It had been since 2011 since the all-time points system for Oswego Speedway’s Supermodifieds had been updated, but that changed earlier this week and the new top five provided an interesting shift as well as a new all-time points leader for the first time since the mid-1990s.
Fifteen not-for-profit organizations received grant awards totaling $329,000 from the Richard S. Shineman Foundation in the last of three 2017 grant rounds at its November board meeting. All funded projects reach a wide range of people in Oswego County. As with previous grant rounds, the projects represent a diverse cross-section of community organizations in community revitalization, education, arts and culture, and human services.
The Oswego County Legislature’s Public Safety Committee presented Niesha Anderson with a certificate of appreciation for her 25 years of service.
Donations by 1974 SUNY Oswego alumnus David Cutler have brought a fund to support the college’s public justice program and student experiences to $1 million. The founder and executive director of the Arapahoe Community Treatment Center, a residential community corrections facility in Englewood, Colorado, Cutler established the excellence fund for public justice in 2004 to help educate
The pancake breakfast on Nov. 19, at Oswego’s Masonic hall, Lake City Lodge #127, will benefit Oswego’s Blessings in a Backpack program. Served from 8 a.m. to noon, the menu includes pancakes, French toast, eggs, hash browns, bacon, orange juice and coffee.
Rev. Chuck Forbes, pastor of the Minetto United Methodist Church announced that a Thanksgiving Eve Communion service will be held at the church on November 22 at 6:30 p.m.
The newest Citizen Soldiers to complete Army basic combat training and advanced individual training were welcomed to their units during a New York Army National Guard battle handoff ceremony.
At a recent Fulton Sunrise Rotary meeting, Rotarian Peggy Donnelly introduced Rob and Mary Beth Hill from Blessings in a Backpack. They are the driving force behind this project which helps to feed approximately 180 children attending Fulton’s elementary schools.
A crash this evening (Nov. 10) involving a gasoline tanker and a pickup truck has claimed the lives of two people. The accident happened on State Route 3 near Munger Hill Road in the Town of Mexico just before 6 p.m. Two passengers in the pickup were killed, deputies said.
I am constantly amazed at how many interesting things there are to see within an hour or so drive from my home; things I didn’t know about. Plus, there are things that I have heard about but never visited. Such is the case with Chimney Bluffs State Park in Wolcott. Actually, I only heard about it a couple years ago but only visited recently. The bluffs are eroded drumlins (teardrop-shaped hills) that were formed by glaciers and then shaped by wind, rain, snow and waves into what appear to be chimneys. They are constantly eroding and I wonder how much the recent strong waves and winds have changed them.
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