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Port City Roller Derby Bout Scheduled

Port City Roller Derby will host an intraleague bout on July 8 starting at 6 p.m. at Crisafulli Ice Rink, 32 Fort Ontario Road. Port City Roller Derby is Oswego’s only women’s flat track roller derby team. We are fun-loving and hard-hitting and want you to come see us in action. Our bout theme is “The Fight before Christmas (in July)” with a portion of the bouts proceeds going to Toys for Tots.

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A bygone image of Snug Harbor
Sandra Scott Travels

Sandra Scott Travels: Enjoy A Visit To ‘The Other New York City’

One of the most interesting places John and I visited on Staten Island was Snug Harbor Cultural Center. It was a one-stop see-a-lot place. It is a Smithsonian affiliate that was started in 1801 by Robert Richard Randall as a sanctuary for aged sailors and grew to have 50 structures and nearly a 1000 residents from every corner of the world. Snug Harbor was a self-sustaining community with a dairy, chapel, hospital and music hall and by the 20th century the richest charitable institution in the United States.

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