Community
Literacy Volunteers Tutor Orientation Scheduled
Oswego County Opportunities Literacy Volunteers of Oswego County Program has scheduled an orientation on March 3 from 2 – 5 p.m. at OCO Administrative Office, 239 Oneida St., Fulton.
Month: February 2014
Fulton Daily News
Great Eastern Whiteout Revs Up Excitement In Fulton
Lake Neatahwanta’s frozen surface set the perfect scene for snow machine riders as The Great Eastern Whiteout drew sledders and admirers from across the region to Fulton on Saturday and Sunday. With temperatures hovering around 15 degrees, sunshine and no wind it was a great day for ice racing. The weekend event was also a charity fundraiser.
Community
OCO’s Retro Bowl Promises Blast From The Past
Oswego County Opportunities will hold its annual bowling tournament fund raiser on April 5 at Lakeview Lanes. This year’s theme is the ‘OCO Retro Bowl,’ featuring fun from every decade since the agency was established on March 15, 1966. OCO holds this fundraiser every spring to help support its programs and services.
Community
ACC/CCC Alumni Association Accepting Scholarship Applications
The Auburn/Cayuga Community College Alumni Association is accepting applications for its Alumni Scholarships. They are offered to eligible students who meet the applicable criteria for each scholarship and submit the required paperwork.
Oswego Daily News
Oswego Warms Up For Annual Festival
Over the weekend, the Port City celebrated what the area is best known for – Winter. 2014 marked the ninth annual Warm Up Oswego festival. The YMCA adopted the festival in 2006 in order to raise money to renovate the Armory and to create more programs. Temperatures lingered in the teens Saturday and the windchill made it even colder. But hundreds of people braved the weather in and around the Oswego YMCA Armory. Throughout the afternoon, hundreds of people wandered around the Armory to check out the vendors’ wares and watch the various demonstrations and performances.
Community
Ritchie Thanks More Than 50 ‘Snow Angels’ At Adams Event
State Senator Patty Ritchie recognized more than 50 individuals Saturday at “People Helping People: A Celebration of Adams, NY,” an event held to honor those who lent a helping hand during last month’s extreme lake effect snowstorm.
Community
Hannah West Inducted into Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society
Mohawk Valley Community College inducted Hannah West into the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society. West is one of 127 new members added to the Lambda Beta Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society based on academic accomplishments this past semester.
Community
Rotarians Honor Students
Each month the Fulton Noon Rotary Club invites two senior honor students from Fulton High School to share lunch and information with the students. The Rotarians are always amazed how hard working our high school students are.
Community
State and federal tax forms available at Oswego Library
The Oswego Public Library has finally received state and federal tax forms to pass on to everyone for free. Tax forms are in the addition through the left of the main reading room.
Oswego Daily News
Distinguished Canadian Historian Team will Share Perspectives at Oswego 1812 Symposium
Audiences will have the opportunity to hear two of Canada’s foremost historians, author Dianne Graves and her husband, military historian Donald E. Graves, speak about civilian life during the War of 1812 and the British assault of Fort Erie at the Oswego War of 1812 Symposium April 5. The fourth annual symposium takes place April 4, 5 and 6 at the Lake Ontario Event and Conference Center, 26 E. First St., Oswego.