Community
Pet of the Week – Fritz
Fritz, a Maltese Yorkie mix, spent his first seven years as a breeding dog in a ramshackle back yard breeding operation. He was crated much of the time and literally NEVER went outdoors.
Month: August 2016
Today's Weather
Weather Notebook For August 8, 2016
Mostly sunny and warm today. High near 85.
Community
Camp Hollis Hosts County Legislators
Campers and counselors at Camp Hollis welcomed members of the Oswego County Legislature to enjoy a hearty lunch at the lakeside campus.
Community
Volunteers Needed to Help Remove Vegetation from Walls of Fort Ontario
Oswego AmeriCorps member Norman Berlin III is working on a project this summer to preserve the stone walls of Fort Ontario State Historic Site by using non-toxic sprays to eliminate weeds and grass that are damaging the fort’s walls. Volunteers will spray weeds and grass with white cider vinegar, dish soap, and Epsom salts.
Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay
New Clean Energy Standard Protects Upstate Jobs, Protects Environment
Last week, Central New York received great news when, at its meeting in Albany, the state Public Service Commission adopted a plan to help Upstate New York’s struggling nuclear power plants. As most people in Oswego County know, our nuclear power plants (FitzPatrick and Nine Mile Units 1 and 2) have been struggling economically because of low natural gas prices.
Community
AmeriCorps Members Assist At Camp Zerbe
Members of the Oswego County AmeriCorps program provide services for families and their children at many different sites throughout the county.
Community
CNY Arts Center Celebrates All That Jazz
CNY Arts Center joins Jazz Fest weekend with the fifth annual Arts Fest offering multiple art experiences around Fulton, August 12-14 including a Fun Walk around the city bridges to support the Arts along with arts and crafts vendors and theatre performances of Pollyanna at night.
Community
Area Students To Attend SUNY Oswego
More than 1,400 students have reserved places as freshmen at SUNY Oswego. Fall 2016 classes will begin Aug. 29.
Community
Physicians Presented With Certificate Of Excellence
The Oswego County Health Department recently presented Oswego Family Physicians, P.C. with a certificate of excellence for having a vaccination rate of 93 percent for its 19- to 35-month-old age group.
Community
Hawthorne named to Union College Dean’s List
To be named to the Dean’s List, Union students must have a grade point average of 3.5 for the entire year and meet certain other requirements.