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Monsters invaded Desiree Moore’s third-grade classroom on Tuesday and spread south into the Cicero North Syracuse School District as part of a distance learning initiative between Oswego County BOCES and the Phoenix Central School District. The program, Monster Match, pairs a local class with one outside of the county, and each class creates a monster using materials from a list provided.

Students in Yvette Gigliotti’s third-grade class at Fairley Elementary School realized they had much to be thankful for, as they rattled off dozens of reasons during Family Fall Fun Night on Monday. Nine families gathered in the school cafeteria to create Thanksgiving crafts, enjoy pumpkin muffins baked by the students and spend quality family time together.

The United Way of Greater Oswego County has announced that it is in the planning stages for the distribution of $62,580 in funding that it has received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

As the Emergency Assistance Program at Catholic Charities of Oswego County prepares for the holiday season Helen Hoefer, supervisor of Catholic Charities’ Community Services program invites you to experience the true meaning of the holidays by helping those less fortunate.Through Catholic Charities’ Adopt A Family program, caring businesses and individuals can help make this holiday season memorable for those in need.

Barlow Concessions will have their stand ready to greet children in costume on Halloween night as they continue their tradition of handing out a variety of free sweet treats to children in the neighborhood.

The book Who Killed Carolee? will be released October 31 at a book signing to be held at rivers end bookstore, 19 W. Bridge St., Oswego, beginning at 6 p.m. The book release is in conjunction with the 45th anniversary of the hit-and-run death of Carolee Sadie Ashby.

Halloween may be a fun holiday for kids, but for parents, trick-or-treat time may be a bit tricky. Sheriff Reuel A. Todd would like to provide the following safety tips to help you plan a safe, fun Halloween for your family.

Each of the 37 individual sirens will be tested between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. from Monday, Nov. 4 through Thursday, Nov. 7. The testing on Friday, Nov. 8, will include a full-scale simultaneous activation of all 37 sirens for three to five minutes.

The basics of sewing for a new generation return to CNY Arts Center this week. Another training series of Sew You Can classes for ages 6-18 start Nov. 2 from 1 to 2 p.m. for ages 6 to 8, and 2:30 to 4 p.m. for ages 9 to 12 at the Arts Center, 357 State St., through the Park Street entrance in Fulton.