Oswego County TodayJune 2017FREE Independent News for Oswego County

Refueling Outages Delivered Big Win For Clean, Reliable Energy While Fueling Economy For Long-Term Benefit of NYS

June 5, 2017 Contributor

The three recently completed refueling and maintenance outages at Exelon Generation’s upstate New York nuclear energy facilities, R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, James A FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant and Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, are already demonstrating the value of the Clean Energy Standard and its zero-emissions credits first-hand. In total, the three refueling outages resulted in a combined investment of $310 million.

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Brent Wiggins is all smiles after agreeing to a business deal with “shark” Stephen Dunn as part of a project-based learning activity at Hannibal High School.

Hannibal Entrepreneurs Deliver Business Proposals

June 5, 2017 Submitted article

Hannibal High School students are exploring potential careers and gaining hands-on experience in collaboration with area businesses. The entrepreneurship class recently wrapped up a project-based learning effort that culminated in a business pitch to a panel of potential “investors.”

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Donna J. Marin, 62

June 5, 2017 Contributor

Donna J. Marin, 62, of Volney, passed away on Sunday, June 4, 2017, at University Hospital in Syracuse.

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Beverley Osborne O’Donnell

June 5, 2017 Contributor

Beverley Osborne O’Donnell passed away on June 15, 2016.

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Phoenix American Legion Hosts Chicken Barbeque

June 5, 2017 Contributor

The Phoenix American Legion Post 418 will host a chicken barbeque this Saturday, June 10. Serving from noon until gone, the dinners will be available for eat in or take out. Dinners will cost $9 each, $8.50 for seniors.

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Oswego Speedway Back in Action June 10 with Supermodified Twin 35s, Autograph Night

June 5, 2017 Contributor

Oswego Speedway returns to action this weekend with the always exciting, historic and action packed Novelis Supermodified Twin 35s presented by Burke’s Do-It-Best Home Centers and A&P Auto Parts along with the first driver autograph session of the season on June 10.

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3 Recent SUNY Oswego Graduates Earn Teaching Placements In France

June 5, 2017 Contributor

The Teaching Assistant Program in France selected 2017 alumna Serena Schaeber and 2016 graduates Zoe Behncke and Stacey Baran for the competitive French government program that offers paid teaching assistantships in schools. Their yearlong placements start this fall.

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Pet of the Week – Trouble

June 5, 2017 Steve Yablonski

We’ve featured Trouble before, but he still needs a home where he can romp around and get into, well . . . trouble . . . like any other exuberant and good-hearted teenager. He is a handsome young boy, lively, affectionate, and totally playful. He likes to head butt his foster mom while he purrs his little heart out. He loves the other cats where he lives and he really needs to go to a home that has other cats for him to play with.

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June 8-9 webinars on how crude oil moves through the Great Lakes region are available to the public.

June 8-9 Great Lakes Crude Oil Transport Webinars Open to Public

June 5, 2017 Submitted article

Crude oil travels through the Great Lakes Basin by rail, truck, and barge. On Thursday, June 8, at 1 p.m. and Friday, June 9, at 8 a.m., the public can listen in by webinar as the Great Lakes Sea Grant Network, Great Lakes Commission, International Joint Commission, and Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative host a symposium on crude oil transport. Webinar information is available at glslcrudeoiltransport.org

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Joseph Levesque

June 5, 2017 Contributor

Joseph Levesque was born in Oswego Hospital on June 1, 2017, at 11:21 a.m.

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