Blessings in a Backpack in Oswego continues its work feeding 250 children in Oswego’s five elementary schools over weekends and school breaks thanks in part to an $8,000 grant for 2018 from the Richard S. Shineman Foundation.
Lilo and Stitch are sister and brother. They love each other so much, they have made a formal request to be adopted together! Stitch is a gorgeous all-black kitten who is as playful and rambunctious as can be. Lilo is a curious, black and white cow-spotted beauty.
Students on the Dean’s Honor List have achieved a 3.75 GPA for the semester while carrying a minimum of 12 credit hours.
The Oswego Eagles Fan Club, a volunteer non-profit organization formed in 1974 with the purpose of supporting Oswego Speedway’s Supermodified and SBS teams, officially relaunched for the 2018 season on February 3 during the Eagles Fan Club ‘Relaunch Party’ at Lighthouse Lanes in Oswego.
As chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, I take great pride in the work the committee does each year to support and strengthen New York’s family farms. In 2017, my colleagues and I continued to made great strides towards these goals, securing record state funding for key programs, increasing our efforts to make locally-grown foods more readily available for consumers, helping promote New York’s booming, farm-based craft beverage industry and continuing to encourage young people to pursue careers in farming.
At Monday night’s Administrative Services Committee meeting, Mayor Billy Barlow requested consideration by the Common Council in approving the Office of Economic Development to prepare and submit a grant application for $500,000 to the New York State Affordable Housing Corporation for the Oswego Home Improvement Program. This program will provide financial assistance to existing owner-occupied one- to four-unit family homes, the mayor explained.
One year after the FitzPatrick Nuclear Generating Facility’s announced shut down date, the station is an economic engine driving significant investment with local and diverse businesses. The investments at FitzPatrick are part of Exelon Generation’s commitment to supplier diversity, providing access to greater opportunities for minority, women and veteran-owned suppliers and boosting economic growth in local communities.
Barbara A. Blanchard, 74, of Hannibal, passed away on Friday, February 2, 2018, after a hard fought battle with colon cancer, with her wonderful family with her all the way.
On March 3 from 1 – 5 p.m., Penfield Library will team up with the Zonta Club of Oswego, Novelis and the Central Square School District for Maker Madness, a celebration of International Women’s Day filled with lots of STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Art Math) fun.
It will be a free family-friendly event open to everyone, but with a focus on empowering girls and young women to explore their world and create a future.
The Oswego High School Music Department’s upcoming production of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” opening this week, ranks among the most ambitious undertakings in the history of Buccaneer theatre. With a mammoth set depicting three stories of vignettes within the macabre atmosphere of Victorian London and a cast exceeding 60 members, “Sweeney Todd” will take the stage on Feb. 9 and 10.
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