Foster Funeral Home
Christopher A. Janaro
Graveside services for Christopher A. Janaro, who passed away January 3, 2018, will be 10 a.m., Monday, May 14 at Mount Adnah Cemetery.
Month: May 2018
Sports
Several Laker Athletes Recognized
The State University of New York Athletic Conference has named seven members of the Oswego State women’s lacrosse squad to one of its three All-Conference teams. Teresa Shattuck, Brigid Regin, Danielle Walker and Angela Ponto were each named to the first team, Toni Laneve earned second team accolades while Riley Jaquin and Gemma O’Kane made the third team.
Oswego Daily News
Mayor Barlow Announces $525,000 Downtown Improvement Fund for Downtown Businesses
Mayor Billy Barlow announced today (May 8) the launch of the Oswego Downtown Improvement Fund, one of 12 projects from Governor Andrew Cuomo’s $10 Million Downtown Revitalization Initiative the city of Oswego captured in July of 2016.
Today's Weather
Weather Notebook For May 8, 2018
Mostly sunny and nice with scattered clouds today. High near 70.
Sports
Lighthouse Lanes SBS Series Kicks Off Season May 12 at Evans Mills Speedway
After a seven-month-long wait, the Lighthouse Lanes Small Block Supermodified Series kicks off the northeast SBS season with its 2018 lid lifter; the long-anticipated ‘May Meltdown’ 30-lapper May 12 at Evans Mills Speedway.
Community
Boni Reenlists for Continued Service in New York Army National Guard
Major General Anthony P. German, the Adjutant General, announces the recent reenlistment of members of the State National Guard in recognition of their continuing commitment to serve community, state and nation as part of the Army National Guard.
Community
Earth Day Celebrated
Members of the Oswego County Green Team and the Sunrise and Noon Rotary clubs of Fulton covered Bullhead Point for an Earth Day trash clean-up recently. The founder of the Green Team, Bob Green, picked up trash along Lake Neahtawanta on a recent spring morning.
Community
Porky and Buddy Pet Health – Exploring Australia’s Many Unique Animals
If you missed having a Porky and Buddy column last week, we are sorry. But, we have a good excuse. Guess where we are? Australia! Yup. It’s a field trip for us to learn all about Australia’s many unique animals. So far, we’ve seen kookaburra birds, fed kangaroos, held koalas (which are plump and sleepy, not much like a stuffed animal at all, but very cute), ducked to avoid a barn owl flying over our heads, heard tree frogs (which sound just like our peepers in Oswego), heard Sulphur Crested Cockatoos screeching in huge flocks, and saw Dingos in a sanctuary.
Community
Canal Events, Tours Generate $1.5 Billion in Annual Economic Impact
As the nation celebrates National Travel and Tourism Week May 6 – 12, a new study of the economic impact of events and tours in the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor calls attention to the power of tourism along New York State’s iconic canals.
Community
Butterfly Project Opens This Weekend
CNY Arts Center’s ambitious Butterfly Project, 15,000 Butterflies for 15,000 children, has surpassed its goal by nearly 3,000 and will launch the Butterfly exhibit with the opening of the play that prompted the project to begin with, I Never Saw another Butterfly. The play runs May 11-20 with Friday and Saturdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. at the Arts Center