Spring has arrived and that means it’s time for spring cleaning. Besides cleaning up your house and yard – it is also time to once again spruce up the environment. “April 22 is Earth Day,” said Richard Drosse, Earth Week coordinator for the county’s Environmental Management Council. “In recognition, the council invites individuals, schools and groups to participate in Oswego County’s Earth Week, April 19 – 28.”
If a person is deaf or hearing impaired, taking in a movie at the local cinema may not be the most ideal way to spend an evening. Many deaf and hearing impaired movie-goers, such as the members of the BOCES Deaf/Hard of Hearing Club, find that closed-captioned showings are offered at non-peak hours or aren’t offered for every theater.
Lorraine Frances Pokalsky, 79, of Phoenix, passed away on Monday April 1, 2013, at Crouse Hospital, Syracuse.
The 26th edition of Oswego’s Harborfest, New York State’s Premier Admission-Free Festival, gets under way on Thursday night July 25. The traditional opening ceremonies will again take place on the NRG Oswego Harbor Power “Lakeview Stage” in Breitbeck Park.
Rose M. Manfre, 95, a resident of Oswego, passed away Monday April 1, 2013, at home.
Recently Quirk’s Players of G. Ray Bodley High School presented the classic Broadway musical, “Hello, Dolly!” At the final performance, the 2013 Jacalyn Vinciquerra Stweart Memorial Award For Achievement in Musical Theatre was presented.
Students at Trinity Catholic School recently held a very successful Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser. A total of $5,671 was raised by students for the American Heart Association! A portion of this money will be given to TCS to purchase physical education equipment.
Mix two original musical compositions, an orchestra, a big band, a rapper, additional vocalists, a campus grant, a crowd-sourced Kickstarter campaign and an ongoing learning project. The result is an ambitious Quest presentation by SUNY Oswego senior music major Tony Iannone.
I have a question about my cat, Thumper. Why does he scratch wallpaper and walls? What can I do to make him stop? I’d like to re-wallpaper our kitchen, and fix the walls where he has dug the plaster, but am hesitant to do so without having a plan on how to keep him from doing it again.
Local author and writing instructor Jim Farfaglia has released his second book of poems, People, Places & Things: The Powerful Nouns of My Life. A reading from the book is planned for April 11 at 6 p.m. at the river’s end bookstore.
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