The Oswego YMCA is offering an exciting opportunity for area skateboard enthusiasts on August 21. From noon to 4 p.m., the Oswego YMCA will host a skateboard competition in the Pathfinder Bank parking area located on East Second Street, between East Bridge and Oneida streets. Registration for the event is available online at www.skatethebanks.com or opens the day of the event at 12:30 p.m.
Winona Forest Recreation Association will host the 5- and 10-K Deer Fly Trail Race Aug. 27 at Winona Forest Recreation Area. The course covers beautiful wooded and scenic trails through northern Oswego and southern Jefferson counties and is suitable for all ages and abilities.
The Hannibal Central School District community is all smiles thanks to an oral health care initiative that will be implemented in the fall. In collaboration with the University at Buffalo and with the efforts of state Sen. Patty Ritchie, the district will launch the “S-miles to Go” program beginning in October.
Please join the Oswego City Band for an exciting concert of Melodies and Marches on August 17th at 7pm at Breitbeck Park.
Brass Exchange will perform a free concert at the gazebo on South First Street in downtown Fulton. They will play on August 19 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. This is part of the City of Fulton Summer Concert series.
The Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Central School District has scheduled a Coffee and Conversation evening on the proposed Capital Project, which will be held at the Maple View Restaurant on August 29 at 6 p.m.
Nurses from the St. Luke Health Services Adult Day Health Care Program will offer free blood pressure and blood glucose screenings during the Oswego Farmers’ Market on Thursday, August 18, from 4:30 to 8 p.m. The screenings will be offered at the St. Luke bus, near the Civic Plaza.
AmeriCorps member Kamie Brown is working along side of the Fulton CYO summer program at Catholic Charities of Oswego County. It is a free program for children in Oswego County from second grade through eighth grade. Along with the free program, a free breakfast and lunch are provided through a collaboration with OCO. AmeriCorps provides activities to help promote a healthy life style through fitness and nutrition.
Did you know that August 17 is Black Cat Appreciation Day? In celebration of that important event, the Oswego County Humane Society is WAIVING adoption fees for any black cats (and any cats with any black or gray on them) that are adopted from Saturday August 13 to Saturday August 20. Like Marshall, for instance!
The Award of Excellence in the home pages and individual web pages category recognized the oswego.edu home page gaining a new look earlier this year during the web team’s redevelopment project. It gave the site a refreshed appearance and a new Drupal content management system behind the scenes.
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