The Oswego City-County Youth Bureau anticipates the availability of limited funding for youth development programs in 2017. Not-for-profit organizations have until Nov. 7 to apply for grant funds through the Oswego City-County Youth Bureau and the New York State Office of Children and Family Services.
The Oswego County Office for the Aging has scheduled three public hearings to receive input on its proposed plan of services for seniors during the period beginning April 1, 2017 through March 31, 2018.
The Pulaski Historical Society will join in the activities celebrating the Salmon River Festival. Enjoy the old-fashioned fun, and fishing-related games and refreshments. The museum will also be open for free tours.
State Senator Patty Ritchie honored two local seniors for their contributions to their communities recently at her annual Oswego County Senior Health and Wellness Fair. Those honored included Oswego County Legislator Jack Proud and Suzy Beyer, a longtime volunteer with RSVP of Oswego County.
Join WNET on October 6 to network with other business women and participate in our roundtable discussion on how to effectively market for the holidays. No matter what business you’re in, you will discover ways to market products or services with themes centered on the holidays.
Miley Cyrus and Dr. Dre, “Mortal Kombat” and “Star Trek,” Festivus and the Ice Bucket Challenge — they all make it into an academically motivated but approachable new book on popular culture from SUNY Oswego sociology chair Tim Delaney and co-author Tim Madigan of St. John Fisher College’s philosophy department.
As Oswego County continues to focus on providing a healthy environment for its citizens, the health community celebrates the success of the “Smoke Free for My Baby and Me” program. The initiative was developed by a diligent network of community partners. It is aimed at helping pregnant women successfully quit smoking through clinic-based best practices, peer support, monitoring, and incentives such as free diapers.
Bowen’s Corners United Methodist Church is preparing for its annual Fall Rummage Sale and Bake Sale. The event will be held Oct. 7 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Oct. 8 from 9 a.m. until noon at the church, which is located at 758 State Route 176, just west of Fulton.
Last week we answered a question about coyotes and then this week we received an email from a kind-hearted man who had rescued a wounded cedar wax wing and wondered whether the Oswego County Humane Society could take it in. That got us thinking about wild animals in general. OCHS is not licensed as a wildlife rehabilitation agency to take in wildlife, but we do care about them and we know many of you do as well.
Thanks to a National Geographic Society Committee for Research and Exploration grant, three SUNY Oswego undergraduates spent three weeks at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, this summer unearthing such fossils as the tiny jaws of ancient animals — and the fossilized bones of a rare dinosaur — as they tried on paleontology careers.
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