Community

For the 28th consecutive year, Oswego Harborfest will bring thousands of festival-goers to town from July 23 through July 26. However, as always the festival success depends not only on the talent, entertainment and food, but also the contributions of volunteer individuals who are an integral part of the annual event. Once again, volunteers are needed to provide a variety of important responsibilities.

State Senator Patty Ritchie is calling out to residents of Central and Northern New York to be heard on the latest effort by state regulators to create a new area code for parts of the region now covered by 315.

The New York State Department of Transportation is advising motorists the bridge carrying Route 13 over an abandoned New York Central Railroad line, located just east of the village of Williamstown, will be closed to all traffic beginning on Friday, June 26. The closure is expected to remain in place until the end of October.

An informal tasting was held on June 11 at the Oswego Farmers’ Market and featured five municipal water districts. The town of Richland swept the competition to earn the title of Oswego County’s best-tasting drinking water.

The Oswego County Department of Social Services has launched a new initiative, The Peoples’ Produce Project, to aid local residents. Four raised garden beds were constructed and installed at the DSS building on Spring Street in Mexico last month. These beds contain over a dozen vegetables and herbs.

The University of Hartford is pleased to announce the following local students have been named to the Dean’s List for Spring 2015.

Herkimer College awarded academic honors to 480 students for the spring 2015 semester. Of those students awarded honors, 296 were named to the Dean’s List for earning a grade point average between 3.25 and 3.79.

Shakespeare returns to Central New York for a summer production of the classic comedy Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Amy C. Price and co-produced by the combined efforts of CNY Arts Center and Fulton Community Theatre. Auditions will be held on June 24, 25, 26, from 7 – 9 p.m.

The “Drop and Swap” is a sports equipment exchange in which gently used items can be donated at designated drop boxes and will be re-distributed to students who are interested in trying a sport but not necessarily ready to invest in the costly equipment that often comes with that sport.