Newborns
Brooklyn Russell
Brooklyn Russell was born in Oswego Hospital on April 3, 2017, at 1:46 p.m.
Month: April 2017
Today's Weather
Weather Notebook For April 6, 2017
Cloudy and windy with rain heavy at times today. High near 50.
Oswego Daily News
Oswego County Health Department Celebrates Public Health Week – Environmental Health Division
We all may have wondered at one time or another, how clean is the kitchen at my favorite restaurant?
However, few of us may know that the guardians who protect the community from potential environmental health risks on a daily basis are the well-trained environmental health team members of the Environmental Health Division of the County Health Department.
Oswego Daily News
Burke’s Support Helps Build CMOO’s Town Square
The Children’s Museum of Oswego is pleased to announce that it has received a major gift from Burke’s Do It Best Home Centers for the Build, Play, Grow Campaign. The gift will be used to create a hardware store exhibit as part of the museum’s plans for a 1,500 square foot “town square” area. The child-sized Burke’s hardware store will feature opportunities for children to utilize tools and various home building materials as well as learn about how plumbing and electrical systems work in our homes.
Community
Health Department Announces Clinic Services for Week of April 10
The Oswego County Health Department offers a variety of services to all residents of Oswego County, including preventive health services, certified hospice, and a maternal and child health program.
Community
Wellhouse Ministries Highlighted at Rotary
Oswego Rotary had the pleasure of hosting Kateri Spinella, Celestina Spinella and Dawn Sawyer from Anthony House at this week’s meeting. They represent Wellhouse Ministries Inc., founded in 2015 as a not-for-profit, charitable organization to help meet the needs of the terminally ill, their families and loved ones living in Oswego County.
Community
Civil War Re-Enactor To Visit Hannibal Historical Society
The Hannibal Historical Society will host Marilyn Dirk, a Civil War re-enactor for 14 years, who will portray Belle Boyd, the famous Southern Spy, also known as “The Cleopatra of the South,” on April 24 at 7 p.m. at the Hannibal Community Center on Oswego Street in Hannibal.
Community
Grant Supports Student Experiences With Rice Creek Collection
A state-administered grant program recently boosted its longtime support of SUNY Oswego’s Rice Creek Field Station to $175,000 over five years — a $10,000-a-year bump that has enabled hiring of student curators for animal collections and much more.
Oswego Daily News
Habitat for Humanity Chapters Recognize Need, Encourage Volunteerism
Twelve years ago, Debbie Anderson sat around her kitchen table and started to think about how to change the Habitat for Humanity chapter of Oswego. Habitat for Humanity, a worldwide non-profit organization was founded in 1976 outside of Americus, Georgia, according to habitat.org. Millard and Linda Fuller, the eventual creators of the company, coined the term “partnership housing,” determined to provide affordable and decent homes for those in need. Like the Fuller family, Anderson, president of the Habitat for Humanity chapter of Oswego, was innovative in her efforts to impact her surrounding community.
Sports
Modified Super DIRTcar Series Championship Chase Starts At Fulton Speedway April 29
Calendars have been circled for months by both fans and race teams ready to kick off the 2017 Modified Super DIRTcar Series in the Northeast. Saturday, April 29 the Fulton Speedway will host the stars in their 800 horsepower, ground pounding, Big Block Modifieds as they will do battle in the “Highbank Holdup” 100. Also on the race card will be the first track point race for the SUNY Canton DIRTcar Sportsman and Billy Whittaker Cars & Trux RUSH Late Models.