Month: April 2013

The Oswego City School District Board of Education will meet at 2 p.m. on Thursday to vote upon BOCES related resolutions. The board will vote on the $6 million 2013-14 BOCES administrative budget and cast a ballot in regards to election of BOCES board members.

The Fulton YMCA Speed Demons swim team celebrated a successful season at its 33rd annual awards banquet held recently in Fulton. The 90 members of the team and their families enjoyed a Hollywood awards-themed meal, accepted awards and honored its departing seniors, Janelle Tallents and Courtney Beckwith.

The Oswego County Historical Society will host its annual meeting presentation on May 6 at 7 p.m. in the Community Room of the Oswego Public Library at 120 E. Second St. The membership and anyone interested in supporting the historical society initiatives are encouraged to attend.Following the brief business meeting, there will be an encore presentation of the program “Theodore Irwin: Oswego Tycoon & American Collector.”

The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation announced that eight ports, including Oswego, are receiving the prestigious Robert J. Lewis Pacesetter Award for registering increases in international cargo tonnage shipped through their ports during the 2012 navigation season compared to the previous year.

Helen Keller meets her match in the determined Annie Sullivan in this scene from Helen Keller, opening Friday at 8 p.m. at CNY Arts Center, 357 State St., Fulton. The production continues April 27 at 8 p.m., April 28 at 2 p.m., May 3 and 4 at 8 p.m. and May 5 at 2 p.m.

The Oswego County Workforce New York office will sponsor a panel discussion of local employers at the new Cayuga Community College campus, 11 River Glen Plaza, Fulton from 1 to 4 p.m. May 7. The event is free and open to the public

The Oswego High School Yearbook Club was recently recognized for the quality of the 2012 production of “The Paradox.” Yearbook team members traveled to New York City to attend classes and seminars at Columbia University related to yearbook production, graphic design and journalism. The Paradox was awarded a Silver level recognition.