Community

Taxpayers in the Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Central School District will see no increase in the tax levy this year after the board of education received updated financial information in August that revealed a budget surplus from the 2018-19 school year.

Director Sherri Metz is excited to announce her cast for the Oswego Players’ upcoming production of “I Take This Man” by Jack Sharkey. She welcomes some returning players and some new faces to the Frances Marion Brown Theater.

On August 3, the Oswego County Sheriff’s Office hosted the fifth annual Public Safety Day event at the Oswego County Highway Garage in Scriba.

SUNY Oswego’s Business Resource Center will host a small business training class for those interested in expanding or starting a small business in Oswego County.

A “caring and patient” academic planning counselor for the Educational Opportunity Program, Grace Maxon-Clarke is this year’s honoree for the SUNY Oswego President’s Award for Academic Advisement.

To become acclimated with the district and its mission, new staff attended a two-day orientation in late August. Members of the district’s administrative team were on hand to greet the new teachers and welcome them as Hannibal Warriors.

About 75 incoming fifth, sixth and seventh graders participated in either one, or both, of the two week-long sessions offered during August at the Fulton Junior High School.

Ongoing efforts to support students throughout their college years earned Jacqueline Wallace of the college’s Career Services Office the SUNY Oswego President’s Award for Excellence in Professional Staff Service.

Oswego Industries Inc., a Fulton-based nonprofit agency that supports adults with developmental disabilities, welcomed three new team members.