Oswego Health will hold its yearly Fulton multi-blood analysis event from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. June 4 at the G. Ray Bodley High School on Gillard Drive. Appointments can be made beginning May 16 by calling 341-0094, lines will be open 24-hours a day.
The Oswego County Health Department will hold its next rabies clinic June 1, at the West Monroe Town highway Garage, 46 County Route 11, West Monroe. “The rabies virus continues to be active across Oswego County. We’ve already had three animals test positive for rabies this year, in the towns of Albion, Minetto and Scriba,” said Jiancheng Huang, Oswego County Public Health Director.
Oswego Expeditions will offer a free guided history tour from Oswego to the Oswego County Tourism Ambassador Program in Brewerton May 23. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. at 916 Riverside (formerly the Castaways), 916 County Route 37, Brewerton. The program will begin at 10 a.m. and conclude at 4 p.m.
The annual Fulton City School District Art Show will have an opening reception featuring student artwork from all Fulton city schools on Friday, May 20, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at 167 S. Fourth St.
Last week, you talked about the dangers of cocoa bark mulch. But, what about other garden products? I am an avid gardener, but also a pet lover and I worry all the time that the “stuff” I use in my garden, even though I try to use mostly organic products and controls, might harm them. But they are always outside with me and roaming around and investigating every new smell and I just worry.
Oswego Health and Menter Ambulance Services have teamed up to provide senior safety seminars at local senior facilities. The senior safety program was recently held at locations in Oswego, Fulton and Hannibal including, St. Luke’s Apartments, Simeon Dewitt Apartments, Towpath Towers, and Meadowbrook Manor.
Any residents of Oswego that would like to make their food dollars go farther may order June Food $en$e packages until 3 p.m. on June 10. All Oswego area residents may use the program.
In November of 2009, Helen Buchel and her daughter, Brittany Passalacqua, a 12-year-old girl, were brutally murdered in Geneva, NY. Helen and Brittany were killed by John Edward Brown, a violent felon whose criminal history included a conviction for assaulting his infant daughter in 2003. According to Helen’s mother, Dale Driscoll, Helen was unaware of Brown’s violent past when she became involved with him.
State Senator Patty Ritchie honored 36 local veterans from the central and northern NY area at the annual “Veterans’ Hall of Fame” ceremony held this year at the Edick-Hamlink VFW Post 369 in Mexico on Thursday (May 12.) Of the 36 local heroes, Fulton Common Councilman representing the Sixth Ward, Lawrence Macner was one of many nominations ultimately chosen to receive the distinction of being inducted to the NYS Senate “Veterans Hall of Fame.” Macner was in good company alongside 12 other Oswego County nominees including Thomas R. Bradway, Clark B. Francis, Father Moritz Fuchs, Donald Mark Grant Sr., Edward F. Kelley Jr., Richard J. Kemmis, Theodore LeClair, Frank L. Manchester, Nicholas Wilson Mansfield, Harold “Hap” Petrie, Dr. Allen Rosenberg and Duane R. Smith.
Betty Jane (Stoutenger) Giuffrida, 89, of Ira, passed away on Sunday May 15, 2016, at home surrounded by her family.
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