Year: 2013

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Oswego Daily News

Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $610,000 in Operation Stonegarden Funding for Cayuga, Jefferson, Oswego and St. Lawrence Counties

August 23, 2013 Submitted article

US senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today (Aug. 23) announced that Central and Northern New York is set to receive $768,562 in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency allocations. First, Schumer and Gillibrand announced that $617,022 in funding for Cayuga, Jefferson Oswego, and St. Lawrence counties through the Operation Stonegarden Program in the FY2013 Homeland Security Grant Program Allocation.

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Sandra Scott Travels

Sandra Scott Travels: Paying Homage To Leaders Of The Abolitionist Movement

August 23, 2013 Contributor

Gerrit Smith

Gerrit Smith was one of the New York States’ strongest supporters of the abolitionist movement. Smith is just one of the many people who helped slaves get their freedom. Actually, Smith purchased some slaves and then freed them. Smith was a close friend of Frederick Douglass, the African American who, after his escape from slavery, became a leader in the abolitionist movement and an advocate of other social reforms.

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Arts and Entertainment

‘Don’t Drink the Water’ Rehearsals Under Way

August 23, 2013 Contributor

Rehearsals are well under way for Woody Allen’s play, “Don’t Drink the Water” on the Frances Marion Brown stage. The farce, directed by Sherri Lynn Metz, appeared on Broadway November 7, 1966, and played for 598 performances at three different Broadway theatres. It was Allen’s first professionally produced venture. The original cast included such notables as Lou Jacobi, Kay Medford, Anita Gillette, Tony Roberts and Donna Mills.

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Community

Taft Bay Kids Give Back To Community

August 23, 2013 Contributor

Earlier this month, the kids of Taft Bay assisted AmeriCorps worker Cassandra Tighe in her community project. Although the kids could not swim in the lake due to blue-green algae, they wanted to give back to the place they call home for the summer. They planted more than 30 flowers around the Craft Shack and covered the flowers with mulch.

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Community

Free Interactive Smart Board Training For Educators Slated

August 23, 2013 Contributor

Do you have interactive technology in your classroom and want to learn more about it? Take this opportunity to participate in a guided exercise using the Oswego Public Library’s Interactive ?no Boards. Workshops will be held on September 5 from 2 – 4 p.m. and September 6 from 10 – noon in the Library Learning Center.

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Oswego Daily News

Change of Command Ceremony Set At Fort Ontario

August 23, 2013 Contributor

On Sunday August 25, at 11 a.m., First Lieutenant Nicholas J. Miles, will take over command of the 444th Engineer Company, 479th Engineer Battalion, USAR, during a ceremony on the historic parade ground inside old Fort Ontario. Lt. Miles, a native of Oswego, will take over command from Captain Donald J. Oechslin of Waverly, New York.

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Community

Fulton resident wins medal at Taekwondo National Championships

August 23, 2013 Submitted article

On July 8, Fulton resident John W. McEachen won a silver medal in the ultra sparring division (under 68kg age 41-50) at the 2013 USA-Taekwondo Senior National Championships in Chicago. The event took place over the 4th of July weekend. McEachen is a Border Patrol Agent at the Oswego Station, and has lived in Fulton since 2000.

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