Community

Madison Rhoades of Oswego has received a grant to support an internship this summer at Cumulus Media in Syracuse.

There have been several generous contributions from the community in support of Altmar-Parish-Williamstown’s BackPack Program the last couple of months.

Learn about nature’s buffet at Mexico Point Park. The Native Americans and early settlers knew how to survive without supermarkets and fast food outlets and so can you. Nature’s buffet is bountiful if you know where to look and how to use what is available.

Character.org recently awarded Millard Hawk Primary School with a 2016 Promising Practice National Award for their “Knots of Love” project that took place earlier this year.

Rick Sivers was a recent guest at the Oswego Rotary Club. Sivers described the process by which he researched and found the script and other materials, from the play – Way Down East – that was written in Oswego by an Oswegonian and became the longest-running show in NYC up to its time.

Dr. Damian Schofield, director of Human Computer Interaction at SUNY Oswego, recently visited the students of Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Central School District to share his thoughts, research and work on new emerging technologies.

Dee Schafer, a representative of Wanderers Rest in Canastota, visited the class with three of her therapy dogs to share about the mission of the shelter and to thank the students for their very appreciated donations.

The Oswego High School Jazz Ensembles will present its annual Evening of Big Band Jazz. This yearly tradition brings in an outstanding professional jazz musician to perform with our bands.

State Senator Patty Ritchie is urging those with waste tires to get rid of to mark their calendars for upcoming free tire disposal events taking place at all Oswego County transfer stations on May 14 and June 18.