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County Health Department Will Hold Best-Tasting Drinking Water Contest Thursday at Oswego Farmers’ Market

The Oswego County Health Department will hold its 23rd annual best tasting drinking water contest Thursday at the Oswego Farmers’ Market on West First Street. Visitors will vote for their favorite samples of drinking water from municipal systems in Oswego County.

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GENIUS environmental competition June 17-20 to global finalists

Syracuse Academy of Science juniors Bilgenur Sirin, right, and Kayla Vidal work recently on their experiment, "The Effect of Fireworks on Water Quality of Lake Ontario," in preparation for competition in the SUNY Oswego GENIUS Olympiad finals June 17-20. The two students will be among the hundreds of young scientists, artists, writers and designers, along with their mentors, arriving in Oswego for the global environmental competition.The SUNY Oswego GENIUS Olympiad finals open Monday, June 17, welcoming more than 400 competitors and their mentors from around the world, including Kayla Vidal and Bilgenur Sirin of the Syracuse Academy of Science. “We are very excited for the Oswego competition,” said the charter school juniors, who studied the effects on Lake Ontario water quality of fireworks shows at events such as Harborfest.

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Movie Times

Oswego Cinema 7 Wed 06/12/13 – Wed 06/12/13

AFTER EARTH (DIGITAL)                                   PG13      5:10p       7:30p   EPIC (DIGITAL)                                                  PG      4:05p       6:30p   FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIGITAL)                            PG13      4:10p       7:00p   NOW YOU SEE ME (DIGITAL)                            PG13      4:40p       7:20p   […]
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Oswego Daily News

Law Enforcement Carries Torch For Special Olympics

Sophia Graves carries the Flame of Hope in the local Law Enforcement Torch Run Final Leg as they head to the Fulton Police Department.For more than 30 years, police officers throughout Oswego County have participated in the annual “Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics.” On Monday, officers representing the cities of Fulton and Oswego, the county, state police and Oswego State University carried on the tradition.  The LETR for Special Olympics is the movement’s largest grassroots fundraiser and public awareness vehicle for Special Olympics in the world.

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Oswego Daily News

Boil Water Advisory Extended For Sandy Creek and Lacona Residents

Residents of the villages of Sandy Creek and Lacona are being advised by the Oswego County Health Department to continue to boil all water used for drinking and cooking due to a water main break in the municipal water system last week. This order has been extended until tomorrow, Wednesday, June 12.

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Oswego Daily News

Fulton Man Killed in mobile home collapse; second man injured

At about 10 a.m. on June 11, the Oswego County Sheriff’s Office was called to investigate a personal injury accident that occurred at 19 Waterview Road in the Town of Oswego. When deputies arrived, they found that 44-year-old John David Halstead of Fulton had been in the process of dismantling a mobile home when the roof of the home suddenly fell on him.

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