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The Oswego County Legislature’s Public Safety and Emergency Services Committee presented Larry Battles with a certificate of appreciation for his 37 years of service to the county.

The Public Computing Center at Oswego Public Library is pleased to announce the addition of a second Introduction to Computers class for the month of March.  The new class, consisting of 8 sessions, will be held on Mondays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to noon, beginning on Monday, March 5.

SUNY Oswego will show the works of Joseph Ray, a senior from Marcellus, in an exhibition of his “plein air” paintings titled “Nature Through Abstraction” March 9 to April 7 at Oswego State Downtown. The free artist’s reception will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. March 30, at the store and gallery, West First and Bridge streets.

Each Head Start center has a team of staff who partner with families to provide parent involvement, education, nutrition, medical, dental, transition, mental health, and disability services.

State Senator Patty Ritchie met with Oswego County Legislators Terry Wilbur and  Amy Tresidder, members of the New York State Association of Counties Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Future of Farming,  at the “No Farms, No Food” Rally in Albany.

St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a volunteer-driven charity dedicated to raising money for childhood cancer research, will host one of its signature head-shaving events at SUNY Oswego’s Campus Center Food Court where (hopefully) more than 75 anticipated “shavees” will shave their heads in solidarity with kids with cancer.

ARISE advocates joined hundreds of other advocates from across the state in Albany on February 14 for New York Association on Independent Living Legislative Day. ARISE advocates used the opportunity to highlight the ongoing issues faced by people with disabilities

Mayor Thomas Gillen will speak at the Oswego Rotary Club on Tuesday. The meeting will be held at the American Foundry. He will discuss his hopes and plans for the city. The public is most welcome to attend.

February 18, 1942. Forty foot waves of freezing black water crashed against the ice-covered mountains that stand watch over the North Atlantic. Three war ships: the USS Wilkes, the USS Truxtun and the USS Pollux unknowingly sailed into danger on what would be their last run from the East Coast to the North Atlantic near Lawn Point and St. Lawrence, Newfoundland.