Community

The Minetto United Methodist Church will host a free dinner on August 23, serving from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The menu will be pulled pork barbecue on roll, potato salad, tossed salad, and dessert.

Residents at St. Francis Commons celebrated the birthday of iconic actress Lucille Ball, who was born on August 6 in Jamestown, NY, with a party featuring a special guest appearance by none other than Lucy herself.

“Moving Women to Power” is not only the Connections tagline, it’s also the number one goal of every Connections conference. That is why Connections has created the “Woman of Power” award. This award will recognize a woman whose civic and community service goes beyond “normal” responsibilities, creating a lasting and beneficial impact on the community.

Children must turn four years old on or before December 1, 2015, to register for our Universal Pre-Kindergarten program; and Children must turn five years old on or before December 1, 2015, to register for Kindergarten.

This week is International Coworking Week and Lighthouse Coworks
is hosting events and a promotion to grow the Oswego coworking community.

Students with at least a 3.50 grade point average were honored with the academic achievement.

The following individuals graduated on Sunday, May 17 as a one of 640 members of the Le Moyne College Class of 2015:

Each year NEDA recognizes outstanding achievements in the field of economic development by way of their annual Best Practice and Marketing Awards. Among this year’s honorees is L. Michael Treadwell, executive director of Operation Oswego County, serving Oswego County, since 1983

Civil War historian and Oswego native Thomas J. Ebert will speak on just exactly who started the Civil War in a lecture Aug. 12, at 7 p.m. inside the barracks of old Fort Ontario. He will briefly make the case for and against five possible culprits in the initiation of this conflict: the Founding Fathers, Stephen A. Douglas, John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Confederacy as represented by Jefferson Davis.