custodial superintendent of West Aurora School District 129, to happen upon an uncapped drain deep inside Nicholson Elementary School. Some said it was an issue of equity. Others said it was an issue of families.