As a teenager, Ashley Mears would spend time at her father’s dental practice doing everything from office work to preparing operatory rooms and assisting with dental procedures. Now, following nine years of study at Binghamton University and University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine, the time has come for Dr. Ashley Mears DDS to join the dental practice of her father, Dr. Ernest Mears DDS.
SUNY Oswego has made Deans’ Awards to a select group of students who are starting at the college in fall 2015. The scholarships are $6,000 over four years. For non-New York state students, the total award can increase to as much as $38,000 in combination with a Destination Oswego scholarship.
State Senator Patty Ritchie has announced that eight libraries throughout Jefferson, Oswego and St. Lawrence counties will receive more than $250,000 in public library construction funds to make upgrades to their facilities.
Kathy Fenlon, a member of the Shineman Foundation Board of Directors, presented Ali McGrath, resource development director for the United Way of Greater Oswego County, with a donation towards the United Way’s recent golf tournament.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Clarkson University a $6.5 million five-year Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant to continue its partnership with SUNY Fredonia and SUNY Oswego to conduct the Great Lakes Fish Monitoring and Surveillance Program.
Fulton Rotarian Alison McGrath explained the “Stuff A Bus” program at a recent Rotary meeting at the Tavern on the Lock Restaurant. “Stuff A Bus” is a Greater Oswego County United Way program which supplies school materials to needy students in all school districts in the county.
Members of the G. Ray Bodley High School Class of 2016 are reminded that the retake day for senior portraits for the Fultonian Yearbook is fast approaching. Retakes are set for August 27 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the high school auditorium.
The Fulton Lions Club proudly presents the running of the 25th annual Duck Derby, from noon to 5 p.m. Sept. 13, said Paul Foster, club president. “We’ve renamed the event, “Charby’s Duck Derby” in honor the late Don Charbonneau, a Fulton Lions past president and creator of the derby,” Foster said.
Members of the St. Luke Health Care Services’ AA Oswego Little League Baseball team visited with residents of the Oswego-based healthcare facility recently.
The new SOLO, ShopOswegoLiveOswego, a group of small locally owned and operated businesses is sponsoring a sidewalk chalk art contest on Aug. 23 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. as part of the Port City Co-Op Sunday Flea Market and Small Business Showcase.
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