Community
Holmes and Watson At Farmers Market Thursday
Thursday at 5:30 p.m. during the farmers’ market in Oswego, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson will be on location in full costume and in full character.
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Community
Four Seasons Quilters Donate to ARC Gala
This quilt, which features panels made from each member’s “private stash†and an oak leaf stitch pattern, will be just one of the items available at silent auction at the 5th Annual ARC of Oswego County Gala fundraiser.
Community
Emergency Radio Group Names Operations Officer
The Oswego County Emergency Communicators/Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) membership recently welcomed the promotion of Ed Proto, amateur call AF2N, to the position of Alternate Radio Officer – Operations.
Sports
Oswego State Mens Club Hockey News
The past two alumni games have been decided by identical 7-7 scores, and although that wasn’t the case this year as the club team defeated the alumni by several goals, the alumni enjoyed coming back and playing again in the Campus Center Rink.
Arts and Entertainment
Fear, Attraction Fuel Classic Battle of Good vs. Evil in ‘Dracula’
The SUNY Oswego theatre department’s Oct. 14 to 17 presentation of “Dracula” will tap into the primal fear and attraction of the unknown that has fanned the popularity of vampire plays, movies and books, new and old.
Health
Upstate New York Breast Cancer Facts and Mammography Screening Rates Highlight a New Excellus BlueCross BlueShield Report
Breast cancer, the second leading cause of cancer death (behind lung cancer) among American women, claimed the lives of more than 14,000 New York state women from 2003 through 2007, and a total of 70,000 new cases were diagnosed statewide from 2002 through 2006, according to a report released today by Excellus BlueCross BlueShield.
Your Milestones
Married 44 Years Oct. 1
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Oswego Daily News
Dam Operator Promises Cooperation with Investigation into Fisherman’s Death
Brookfield Power says it will cooperate fully with an investigation into an incident on the Oswego River near its Varick Dam Tuesday. Some fishermen said that no alarms sounded when the dam began spilling water into the river, though Oswego Police now say the alarms did sound. Four fishermen had to be rescued from the river; one died.
UPDATE: Oswego Police name the victim and a second fisherman, who’s in the hospital.
Oswego Daily News
Palermo Woman is a Lottery Millionaire
A special education teaching assistant from Palermo is the state’s newest millionaire.
The 40 year old woman, whose name is not being released, will be introduced at a press event Thursday at the place where she bought the New York Poker scratch-off ticket that came up with two aces.
She’s described as a working mother of two.
She will be at the Big M in Mexico at 1:00 p.m. to receive the huge check for the cameras and the real check for her bank account.
Oswego Daily News
OHS Grad Maggie Ellis Receives Tremendous Opportunity – A Possibilities Scholarship
When Maggie Ellis accepted her Oswego High School diploma on the stage of the SUNY Oswego Campus Center it was the final step toward her acceptance of the Possibilities Scholarship. Through a unique partnership between the school district and SUNY Oswego, Ellis became the first OHS student to officially receive a Possibilities Scholarship.