As part of the district’s ongoing emphasis on student literacy, the class brought reading together with technology, as students created movie trailers for a book they recently read.
The second victim of the fire has now been positively identified by the Onondaga County Medical Examiner’s Office as 50-year-old Verna Nicholas of 150 Crim Road. The cause appears to be an electrical event that occurred near the doorway of the bedroom which prevented the couple from exiting the home.
I have been reading about the rescue by the Oswego county Humane Society and Friends of Homeless Animals of the 16 cats that had been trapped in a house with a collapsed roof up in the town of Boylston. I sure do appreciate their efforts and I would be very interested in adopting one of them, but I read that almost half of them are 12 or 13 years old. Gulp. Isn’t it risky to adopt a cat that old?
Dinners include homemade meatballs, spaghetti (gluten free available), homemade spaghetti sauce or vegetarian sauce, salad, bread, drinks and dessert.
The Oswego County Legislature’s Infrastructure, Facilities, and Technology Committee presented Shirley Rossi with a certificate of appreciation for her 25 years of service.
State Senator Patty Ritchie met recently in Albany with SUNY Oswego President Deborah Stanley to discuss improving educational opportunities for students and plans for helping the college grow.
SUNY Oswego’s new Early Action Program has helped jump-start the college’s recruitment for the Class of 2021, providing a significant initial boost to applications, allaying anxiety about acceptance for 2,100 high school seniors, and prompting scores of those prospective students to reserve their places for the fall by early February.
Councilors took a step toward having paperless meetings Tuesday night. Councilor Robert Corradino requested authorization for Mayor Billy Barlow to enter into an agreement with NovusAgenda for the purchase of its paperless agenda software. The Administrative Services Committee gave a favorable recommendation.
If you are curious about how sap from a tree gets made into delicious maple syrup and other sweet treats, I encourage you to visit one of our local sugar houses in Central and Northern New York, which will be opening their doors for “Maple Weekend” on March 18 and 19 and again March 25 and 26.
Frank Castiglia would have the good people, who read his letters to the editor, believe that he has once again, and single-handedly, uncovered corruption and deceit within county government. Specifically, in his remarks dated February 13, 2017, that I recently read online at OswegoCountyToday.com. I would like to concentrate on the main point that Frank seems to be trying to make; whereby he has done a good job of creating “Fake News” himself, by insinuating an underhanded or shady deal is afoot.
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