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Community

Oswego Industries Inc Receives Donated Display Unit

 Oswego Industries, Inc. recently received a donation of a three-door, refrigerated soda display unit from Tom Rookey of Sackets Harbor. The display unit is being used in the nonprofit’s “Fun Rock Cafe,” which is both a cafeteria for staff and program participants and a job training program for adults with disabilities.

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Oswego Daily News

Scozzafava: Litmus Test Doesn’t Account For Regional Differences

<p>Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava</p>Dede Scozzafava says she’d do pretty well on a proposed “purity test” for future Republican candidates.

Scozzafava, the Republican Assemblywoman who dropped out of the race for Congress days before the election and endorsed Democrat Bill Owens, appeared on CBS’s Face The Nation (video below) Sunday to debate the idea.

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Oswego Daily News

U.S. News Picks Oswego for Value Among Well-regarded Public Schools

<p>The quad at SUNY Oswego. Photo courtesy of SUNY Oswego.</p>U.S. News & World Report has listed SUNY Oswego — and four other SUNY campuses — on a list of just 30 well-regarded colleges nationally that offer small classes without high prices.

“Attending a big, affordable public university doesn’t doom a student to huge lecture halls. U.S. News has found dozens of lower-priced colleges in which at least half of all classes have fewer than 20 students,” the magazine’s Kim Clark wrote Nov. 24.

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Arts and Entertainment

West Baptist Church Holds Advent Concert

The concert will start with a Thanksgiving piece followed by the Advent chorale “Wachet Auf” and then moving to such holiday favorites as “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” and “Silent Night.” The concert will feature the brass ensemble separately and together and is an excellent way to spend the first Sunday of Advent.

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Community

New Law Cracks Down on DWI Offenders

New York recently took another important step toward tougher penalties for DWI offenders. Leandra’s Law was signed by the Governor last week. Leandra’s Law makes driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol with a child a felony. The law also makes New York one of a dozen states to require all convicted drunken drivers use an ignition interlock device, which prevents them from driving their car if they are drunk.

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Sports

Fastrak Racing Series To Sanction New Crate Late Model Class At Both Brewerton And Fulton Speedway’s In 2010

The Fastrak Racing Series will sanction the new Crate Late Model Class at both Brewerton Speedway and Fulton Speedway for the 2010 race season in an announcement made at the recent National Parts Peddler Auction and Trade Show at the New York State Fairgrounds.

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