SUNY Oswego has awarded $18,800 Presidential Scholarships to a select group of students who are starting at the college in fall 2014. The award recognizes past academic achievement and potential for success.
Karen Ferguson recently joined Oswego Health as the Director of the newly created Oswego Health Foundation. The Oswego Health Foundation, a 501(c)(3), exists to provide all community entities, including individuals, businesses, foundations and others, the opportunity to give to and support the various programs, projects and components of the Oswego Health system, which include Oswego Hospital, Springside at Seneca Hill, The Manor at Seneca Hill and other Oswego Health affiliates.
Get out your Scrabble dictionary, memorize those new words, and practice your spelling. It’s time for one of the hottest games in town, the eighth annual Diane Falise Memorial Scrabble Fest, a fund raiser for Literacy Volunteers. To be held September 19, at the Elks Lodge, 132 W. Fifth St., the fest pits teams of four competing against each other in four 20-minute rounds.
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand urged the National Park Service to place the Barge Canal on the National Register of Historic Places. Including the Erie Canal, Oswego Canal, Champlain Canal and Cayuga-Seneca Canal, this designation would expand opportunities for federal historic tax credits and other resources, to support economic development initiatives near the Barge Canal.
Former NBA draft pick Chris Herren paid a visit to Oswego State to talk to students about substance abuse on Wednesday evening in the Marano Campus Center Arena. The subject of his speech was a problem Herren battled throughout his collegiate and professional careers. In front of nearly all of Oswego’s 450 student-athletes, along with other members of the College’s student body, faculty and staff, Herren spoke about his struggles that ranged from alcohol and prescription painkillers to heroin.
Yard sales, bargain shopping, treasure hunting, fundraising – all these and more describe CNY Arts Center’s fourth annual Arts Market set for Sept 13 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. in the old Nestles parking lot on Fay Street. Timed to coincide with Fulton’s annual City-Wide Yard Sale, CNY Arts Center will host another gathering of artists, crafters, flea market and food vendors, to serve a feast for the sidewalk shopper this time with an emphasis on fundraising for the organization.
After the dust settled from another Budweiser International Classic 200, which saw Otto Sitterly grace victory lane for the fourth time in six years, the heralded Supermodified driver from Canajoharie, NY, walked away from the ‘Steel Palace’ clearing more than $25,000 in purse and contingency prizes. Beyond the $15,000 pay day that comes with the International Classic trophy and title of Classic champion, Sitterly netted more than $4,000 in lap money on his way to victory lane.
SUNY Oswego has made $6,000 Deans’ Awards to a select group of students who are starting at the college in fall 2014.
The September 17 meeting of the Oswego Town Historical Society’s topic has been changed. Sheriff Todd will speak at a future date. The topic will be the new Arcadia Images of America book Town Of Oswego by town historian George R. DeMass.
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