Month: October 2017

Oswego Daily News

Leighton School Invites All Veterans To Veterans’ Day Celebration

October 31, 2017 Steve Yablonski

Calling all veterans! On Thursday, Nov 9, Leighton Elementary School will host a Veterans’ Day celebration. “We’ll hold an assembly at 9 a.m. in the gymnasium. We will have presentation/representation from each of the branches of military,” Jennifer Cahill, one of the organizers, told Oswego County Today. “Students will be singing the branches’ military anthems.” The students would like to invite all veterans in the community.

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Sports

Fulton Pop Warner Captures CNY Championship

October 31, 2017 Contributor

Fulton’s Junior Pee-Wee Pop Warner football team captured the CNY South title with a 28-7 victory over FM at Chittenango High School on October 29. The championship game was a rematch from the regular season where the Raiders outlasted the Hornets 24-20 at Recreation Park. Fulton finished the season with an 8-0 record en route to the organizations 9th CNY Championship.

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Oswego Daily News

Mayor Barlow Appoints Danielle Hayden Chair of Tourism Committee

October 31, 2017 Contributor

Oswego Mayor Billy Barlow announced today (Oct. 31) he has appointed Danielle Hayden as the new chair to the Promotion and Tourism Advisory Board. “I’m pleased to place Danielle in the position of chairwoman for the city of Oswego’s Promotion and Tourism Advisory Board, as I believe she has the credentials and proper perspective to bring news ideas and a different approach on how we can best promote our wonderful community,” said Mayor Barlow.

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Pictured is an aerial view of a new courtyard area, one of two at St. Francis Commons Assisted Living Residence in Oswego. St. Francis Commons is putting the final additions on its “My Backyard” project.
Community

‘My Backyard’ at St. Francis Commons Offers Safe Access To Outdoors, All the Health Benefits That Can Follow

October 31, 2017 Submitted article

St. Francis Commons Assisted Living Residence in Oswego is putting the final additions on a project that has added physical improvements to the residence and uses new technologies to enhance the Memory Care at St. Francis program. The memory care program serves residents with early to mid-stages of a dementia-related illness like Alzheimer’s disease.

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Fourth Street School Principal Erin Simmons hands out candy during a recent indoors trick-or-treating event within the Fulton Education Center.
Community

Annual Event Brings Sweet Treats To Fourth Street School

October 31, 2017 Submitted article

Students in the Stepping Stones Day Program at the Fourth Street School in Fulton got an early start trick-or-treating. The younger students of the program went door-to-door inside the Fulton Education Center seeking sweet treats from staff members and Fulton City School District administrators.

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Members of the Mexico High School Students Against Destructive Decisions Club celebrate National Red Ribbon Week to offer support for classmates to help prevent destructive decisions.
Community

Red Ribbon Week Celebrated At Mexico High School

October 31, 2017 Submitted article

Mexico High School’s Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) club celebrated National Red Ribbon Week by offering prevention advice on a variety of topics to their peers. Throughout the week, SADD club members focused on awareness of distracted driving, drugs, bullying, alcohol and suicide.

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Community

OHS Drama Club To Stage ‘Sweeney Todd’

October 31, 2017 Submitted article

The Oswego High School Drama Club has announced the upcoming production of Stephen Sondheim’s iconic musical “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.” The macabre and murderous Sweeney Todd, a Londontown barber with a penchant for pastry, has been frightening and delighting audiences for decades in this rollicking tale of revenge.

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