Month: August 2008

The Oswego City-County Youth Bureau is accepting applications for its final round of funding for the 2008 mini-grant program.Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â Grants of $500 to $2,000 will be awarded to community organizations that provide non-sectarian activities for youth during hours when school is not in session.

Youth Bureau Schedules Bidder’s Conferences for State Funding Applications

Not-for-profit organizations have until Oct. 22 to apply for grant funds through the Oswego City-County Youth Bureau and the New York State Office of Children and Family Services.

Child Advocacy Center Making a Difference

For Victims of child abuse and their families it’s comforting to know that the Child Advocacy Center is there to offer them the support they need to deal with the traumatic affects of physical or sexual abuse.

Fulton Class of ’51 Lunch Bunch Plans Reunion For Classmates

Just pack a lunch, or buy food at one of the establishments nearby, bring lawn chairs and a guest if you like, and spread the word to other classmates about this picnic.

Clubhouse Members Discover the Joy of Gardening

Members of the Step By Step Clubhouse have been busy this year tending to their very first vegetable garden.Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â The idea for the garden came from a planning meeting for the Clubhouse’s annual Art & Wellness Festival.

August 25, 2008 Steve Yablonski

Newborn: Samantha Aidayn Stevens

Samantha Aidayn Stevens

Special Session Recap

By Sen. Darrel J. Aubertine As I wrote last week, I had some goals for the special session. We were called in to cut spending, so I wanted to be sure that the cuts we […]

Half-Shire Historical Society

Following the session several people questioned this writer on who the Judge was in the portrait above the bench.Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â Surely the late Richland Historian Mary Parker and many other older residents remembered, but it took this writer several days to solve the mystery of the “forgotten Judge” who was presumed to be either former Judge Irving Hubbs or Judge Clayton Miller.

Charlotte Thompson, 85, 08/23/2008

Charlotte Thompson, 85, 08/23/2008

Fishing Reports for August 25, 2008

This report a courtesy of Oswego County Department of Community Development, Tourism and Planning.