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Rob Rolfe, financial services representative and owner of Harmony Financial Services has announced that Nicole Rinaldo has been named the firm’s client service coordinator. A native of Oswego, Rinaldo had previously worked as a unit secretary at Oswego Hospital and most recently in reception and billing for Dr. James Campbell in Fulton.

Rachel Lee of SUNY Oswego’s atmospheric and geological sciences department will research the behavior of lava flows on the island of Hawaii and in laboratory simulations, thanks to a highly competitive two-year, $30,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.

Chamberlin was among more than 3,500 students who received undergraduate, master’s, educational specialist and doctoral degrees.

The H. Lee White Maritime Museum at Oswego will be offering a special program on August 2, at 2:30 p.m. Both the U.S. Coast Guard birthday and National Lighthouse Day fall very close together on August 4 and 7, respectively. For the last several years, the Maritime Museum has celebrated with a lecture and gathering to honor those that had served and currently serve in the USCG.

The Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church picnic will be Saturday from noon to 3 p.m. at Volney Town Hall Park pavilion. The town park is located at the corner of County Route 6 and State Route 3.

Hannibal Central School District will host a summer institute for incoming freshmen that allows students to work on skills and will minimize the learning gap between the eighth and ninth grade. The event will take place August 7, from 9:30 to 11 a.m in the district board room, 928 Cayuga St, Hannibal.

The second annual fabric sale fundraiser is being held to support the Oswego County 4-H Program, part of Cornell Cooperative Extension. This sale will be held August 15 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Believer’s Chapel, 5375 State Route 3, Mexico.