Effective immediately, Mayor Thomas W. Gillen issued a Travel Advisory in the city of Oswego due to today’s (March 12) heavy snow accumulations and whiteout conditions in our immediate area. The “Travel Advisory” phrase means NO unnecessary travel on city streets, and NO parking on city streets between 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
A novel idea at Fairgrieve Elementary School has translated into reading success within the building, and students were recently rewarded for their efforts. At the beginning of the school year, Principal Jean Ciesla launched a reading challenge to all the students at Fairgrieve.
As students in the Phoenix Central School District are dealing with a relentless winter season, they learned how their peers in Texas were coping with below-average temperatures while interacting with one another during a recent Read Around the Planet videoconference.
Fairley Elementary School was invited by North Rose Elementary to participate in Inventive Minds, a voluntary program geared towards third and fourth grade students. Inventive Minds is a program designed to challenge students to create an invention that solves a problem, or makes life a bit easier.
Volney Elementary Principal Lisa Garofalo set a challenge for students at the last school spirit day assembly, read 2,500 books during Read Across America Week and she would sleep on the school roof and dye her hair purple.
Students in Barbara Mosny’s second grade class at Fairley Elementary School connected via distance learning with Dorothy Stinson School in Safford, Ariz., recently for Read Around the Planet. The videoconference was part of a distance learning initiative between Oswego County BOCES and the Hannibal CSD.
CENG’s Nine Mile Point Unit 2 automatically shut down at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Monday when a worker inadvertently contacted a highly sensitive plant component. All safety systems responded as designed and the plant went offline as expected, safely and without incident. The temporary shutdown does not present a risk to public health and safety and is not expected to impact electrical service to homes and businesses in the region.
A pep rally was held this morning at the cafeteria in Gordon Student Center, Onondaga Community College campus, at Onondaga Community College to honor and send off the women’s basketball team as it continue its pursuit of a national championship. The team includes three Oswego County athletes.
Oswego Mayor Thomas W. Gillen is pleased to announce the appointment of David J. Roman, Esq., as part-time Oswego City Court Judge, effective March 17. Roman, 63, a native of Rome, NY, received his juris doctor degree from Albany Law School, and a batchelor of science from Cornell University.
The National Education Association’s Read Across America Day is a nationwide reading celebration that takes place annually on or around March 2, which is popular children’s author, Dr. Seuss’ birthday.
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