Oswego County TodayJuly 2018FREE Independent News for Oswego County

Pet Of The Week – Wendy

July 9, 2018 Contributor

Wendy Darling is the sweet and loving caretaker of her litter, with remarkable tortoiseshell coloring throughout her soft fur. She certainly has a soft spot in her heart for all orphaned creatures and tends to mother her siblings with much love and attention. She will be available for adoption starting July 20.

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Free Lead Testing Available through NYS Health Department

July 9, 2018 Contributor

Residents who would like to have their drinking water tested for lead are encouraged to sign up for free testing through the New York State Department of Health. The program is available free of charge to all residents, whether they are served by a private well or public water system.

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A Kaleidoscope Of Color

July 9, 2018 Contributor

The Oswego Fair Housing Council recently announced the winners of its annual coloring contest during an awards ceremony. The annual competition celebrates the Fair Housing Act of 1968, marking its 50th anniversary this year.

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Oswego CountryMax Now Open

July 9, 2018 Contributor

CountryMax announces the opening of its new superstore located at 276 State Route 104, making the Oswego location the 16th store operated by the local, Western New York family-owned business.

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Free Community Dinner Set At Minetto United Methodist Church

July 9, 2018 Contributor

The Minetto United Methodist Church will host a free dinner on July 22, serving from 4 to 6 p.m. The menu, subject to change, will be hot dogs, hamburgers, salads, chips, and dessert.

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Students of SUNY Oswego's Yulia Artemenko (second from right), a biological sciences faculty member, assist in a Shineman Center biology lab with a project -- partially funded by a nearly $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation -- to study what triggers cells to migrate and to attach to a surface. From left are biology majors Bianca Fernandez and Jake Marcucci, both seniors, and junior Allison Hearn.

NSF Grant Supports Oswego Professor’s, Undergraduates’ Study Of Cell Movement

July 9, 2018 Contributor

Thanks to a nearly $300,000 National Science Foundation grant, undergraduate researchers, starting this summer, are working with Dr. Yulia Artemenko of SUNY Oswego’s biological sciences faculty to investigate how single cells determine where to move, which could have implications for why cancer cells metastasize — migrate away from a primary tumor.

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Oswego County Reminds Residents to Guard against Mosquito Bites

July 8, 2018 Steve Yablonski

“Our mosquito surveillance team is monitoring virus activities in the area again this summer,” said Oswego County Public Health Director Jiancheng Huang. “Viral infections carried by mosquitoes, such as EEE and West Nile, can cause serious illness including severe headache, high fever, disorientation, seizures, brain swelling or, in some cases, death,”

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Billy Whittaker, Tracey Road Equipment DIRTcar 358 Modified feature winner

Billy Whittaker Overcomes Adversity To Win Fulton Speedway Modified Feature

July 8, 2018 Contributor

From the moment Billy Whittaker hit the speedway for hot laps he knew it was going to be a long race night. All night long he battled fuel pump problems and related he thought come feature time he might make it 3 laps and would have to pull into the pits.

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Douglas H. DeGroff, 60

July 8, 2018 Contributor

Douglas H. DeGroff, 60, a former resident of Oswego, passed away on Wednesday June 27, 2018, at his home in Syracuse.

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Wyatt Demitri Montalban

July 8, 2018 Contributor

Wyatt Demitri Montalban was born in Oswego Hospital on July 6, 2018, at 7:18 p.m.

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