The James A. Garfield National Historic Site is located in Mentor, Ohio, just a short detour off Interstate 90 east of Cleveland. Recently John and I visited and learned many interesting facts about a president who only served 200 days. The last 80 days of Garfield’s presidency was spent trying to recover from an assassination attempt. On the morning of July 2, 1881, as Garfield walked through the railroad station with his two sons on the way to New Jersey for a short vacation, a disgruntled job seeker, Charles Guiteau, shot him.
United Way and the many human services programs it supports touch the lives of hundreds of families and individuals throughout Oswego County. The manner in which these programs are delivered and the positive impact they have on the lives of those that access them will be the focus of the agency’s annual Campaign Kickoff Breakfast.
Students and staff of the Center for Instruction, Technology and Innovation gathered on September 11 for two remembrance ceremonies conducted by the public safety and justice students from the Career and Technical Education department in the morning and in the afternoon.
For parents helping their children transition from summer vacation back to school, Oswego Health’s Child and Family Services Department is offering a free stress management program from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. September 15.
SUNY Oswego political science faculty member Helen J. Knowles co-edited and helped write “Judging Free Speech,” a new book exploring the First Amendment opinions of nine key justices over the course of 100 years of Supreme Court decisions.
Entergy officials said they will decide by the end of the year whether to close the James FitzPatrick nuclear plant in Scriba. The company’s CEO reportedly told stockholders Entergy may decide not perform the 2016 refueling outage at the plant; closing down FitzPatrick would be the alternative.
Joseph Knopp was born in Oswego Hospital on Sept. 8, 2015.
With a high risk of heavy rains forecasted through the entire weekend in central New York, Oswego Kartway officials have decided to postpone the third annual Fall Frenzy 200 Championships until October 17. More than an inch of rain is forecast in the area tomorrow, with rains expected to move in as early as the overnight.
Ralph J. Jennings, 78, of Oswego, passed away Thursday morning Sept. 10, 2015, at St. Luke Health Services, Inc.
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