The Fulton Wrestling Club assisted Catholic Charities of Oswego County in rounding up 438 boxes of old records for shredding. “These heavy boxes were tucked away in the attic and in various storage areas throughout our building,” said Mary-Margaret Pezzela-Pekow, executive director.
Evelyn R. Umstead Perry, 93, of Phoenix, NY, passed away on Friday February 24, 2017, at Michaud Residential Health Services, Fulton.
The top-seeded Oswego State men’s basketball team survived an overtime thriller 84-83 against No. 5 Buffalo State in Max Ziel Gymnasium on Friday night. Oswego advances to the title game for the third-straight year and will face No. 3 Oneonta.
It is very easy to get into a rut even on vacations: walk the beach, have breakfast, swim and lounge on the beach, walk the beach again, get ready to watch sunset with an adult libation, have dinner and go to bed. We had checked on some other hotels just to see what some of the options were but had not toured the Phu Quoc. The scheduled tours were all-day group tours and included things we were not interested in doing, so we decided to hire a car and driver for four hours. First we went to the Pearl Farm, well not really a farm.
U.S. Rep. John Katko was today (Feb. 24) named to the House Homeland Security Committee’s bipartisan Task Force on Denying Terrorists Entry into the United States. Katko, who last Congress chaired the Committee’s Task Force on Combating Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel, today applauded Chairman McCaul for continuing to focus the Committee’s efforts on preventing terrorists from gaining access to our country.
We told you that on February 3, the United States Department of Agriculture suddenly removed all inspection reports and other information from its website about the treatment of animals at federally licensed research laboratories, zoos, dog breeding operations (puppy mills) and other facilities. We urged you to complain vociferously about this unprecedented retreat from government transparency. On February 18, the USDA reposted some of the records.
The Oswego City School District will be accepting petitions for Board of Education Members for the 2017-18 school budget vote and board member election on May 16. The district will be filling three three-year seats on the board of education during the May election.
The SLA conducted an underage-drinking sting operation visiting 10 different businesses, including drug stores, convenience stores, liquor stores and grocery stores. In total, undercover decoys working under the direct supervision of SLA Beverage Control Investigators were able to purchase alcohol at one of the ten businesses visited, with nine licensees refusing to sell to the minors.
The Oswego State Department of Intercollegiate Athletics is excited to announce the hiring of Dan Kane as its head men’s soccer coach. Kane comes to Oswego after pioneering the men’s soccer program at Wells College over the past eight seasons.
Emily Renne, a native of Cleveland, graduated Cum Laude from Ithaca College’s School of Communications with a degree in Integrated Marketing Communications. The degree was awarded in December 2016.
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