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Staff of Oswego County Opportunities Education Services, were recently recognized with longevity awards for 5 years of loyal service to OCO and its consumers.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse would like to announce a new scholarship in honor of Bishop James Moynihan available for any high school senior in the diocese. Bishop Moynihan was a fearless leader in the pro-life movement.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning play about the racial politics of gentrification, a comedy about a ’60s womanizer, a Tony-winning musical comedy about having to pay to use a bodily function and a staged reading dealing powerfully with sexual assault comprise the raw materials for the SUNY Oswego theatre department’s 2017-18 presentations.

Painter Cindy Schmidt is being featured as Artist of the Month for September at the Riverside Artisans Cooperative. “I’ve gone through a rapid revolution that began with painting portraits and seascapes,” she said. “I have settled into creating fantasy, fairy tale paintings and The Cranky Cat Collection, using acrylic paint on stretched canvas, canvas panels or hardboard.”

Accomplished SUNY Oswego music faculty vocalists will present “Vocal Array” at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24, in Sheldon Hall ballroom as part of the music department’s Focus on Faculty series.

The annual Stuff-A-Bus program was held in conjunction with the Central Square Teachers’ Association and the United Way of Greater Oswego County. This year’s event was a big success, providing school supplies to over 124 Central Square School District students.

For more than 30 years the Fulton community has sponsored the Fulton CROP Hunger Walk. This year the walk will be held on October 1 at 1 p.m. The Golden Mile or 5 kilometer Walk will begin and end at the Municipal Building’s Community Room at 141 S. First St.

Nancy Kush-Ellis, program chair and past president of the Fulton Rotary Club, welcomed Mark Tallents, center, and Hayden Satchel , both sophomores at G. Ray Bodley High School in Fulton.