Obituaries
Arletha May Foster, 83
Arletha May Foster, 83, formerly of Foster Ave., Oswego, passed away July 11, 2009 at Loretto Nursing Home.
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OMS Eighth Graders Enjoy Academic Success
The Oswego Middle School year-end awards assembly placed several students in the spotlight. This year, Principal Bonnie Finnerty and Assistant Principal Roseanne Bayne presented the Oswego Middle School Academic Excellence Awards to Mike Crisafulli, Sarah Mancuso, Dylan Lavner, Alyssa Ferreira, Mackenzie Palmer and Victoria Jaskula.
Community
Benefit For Tracey Mowry Hosted By Lake City Lodge
On Saturday, a benefit was hosted by Lake City Lodge #127 for Tracey Mowry. The event was held to help support her battle against lung cancer.
Community
O’Mara Tourist Center Welcomes Visitors Of All Ages
Well known for welcoming visitors to the city of Oswego, the O’Mara Tourist Center would like to open its doors to area youth who would like to experience some of the history that the center has to offer.
Fulton Daily News
Bullhead Point Concession Is Stand Empty Again, But There’s Interest In Reopening It
The concession stand at Bullhead Point is empty again.
Ace BBQ got out of its contract with the city of Fulton “a little early,” said Mayor Ron Woodward. He said the was having more success with its catering business than its retail business.
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Local Runners Compete At Utica’s Boilermaker
122 runners from Oswego County competed Sunday in one of the world’s top road races, the 15K Boilermaker Run in Utica. Central Square’s Jeremy West was the top local finisher, in 260th place out of more than 10,000 runners. That put him in the top 2.5% of all finishers. Click to see the full list of local finishers.
Oswego Daily News
Scene Around Town: Bike Ride Begins In Oswego
You might have seen a whole bunch of bike riders in Oswego on Sunday and wondered what was going on.
The riders were in Oswego to begin the annual “Ride For Runaways”, put on by Anchor House of Trenton, New Jersey. The agency’s website doesn’t explain why Oswego serves as the beginning of their rundraising ride, but we’re guessing it’s because Oswego to Trendon is about 500 miles. A nice, round number.
A rider named Tim Quinn shared these photos through the Twitter photo service Twitpic. The photo comes from this page. Learn more about the ride here.
Community
TOPS Members Step Up to International Recognition
Weight-loss experts say walking is great exercise for better health. More than 1,500 chapters of TOPS Club, Inc. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) took that seriously over the past year, “walking†a cumulative total of 10,247,056 miles in the name of good health.
Obituaries
Robert ‘Bert’ Stirling, 87, 07/10/2009
Robert “Bert†Stirling, 87, a resident of State Route 104 in the Town of Oswego, passed away Friday July 10, 2009, at Oswego Hospital.
Oswego Daily News
Oswego Police Announce Harborfest Parking Plan
The preparations for this year’s Harborfest celebration, which begins on July 23 and concludes on July 26 are well under way. The Oswego City Police Department’s main objectives for Harborfest this, and every, year are to ensure the quickest possible response of our emergency service personnel and to provide the best possible safety measures for the public during this event.