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New York State Senator Patty Ritchie helped celebrate the opening of New York State’s sweetest season with Kevin Enders, owner of the Red Schoolhouse Maple in Fulton as part of Maple Weekend.

Brookfield Renewable Energy Group reminds the public that all seasonal boating safety barriers /booms, signage and other safety measures are not yet in place at the company’s 75 hydropower facilities in New York State. Extreme caution should be used when recreating on or near rivers.

The Oswego County Historical Society will host the 25th “Not So Silent Auction” fund-raiser on March 30 from 6 – 8:30 p.m. at the American Foundry at 246 W. Seneca St.

Altmar Elementary School partnered with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County for Ag Literacy Week and an opportunity to foster the students’ overall awareness, understanding and appreciation for agriculture.

Two Oswego High School students, Michael Gill and Courtney Lavere, received recognition at the Kenan Center All State Photography Competition this month..
More than 300 entries were submitted from throughout New York State in the prestigious annual event.

What is a hero?  Good Samaritan, defender, liberator, protector, rescuer – Artist? CNY Arts Center wants artists to explore that question through their art when the organization collaborates with the local Red Cross to present Heroes of the American Red Cross: Arts in Motion.

Congressman Bill Owens announced that he will return more than $95,000 of his 2011 Congressional office budget to the United States Treasury to help pay down the federal deficit. This is the third consecutive year that Owens has returned surplus office funds to the Treasury.

“The goal of our open house is to provide prospective parents and families, as well as community members, public leaders, and schools an opportunity to visit our program, get to know us and one another,” said Heather Familo, food services assistant and the open house coordinator this year.