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Oswego Daily News

Saturday Night Poker Player Wins $1 Million NY Poker Lottery Jackpot

Gretchen Dizer, right, of the NYS Lottery, presents Charlene Hopkins with a check for $1 million Thursday at the Mexico Big M.

A craving for some chicken and a penchant for playing poker added up to $1 million recently for an Oswego County resident. Charlene Hopkins stopped at the Mexico Big between her two jobs to pick up some chicken for dinner and used the change to buy some lottery tickets. After scratching off the ticket for a million dollars, she never got around to cooking the chicken.

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Oswego Daily News

Harborfest 2009 Reigns Over Port City

<p>Basia Griffin has the best seat in the house for Harborfest's opening ceremonies, sitting atop Bob Lighthall's shoulders. Basia came all the way from California to visit Oswego in time for Harborfest.</p>

A little bit of rain was barely an inconvenience for the crowd at Thursday night’s opening of Harborfest 22. The music started at 7 p.m. Thursday with Hotel California (a salute to the Eagles). And, after a short interruption for the official opening ceremonies, Live Wire (an AC/DC tribute band) kept Harborfest 2009 rocking and rolling. Scattered showers, some heavy at times, plagued the Hotel California concert; but the crowd continued to grow in front of the NRG Lakeview Stage. The crowd was massive, sprawling all the way back to the sidewalk in Breitbeck Park. […]

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GRB Plans ‘Financial Aid Night’

On Monday, December 8 at 7 p.m., in the high school auditorium, the Guidance Department of G. Ray Bodley High School in the Fulton City School District will again host their annual “Financial Aid Night” for students and their parents or guardians. […]