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2015 Fight The Fever Set Feb. 28

Getting (or got) cabin fever? Come to the annual Fight The Fever! event, sponsored by Winona Creek. All handcrafted show featuring local artists and facepainting. The kitchen will be open with the usual fare or stop by the bake sale table. Admission is simply a donation at the door. All proceeds benefit the Sandy Creek High School Show Choir.

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Oswego Daily News

College Officials Take Exception To Drug Ranking

A new analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Postsecondary Education shows several campuses in the State University of New York system have some of the nation’s highest rates of on-campus drug arrests. According to the data, SUNY Oswego is ranked number 2; something college officials say isn’t completely accurate.

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Sandra Scott Travels

Sandra Scott Travels: Shanghai Is A Pleasurable Experience Today

Today, I think people would love to be shanghaied as Shanghai, China, is truly amazing. But, back in the 1800s, most adventurers were heading to the west coast of America, especially the gold fields of California.
The practice of Shanghaiing was prevalent in San Francisco, California; and Portland, Oregon. Shanghai is the largest city in China and ranks as one of the largest in the world depending on how you define “city.”

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Wreath Raffle Benefits Lighthouse Project

Members of the Oswego downtown business group, DOERS, recently held a holiday wreath raffle where numerous businesses made decorative wreaths and raffled them off to the public to raise funds for charity. The two organizations benefitting from the effort were the Oswego West Pierhead Lighthouse Restoration project and the Blessings in a Back Pack project.

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