Operation Oswego County, Oswego County’s designated economic development organization, was recently awarded “certificate of excellence” for its newly launched website by the New York State Economic Development Councils at its 2015 marketing and promotional materials award competition.
Jameson is a big, handsome, friendly feller who is ready for his forever home. He loves to play with catnip toys and has a wonderful hearty purr. He might be a bit of Maine Coon, or he might not. He has the looks and the size but we don’t know and he certainly doesn’t care as long as he has a comfy bed and someone to love him.
Nine local Girl Scouts will be recognized for earning the Girl Scout Gold Award during a Young Women of Distinction ceremony on May 30 at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva. The Girl Scout Gold Award is the highest achievement girls can earn in Girl Scouting.
Rochester is a great destination. Often dubbed the Flower City, it was first known as the Flour City. At one point in time Rochester made more flour than any other place in the world. Even Queen Victoria reportedly stocked her kitchen with 6,000 barrels of Rochester flour because, “…it made the best cakes.” In the mid-1800s, Rochester became the Flower City due in large part to nurserymen George Ellwanger and Patrick Barry then later Frederick Law Olmsted, called the Father of American Landscaping, who created the city’s park system.
A burden that police officers carry with them every day is whether they will be called on to do their duty and use deadly physical force against another human being. Many of them go their entire careers without having to make that life-changing decision. On Friday, May 8, 2015, Deputy Mark Walton was faced with that difficult decision when a despondent subject pointed a loaded shotgun at him.
For Marylou Brower it has been a labor of love, years in the making. Brower, with some help from fellow quilter Shirley King, recently completed a handmade quilt that she has worked on over the course of the last few years, and has generously donated her work of art to the St. Francis Commons Resident Council.
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