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The SUNY Oswego planetarium will present “Astronomical Subjects in the Works of Shakespeare, Tolstoy and Mark Twain” at 7 p.m. every Sunday in November.

The Oswego County Health Department offers a variety of services to all residents of Oswego County, including preventive health services, certified hospice, and a maternal and child health program.

At a recent Fulton Noon Rotary Club meeting, club president Helen Hoefer introduced Heidi Rauch-Webb, NOEP coordinator, who talked about two local food programs – SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) and Food Sense.

Fulton Savings Bank is setting the pace and taking the lead by kicking off its employee workplace campaign in support of United Way of Greater Oswego County with a corporate donation of $6,500.

The idea to create the minor grew from Christopher Mack, an associate professor of history, and sociology department chair Tim Delaney, who share a deep interest in sports. Delaney, often with participation from Mack, holds a sportsmanship symposium every March.

Students at John C. Birdlebough High School recently capped off Red Ribbon Week with nationally recognized speaker David Flood. Standing before an audience of nearly 600 Phoenix teenagers, Flood infused humor and honesty into his motivational presentation.

The Oswego Public Library will host a book reading and signing on Nov. 19 from 1-3 p.m. Local author Linda Jeanne Germain will read her children’s book entitled “Kirby’s Krazy Karrot Kaper (For the Love of Maggie).”

Included among the more than 60 human services that OCO offers is its Homeless and Runaway Youth Shelter. The only program of its kind in the county OCO’s Homeless and Runaway Youth Shelter serves to stabilize households by preventing homelessness and facilitating the transition from homelessness to permanent housing.