Month: July 2013

Directors Sherri Baker and Inez Manor Parker announce auditions for their upcoming plays: “Don’t Drink the Water” and “Death in the OR.” All will be held on the Players’ Frances Marion Brown stage in the Oswego Civic Arts Center at Fort Ontario.

Parker Wells of Paul V. Moore High School in Central Square recently won a bronze medal at SUNY Oswego’s third annual GENIUS Olympiad global environmental science, art, writing and design competition. Wells earned the recognition for a project titled “Solutions to the Pollutions in Onondaga Lake” in the science category.

In the game of Scrabble, the word literacy is worth 13 points. In real life, it’s priceless. On Sept. 20, Literacy Volunteers of Oswego County will hold its seventh annual Diane Falise Memorial Scrabble Fest.

The H. Lee White Museum and Maritime Center are offering a variety of youth and adult sailing classes to help community members learn to enjoy our amazing waterfront. The classes will run through August on a limited basis and cover a variety of skill levels.

Oswego County Opportunities’ Crisis and Development Services has partnered with Ruby Tuesday to host a Dine-to-Donate Fundraiser event on July 18, 19 and 20.

During its Spring Commencement Weekend May 17-19, the University at Albany awarded an estimated 3,100 degrees, including 2,250 undergraduate and 850 graduate degrees.

State Senator Patty Ritchie presented an official Senate Resolution to the Sandy Creek Central School District this week, congratulating the district on being named being named one of the top five “Energy STAR” schools in Central New York.

Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Justin A. McGrath graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

Working in collaboration with United Way of Greater Oswego County, other area school districts, and more than a dozen business and organizations, the annual Stuff-A-Bus campaign collects donations of school supplies for distribution to less fortunate students throughout Oswego County.