Eighth grade students at Central Square Middle School are hard at work putting the district mission “to empower all students to excel as citizens in a changing world” into action as they finished up their Fall Job Shadowing Program.
The H. Lee White Maritime Museum at Oswego is pleased to host its annual Christmas at Sea Open House on December 11, from 1-4:30 p.m. Come and celebrate the holiday season in Oswego’s Historic Maritime District, located on the West First Street Pier.
SUNY Oswego’s student honors theater production “The Pillowman” will explore violence as a metaphor for power during its run in the Tyler Hall lab theater. Student director Kelci Schlierf’s adaptation of the 2003 play will feature a preview performance at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 29 and will have 7:30 p.m. curtains from Nov. 30 through Dec. 3.
The Child Advocacy Center of Oswego County has announced that the 6th Annual CAC Wing Fest will be held March 10, 2017.
Hosted by the Lake Ontario Event and Conference Center, East First Street in Oswego, the event will take place from 6 to 10 p.m. with wings being served from 6 – 9 p.m.
Oswego County Legislature’s Finance and Personnel Committee commended Oswego County Human Resources Administrator Patty Familo on her recognition from the New York State Association of Personnel and Civil Service Officers.
The planetarium’s director, Dr. Scott Roby of the college’s physics department, will point out the bright stars and constellations visible in early winter evenings and give a light-hearted version of some of the mythological tales behind the constellations.
Sunny and mild today. High in the lower 60s.
Workers are busy putting the finishing touches on what will become the permanent home to the Safe Haven Museum and Education Center at Fort Ontario Park. The Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter in Oswego was the only site in the United States where holocaust survivors were provided a “safe haven” during World War II. Dr. Ruth Gruber’s legacy to Oswego.
Ruth Gruber, an American journalist who stumbled into one of the great rescue stories of the Holocaust when the U.S. government appointed her to escort nearly 1,000 Jews across U-boat infested waters to the shores of the United States, died Nov. 17 at her home in Manhattan. She was 105. Her son David Michaels, assistant secretary of labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, confirmed the death
Today (Nov. 17), in a 4-0 vote, the NY State Public Service Commission approved the sale of the FitzPatrick nuclear plant. In August, Entergy accepted an offer from Exelon Corp. to buy the facility for $110 million. Prior to this agreement, Entergy was preparing to shut down the FitzPatrick plant in January 2017. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission still need to approve the sale.
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