Community
OHS Softball Club BBQ Planned
It will be held on September 18 at Gibby’s Pub on Lake Street in Oswego. The menu includes Gibby’s famous chicken, along with baked beams, salt potatoes, a roll, and dessert.
Month: September 2016
Community
Polish Fest Set September 17
The CNY Allstar Polka Band will perform live at the 11th Annual Fulton Polish Fest on September 17 at the Fulton Polish Home, 153 W. First St. S., Fulton. Admission is free and the band will be on stage from 3 to 7 p.m. playing all your Polka favorites.
Community
Groups Plan Youth Forum Oct. 24
The Oswego City-County Youth Bureau will present the 2016 Youth Forum beginning at 9 a.m. Oct. 24 at Elim Grace Church, 340 W. First St., Oswego. The forum provides an opportunity for residents to learn about services available to youth in the Oswego County community.
Community
Fulbright Canada Awards Oswego’s Kevin White Visiting Research Chair
Fulbright Canada, part of the prestigious global Fulbright program, has awarded Kevin White of SUNY Oswego’s anthropology faculty a spring 2017 visiting research chair in trans-border studies at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario. In addition to teaching classes in his areas of expertise, White said he plans to conduct research at the Six Nations of the Grand River, a reserve in Oshweken, Ontario, near Brantford.
Community
Emergency Management Office Urges Families, Others To Create A Plan
“Don’t Wait. Communicate. Make Your Emergency Plan Today.” That’s this year’s theme for “September is National Preparedness Month,” coordinated by the federal Department of Homeland Security and Ready.gov.
Community
OCO Honors Staff For Service
Oswego County Opportunities recently recognized several resident counselors with OCO Developmentally Disabled Services with longevity awards for five years of loyal service to OCO and its consumers.
Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay
Suicide Prevention Work Aims to Save Lives
This month, community residents and organizations are working to raise awareness about suicide, to educate people about the signs and symptoms, and encourage people to reach out before it’s too late. Many of us have been personally affected by suicide and know a close family member or friend that has been lost to suicide. The stories are heartbreaking and often loved ones are left feeling confused, guilty, angry, hurt and deeply saddened by the loss.
Today's Weather
Weather Notebook For September 12, 2016
Clear and pleasant today. High in the mid 70s.
Community
Author, Speaker Tim Wise To Discuss Racism, Inequality
Tim Wise, billed as one of the country’s leading anti-racism activists and writers, will speak at SUNY Oswego at 5 p.m. Sept. 27, in Marano Campus Center auditorium.
Community
APW Students Design Their Own Video Game
Several students at Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Elementary School participated in a STEM Project-based enrichment class over the summer that presented them with challenges such as designing and engineering their own video games.