Oswego County Opportunities’ Cancer Services Program Partnership has recently secured funding for an additional five years to provide free cancer screenings to uninsured men and women aged 40-64 including clinical breast exams, mammogram, pap/pelvic exams and more.
ARISE is pleased to announce the start of a new program that will make it possible for people to remain at home. Made possible through support from the Richard S. Shineman Foundation, the Housing Options Made through E-modifications (HOME) program will cover the cost of minor interior home modifications that become necessary due to mobility issues.
Shirley M. Phelps, 75, of Oswego, passed away on Wednesday August 14, 2013, at Oswego Hospital.
Since 2008, only two different drivers have won Novelis Supermodified track championships at Oswego Speedway. On Saturday, as a part of Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Night presented by Bosco & Geers Food Market and Oswego County Federal Credit Union, Joe Gosek and Otto Sitterly will continue their back and forth battle for ‘Steel Palace’ supremacy.
Marene Hogan has served the students of the Oswego City School District for 30 years. Her retirement was accepted by the Oswego Board of Education at the August 13 meeting. Also recognized, but not present, were retirees Gail Iosue and Christine Sharkey.
The City of Fulton Fall Softball League is currently accepting registrations for men’s, women’s and co-ed softball teams. Many slots are still available. Registration deadline is August 24.
Residents at St. Luke Health Services in Oswego learned some new facts about animals, some familiar to our area, which are a part of the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse; and even got to meet a few up close! Residents learned about the habits and habitats of eastern box turtles, opossums and parrots and were able to ask questions of the Gifford Zoo’s outreach educators who provided the program.
In the wake of the discovery of Eastern Equine Encephalitis and the West Nile virus in Oswego County, State Senator Patty Ritchie has announced “Tire Amnesty Day,” a free event that will be held on August 24 to help people dispose of waste tires, which often act as breeding grounds for disease-carrying mosquitoes.
The Oswego Public Library recently learned from the Northern New York Library Network that they have been approved to digitize their collection of “Ontario Chronicle” the newsletter published during “Safe Haven” at Fort Ontario. The collection consists of approximately 27 newsletters covering the period of November 8, 1944, to August 2, 1945.
Reality Check is a teen-led, adult-supported program that works to help the public become aware of big tobacco’s marketing tactics, which often target youth.
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