As has been done over the last several years, the pulling of pulling water chestnuts from the Battle Island area of the Oswego River was started this past weekend. This year, neighbors of Battle Island and members of the Oswego County Environmental Management Council participated in the pull.
Executive Director of the United Way of Greater Oswego County, Melanie Trexler has announced that the United Way, in collaboration with school districts throughout Oswego County, has officially kicked-off its annual Stuff-A-Bus campaign and is currently collecting school supplies for children in need.
Michele Reed, president of the Professional Journalists and Communicators of Oswego County, has announced that Christina Dehm is the recipient of the PJC’s annual Muriel Allerton Scholarship Award.
Survey results indicated that employees of the wineries believed their business could benefit from having employees who had taken a few courses in enology, the study of wine-making; viticulture, the cultivation of grapes; and wine business management, marketing, and sales.
Last week government bureaucrats in New York’s Agriculture and Markets Department backed off from their campaign to force specialty cheese makers out of farmers markets after I threatened to pass legislation to exempt artisans from a “rule” that requires them to only slice cheese inside a permanent building with a three basin sink.
Jazz Fest 2011 is only a few weeks away and The Greater Oswego-Fulton Chamber of Commerce is seeking Fulton area restaurants to serve the hungry crowds that will be gathering behind the Fulton War Memorial on Friday, August 12th and Saturday, August 13th.
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