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Many great sponsors are what make Harborfest continue to be an admission free festival entering its 25th event this July.

“This is a great program that keeps expired and unused medications out of the wrong hands—be it children or adults,” Assemblyman Will Barclay said.

New York State law requires that all cats, dogs, and pet ferrets be vaccinated against rabies. The first rabies vaccine should be given at three months of age. A second vaccination is required within one year of the first, and every three years thereafter.

An initiative of Oswego’s Campus-City Relations Committee, People Against Poverty and SUNY Oswego’s Campus Life and Residence Life and Housing offices will encourage students to donate rather than discard household and personal items as they prepare to leave town for the summer.

To qualify, students must earn a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher and have accumulated a minimum of 45 credit hours.

SUNY Oswego student Benjamin Gerardi, due to receive a master’s in education in May, will spend the 2012-13 school year teaching in Salzburg as a guest of the Austrian government.

Now, with New York Sea Grant (NYSG) funding, a team led by Dr. Gregory Boyer, from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, and Joseph Atkinson form the University of Buffalo, is developing a model to provide better understanding of the nutrient and algal dynamics of Sodus Bay.

The Charles E. Riley Student Council has conducted several fundraisers this year to raise money for the flood stricken Owego Elementary School.