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Students who receive a term grade point average of 3.3 or higher while completing at least three courses earn the spring 2018 Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence.

The Fulton City School District has embarked on a five-year strategic coherence plan process to enhance its system of schools to work together to move instruction and create more opportunities for students in grades pre-kindergarten through 12.

The city of Oswego will host a community blood drive with the American Red Cross on August 7 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Oswego Fire Department Headquarters. For more information or to make an appointment to donate, call (315) 343-2161 or sign up online at redcrossblood.org and search for the drive using zip code 13126.

It is with great pleasure that I announce our winner of the raffle: Jennifer Cogswell, said Nick Little, volunteer coordinator

Ten members of the New York Army National Guard’s 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, headquartered in Syracuse, will travel to France today (Wednesday August 1) to take part in commemorations of the U.S. Army’s role in World War I. The soldiers will take part in a World War I commemoration at the Somme American Cemetery in Bony, France on August 8.

The Stuff-A-Bus campaign, which is currently under way, was initiated to collect school supplies so that children in need throughout Oswego County would have the supplies they need to begin the new school year.

Georgia Gilfus of Oswego was one of more than 160 students who received degrees during the commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 12.