Month: June 2015

Counseling and Healing Arts is an office that provides mental health counseling as well as holistic health care. The main office is located at 188 S. Third St., Fulton. They host a satellite office in Oswego. Counseling and Healing Arts accepts many insurance plans and also offers the option of self-pay for those who need it.

At a recent Fulton Sunrise Rotary meeting, Rotarian Patrick Waite introduced Geri Geitner of FCSD and Janice Scott from OCO who spoke about the Fulton Community School, which “is not a program; it’s a strategy.” Funded through a grant, one of 31 awarded statewide, Fulton Community School is housed in Fulton Junior High School.

A group of Syracuse elementary and secondary teachers are building their expertise to teach students with limited English proficiency through a partnership with SUNY Oswego and the New York State Education Department. The department approached SUNY Oswego’s School of Education last fall about the need to improve instruction for the growing numbers of students in urban schools who are learning English.

The 2015 SUNY Council for University Advancement Awards of Excellence competition recognized two SUNY Oswego projects. The awards ceremony, at the organization’s annual conference in June in Rochester, recognized work across the SUNY system’s advancement and communications disciplines.

The Oswego County Real Property Tax Service will sell up to 130 parcels of tax delinquent properties at the annual tax property auction July 18 at Oswego High School, Buccaneer Boulevard. Bidder registration begins at 8 a.m. and the auction will start at 10 a.m. An informational and early registration meeting for bidders will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. July 17, at the high school.

The Oswego County Office for the Aging will have Farmers’ Market Coupon Booklets available beginning July 1. The booklets are valued at $20. There are a limited number of coupon booklets available and distribution is on a first come, first served basis.
There is a limit of one booklet per household.

“It’s been an honor serving as Superintendent of Highways this past four years, ” said Fortier. “After the winter we experienced we have some significant projects ahead of us and I look forward to working with our staff to ensure town of Mexico roads are the best in Oswego County.”