Obituaries
Anne Powers Riley, 96, 11/17/2008
Anne Powers Riley, 96, a resident of 74 E. Oneida St., Oswego, died Monday, Nov. 17, 2008, at St. Luke Health Services, after a short illness.
Month: November 2008
Community
Rite Aid To Open New “Customer World†Store In Oswego
Rite Aid Regional Vice President Bob Silsby and Regional Pharmacy Vice President Stephen Certo will attend a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Rite Aid store featuring the company’s “Customer World†design on Thursday, November 20, at 10 a.m. The new store, located at 250 State Route 104 in front of Oswego Speedway, opens its doors for the first time to customers at 8 a.m. that day. The store incorporates features of the company’s “Customer World†design, which was created using customer feedback.
Community
Need For Bellringers So Important In Oswego County That Salvation Army Will Even Accept Couch Potatoes
“Whether you have the energy and commitment to ring the bells in the cold or would rather sit comfortably on the living room couch, The Salvation Army of Oswego needs you.â€ÂÂ
Community
International Fisheries Representative Visits Great Lakes
An international fisheries representative recently visited New York’s Great Lakes region to study open water trawling techniques and vessel design. As part of an October educational visit to the U.S., Tomas Juza (at right in photo), a Ph.D. student with the Institute of Hydrobiology at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, visited the Atlantic coast and NY’s Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.
Community
Aubertine Disappointed with Failure to Act
State Sen. Darrel J. Aubertine today expressed his disappointment that lawmakers returned to Albany, but took no action to modify this year’s budget to close budget gaps.
Community
Parish Elementary Students Pay Tribute To Veterans
Students and staff at Parish Elementary School in the Altmar-Parish-Williamstown School Dsitrict lined the front walkway with American Flags, decorated their school in red, white and blue, and prepared a special tribute ceremony honoring those that served in all branches of the United States Military.
Community
OCAY League Designs Distinctive Competition
Think Project Runway meets Junkyard Wars and you would have a general idea of the latest Oswego County Academic Youth (OCAY) League competition. Teams from each of the nine Oswego County school districts converged on the SUNY Oswego campus for a unique competition that brought together “fashion designers with a reuse and recycle attitude.â€ÂÂ
Community
Wreaths for Wildlife
The holiday decorating season is here, but not everyone remembers the feathered and furred friends around their homes during the preparations. Well, it’s not too late to get started by attending the Wreaths for Wildlife Program at the Amboy 4-H Environmental Education Center on Sunday, December 7 at 2:00 pm. Participants will be constructing beautiful outdoor holiday evergreen wreaths that contain nutritious treats for cardinals, woodpeckers, squirrels and other wildlife.
Community
Fairgrieve Elementary Recognizes New Expectation Experts
The Expectation Expert awards are based on the district expectations to be respectful, safe, responsible, and a problem solver.
Obituaries
Howard “Bunk†Cary, 81
Howard “Bunk†Cary, 81, of Fulton, died November 17, 2008, after a brief illness.