Month: March 2013

OCO’s “Lucky 13” Raffle features three major prizes this year, as part of Oswego County Opportunities’ annual Bowl-A-Fun fundraising event. Perhaps you would enjoy a wagonload of camping gear. That is the first prize in the raffle: $450 worth of camping gear and goodies donated by OCO Residential Services employee Chris Minor.

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“Celtic Nights: A Journey of Hope,” a festive celebration of Irish music, dance and journey to a New World, comes to SUNY Oswego’s Waterman Theatre at 7:30 p.m. March 12. Sixteen of Ireland’s most accomplished singers, dancers and musicians make up the ensemble, which is on a 17-city tour from Texas to Maine.

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In the seven years since SUNY Oswego sociologist Tim Delaney wrote “American Street Gangs,” membership in gangs has soared, many have moved into white-collar crime and deadly transnational gangs have expanded their trafficking in drugs and humans.

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From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 16, Wal-Mart employees will be donating their time to collect donations of non-perishable food items and invite the community to attend the United Way’s fifth annual ‘Stone Soup Too’ luncheon.

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In an effort known as “Thrive,” the college’s Office of Business and Community Relations has created momentum for transforming the county — potentially beyond — into a “community incubator.”

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