Month: December 2016

Students at Lura M. Sharp Elementary School in the Pulaski Academy & Central School District recently showcased their holiday spirit and singing abilities.

Gold, Silver Star Winners Earn Recognition at Dillon Middle School

Academic excellence was in the spotlight at Emerson J. Dillon Middle School during the first quarter, as hundreds of students earned exceptional grade point averages.

Snowshoe Programs Resume at Amboy 4-H Environmental Education Center

Amboy 4-H Environmental Education Center will resume its Woodland Snowshoe Wanders programs in the new year, on Sundays, January 8, 15, 22, and 29 at 2 p.m.

Phoenix Musicians Perform Annual Tuba Christmas Concert

The holiday-inspired event featured more than 80 tuba players, ages 7-70, who performed in concert to usher in the Christmas season.

December 19, 2016 Steve Yablonski

Kevin Gardner, chair of the legislature, left, recognizes Shawn Doyle for the work he did all year on the county's 200th birthday.

Oswego County Wraps Up An Historical Year

As Oswego County’s bicentennial year winds to a close, Legislator Shawn Doyle recapped some of the events of the past 12 months. It was 200 years ago, this spring that Oswego County was formed. At the start of 2016, Kevin Gardner, chair of the legislature, set up a committee regarding the county’s bicentennial year observance. “For the longest time, it wasn’t really a big priority,” Doyle, committee chair, said. “We were facing some tough choices last January. Our nuclear plants were in jeopardy, one ready to close. This was the last thing on our minds, how we’d get through a bicentennial.”

Lydia C. (Cole) Parsons

Lydia C. (Cole) Parsons, a life resident of Fulton, died on Thursday December 15, 2016, at her “winter home” in Palmetto, Florida, peacefully and with her family by her side.

Phoenix Marching Band Takes Home New York State Title

After graduating a large senior class in 2016, the Phoenix Central School District’s marching band entered the season in rebuilding mode, and the end result exceeded all expectations. The Firebirds, in the final show at the Carrier Dome in late October, nailed the performance with its best show of the season.

New Oswego County Budget Holds the Line on Property Taxes

On Dec. 15 the Oswego County Legislature unanimously adopted a 2017 county budget with a zero percent tax increase. County Legislature Chairman Kevin Gardner (District 13, New Haven) praised the efforts of legislators on both sides of the aisle to come to consensus on the spending plan.

DSS Hosts Jan. 4 Orientation Meeting for Future Foster and Adoptive Parents

The Oswego County Department of Social Services will host an informational meeting from 9 to 11 a.m., Jan. 4, at the DSS office, 100 Spring St., Mexico, for people who are interested in becoming foster or adoptive parents.

Cruisin’ The Campus To Provide Family-Friendly Activities at SUNY Oswego

Wintertime fun takes on a wide variety of entertaining, recreational and educational forms as SUNY Oswego President Deborah F. Stanley invites the greater Oswego County community to the latest Cruisin’ the Campus, a series of family activities and events in late December and the first three weeks of January.