Community
Head Start Preschool Has Few Openings For Fall 2009
Oswego County Head Start Preschool is accepting registration applications for the few remaining openings available for September 2009.
Month: August 2009
Oswego Daily News
School Board Debates ‘Social Promotion’
Board member claims that many students have been promoted to the next grade level before they are academically prepared. It contributes to the district’s dropout and low graduation rates, he said, adding, “I think social promotion is an absolute abject failure.”
Fulton Daily News
Construction Workers Find Surprises Under The Sidewalk At Lanigan Elementary
You wouldn’t believe what they found under the sidewalk at Lanigan Elementary School. Workers tore up the sidewalk as part of the renovation work being done over the next two years in every district building. The ground below the sidewalk wasn’t solid enough to suit the builders, so they dug deeper.
And that’s when they found…well…read the article and find out.
Outdoor
Fishing Reports for August 11, 2009
This report a courtesy of Oswego County Department of Community Development, Tourism and Planning.
The following notice has been posted for Lake Ontario waters:
Remember the area around the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Facility is off limits to boating. The restricted area stretches 1,000 yards offshore and extends from the Alcan plant to the Sunset Bay area along Lake Ontario, east of the city of Oswego.
Newborns
Alexis Hope Weaver
Alexis Hope Weaver was born in Oswego Hospital on Aug. 11, 2009.
Newborns
Kristabelle Madison McHenry
Kristabelle Madison McHenry was born in Oswego Hospital on Aug. 11, 2009.
Newborns
Evan Andrew Rupert
Evan Andrew Rupert was born in Oswego Hospital on Aug. 11, 2009.
Newborns
MeganMarie Mosher
MeganMarie Mosher was born in Oswego Hospital on Aug. 10, 2009.
Newborns
Baby Bennett
Baby Bennett was born in Oswego Hospital on Aug. 9, 2009.
Oswego Daily News
Horse Contracts EEE in Oswego County
Public Health Director Dr. Dennis Norfleet said the horse was exposed to the virus during the middle of July. The horse was humanely euthanized and a tissue specimen was submitted to the New York State Health Department’s Wadsworth Center lab for testing.