Year: 2013

Double D Motorsports, which will field a two car Pathfinder Bank SBS team in 2013, has signed on Menter’s Ambulance Service as a new sponsor for the coming season.

Oswego Board Expresses Appreciation to Those Who Assisted Injured Children

On March 5, a bus accident resulted in six Oswego elementary school
children being injured and taken to the Oswego Health Emergency Room. At the March 26 Oswego City School District Board of Education meeting the members of the board and superintendent of schools presented a certificate of appreciation to each of the key units involved in assisting in keeping children safe and secure.

Ancient burial art viewed

Roxanne Jackson of SUNY Oswego’s art faculty led her class on Chinese ceramic art to China during the college’s recent spring break.

March 30, 2013 Submitted article

Bald Eagles Sighted Along the Oswego River

Recently sightings of Bald Eagles have been reported along the Oswego River. Several have been spotted in the Minetto area starting by Gray Road to just before the Midway Drive-In. “Bald eagles are known for congregating near areas with open water, and Oswego County has several pristine natural areas, such as the Salmon River corridor, that attract our national bird,” said David Turner, director of the Oswego County Department of Community Development, Tourism and Planning.

Barbara Jean Neadle, 81

Barbara Jean Neadle, 81, a longtime resident of Phoenix and Fulton areas, passed away on Friday March 29, 2013.

Sandra Scott Travels: Visit one of the fastest growing cities in the world

I had read and heard about the new Myanmar capital of Nay Pyi Taw where construction started in 2002 but had been told that it was in a restricted zone so tourists were not permitted to visit. That has changed. The city of Nay Pyi Taw is ablaze with lights in the evening with beautiful roundabouts centered with huge flower sculptures and colorful twinkle lights.

Ithaca sweeps twinbill with Oswego State

In its first action since Spring Break, the Oswego State baseball team (9-5, 2-1 SUNYAC) fell in both games of a non-conference doubleheader to Ithaca (13-4). The Lakers dropped a tough game in extra innings to start the day, losing 2-1 in 13 innings. Ithaca broke out the bats in the second game, cruising to a 10-3 win.

Oswego State softball team splits doubleheader

The Oswego State softball team (4-8, 1-1 SUNYAC) knocked off Cortland (7-9, 1-1 SUNYAC) in game one of a doubleheader, 4-2, to snap a 36-game Red Dragon winning streak on Friday. Cortland responded by winning the nightcap, 8-0, in five innings. The victory marked the Lakers’ first over Cortland since April 25, 1987.

Oswego Health Community Health Staff Offer Smoking Cessation Lesson at Fulton Junior High School

Oswego Health Registered Nurses Nola Gardner and Susan Callaway, who are also community educators, spent two days in the school’s seventh grade health classrooms of Dan Gilmore and Dan Stadtmiller discussing the dangers of smoking.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab taps three more SUNY Oswego students

Following the trail blazed by 2012 alumnus Earl Bellinger, three more SUNY Oswego students will rocket into internships this summer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Caltech, the California Institute of Technology.