Jim Farfaglia of Fulton shared his experiences collaborating on books about local topics in Fulton at a recent meeting of the Fulton Rotary Club. Farfaglia and retired Fulton Library director Betty Maute started the Fulton Memoir Project, through which Fultonians attended writing workshops to refine their stories.
The Zonta Club of Oswego will provide the next Oswego County Salvation Army Guest Chef Dinner on September 12 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. They will be serving roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, dressing, corn, and tossed salad.
The thirteenth consecutive season of the popular Novelis ‘Fan Can Chase’ at Oswego Speedway is now in the books and it was yet another successful endeavor, with more than 116,000 cans being collected through three events, pushing the all-time can count to nearly 1.4 million.
Emma Joyce Purtell was born in Oswego Hospital on August 23, 2017, at 3:09 a.m.
Staying cool with a mix of clouds and sun today. High near 70.
The Pulaski Historical Society will hold the next in this year’s series of Brown Bag Lunches on Sept. 13 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The meeting is free and open to the public. For the September Brown Bag Lunch, the topic is: “What Does PROP (Preservation and Revitalization Of Pulaski) Do?”
Elizabeth and Evangeline Canfield, both SUNY Oswego music faculty members and Oswego Youth Conservatory teachers, have added group piano classes this fall for the very young and the young at heart. Emphasizing fun and familiarity, the Canfields are offering lessons for children ages 4 to 6. Adults can tap their inner musician, too, with a new series of classes.
Special guests, District 7150 District Governor Phyllis Danks and Assistant Governor Jenny Doane, attended this week’s Oswego Rotary Club meeting.
SUNY Oswego recently learned it will receive the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) 2017 Excellence and Innovation Award in International Education, a national honor that cites the college for its efforts to embed study abroad in the curriculum and to make study-travel opportunities more accessible to under-represented students.
It was 60 years ago on Aug. 18 that three workers lost their lives during one of the final phases of the construction of Oswego’s water intake tunnel. A fourth man, one of the dozens of volunteers who mounted a rescue attempt, also died after being overcome by gas fumes in the tunnel. Rescue attempts were slowed because volunteers had to wade through thigh-high water for the first 1,000 feet or so of the tunnel.
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