Month: June 2019

The Oswego County Historical Society is planning a “Day Away” bus trip tour of historic sites in Seneca Falls on July 10. It will start in Oswego at 8 a.m. at Fort Ontario State Historic Site parking lot at 1 E. Fourth St.

Downstate Hunting Ban Bill Infringes on Upstate

Members of the Assembly Majority have proposed a bill that would, once again, place restrictions on hunters and sportsmen across New York. The bill, A.722a, would ban hunting contests, competitions, tournaments or derbies in the state.

Oswego School Board To Meet

The Oswego City School District Board of Education will hold a regular board meeting on June 4.

Oswego Health’s Center For Wound Healing Participates in Healogics Wound Care Awareness Week

The Center for Wound Healing at Oswego Health, a member of the Healogics network, is helping raise awareness of chronic wounds during the sixth annual Wound Care Awareness Week, being held from June 3 to 7.

Work Continues at County Legislative Office Building

Starting Monday June 3, access to the Oswego County Legislative Office Building at 46 E. Bridge St. will be temporarily changed due to construction activities.

Retired Teachers Award Scholarships

The Oswego County Retired Teachers Association recently awarded $500 scholarships to four Oswego County students that will be entering the field of education this fall.

Zumba Gold To Be Offered at Senior Camp

Zumba Gold is one of many fun opportunities offered during Senior Camp Retreat Day, June 10 at Camp Hollis in Oswego Town.

Oswego Dean Co-Edits Noted Communication Textbook For Graduate Students

Kristen C. Eichhorn, dean of graduate studies at SUNY Oswego, recently co-edited the third edition of a respected textbook, Routledge’s “An Integrated Approach to Communication Theory and Research,” and now is poised to take over as lead editor for the fourth edition.

Porky and Buddy Pet Health – Legislation – Make Your Voice Count

I am signed up for all the animal advocacy email alerts I can find, and I am frequently asked to sign an online petition about state or federal legislation involving animals. I always do. But I always wonder whether anyone pays the slightest bit of attention to those petitions.

News

Head-On Crash Claims Life

On Saturday, members of the Oswego County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a two-vehicle motor vehicle accident on County Route 17, north of Vida Drive in the town of Williamstown. One driver was killed, the other hospitalized. The investigation in ongoing