Community
Keeping The Port City’s Fire Hydrants Snow-Free
There are well over 900 hydrants in the city of Oswego and firefighters have been cleaning them out with the assistance of the Oswego County Sheriff’s Department weekend work program.
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Donations Benefit Mexico Seniors
Representatives of Kinney Drug Store on Main Street in Mexico, presented Oswego County Opportunities Nutrition Services with a donation of gifts for seniors participating in OCO’s Home Delivered Meals program and those that visit OCO’s the Mexico Senior Dining and Activity Center on Church Street.
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DSS Hosts Feb. 13 Orientation Meeting for Future Foster and Adoptive Parents
The Department of Social Services is looking for people who would like to become foster parents, particularly for children ages eight and over who may have special needs for supervision.
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Oswego Health Encourages Community to Support Wear Red Day
In keeping with its tradition of supporting Wear Red Day, Oswego Health employees are encouraging community members to join them in wearing the color red on February 7 to help raise awareness that heart disease is the number one killer of women. The goal of this national initiative is to alert women about their risk for heart disease and motivate them to take steps to lower their risk.
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Rotarians Hear About Proposed Capital Project
Fulton Rotarian and Superintendent of Schools Bill Lynch introduced the school district’s business administrator, Kathy Nichols, to the Fulton Noon Rotary Club at a recent meeting. She explained the $4.4 million Capital Project that is to be voted on by the taxpayers on February 4.
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Flu Shots offered at Occupational Health Services in Fulton
Oswego Health is offering an ongoing flu shot clinic, Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. while supply last, at the Fulton Medical Center Occupational Health office location at 510 S. Fourth St., Fulton.
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Sandy Creek Cheerleaders Take Section III Championship
The Sandy Creek Varsity Cheerleaders were named Section III Class C Champions recently at South Jefferson, outscoring teams from Bishop Grimes, West Canada Valley and Herkimer to take the top spot.
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Barclay Announces Feb. 3 Deadline for Volunteer Firefighter Tuition Assistance
Assemblyman Will Barclay informed members today (Jan. 28) of volunteer fire departments and students about a tuition reimbursement program available through the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York. FASNY has developed the Higher Education Learning Plan (FASNY HELP) as an incentive for people to join New York’s volunteer fire service.
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Students reach out to help refugees after reading ‘A Long Walk to Water’
Seventh grade students at Fulton Junior High School have been reading the novel “A Long Walk to Water” by Linda Sue Park, a book that tells the story in alternating sections of real life experiences of Salva Dut in 1985 and a reality-based fictional character Nya in 2008.
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Valentine’s Day Dinner Set At Minetto UMC
The Women’s Fellowship of Minetto United Methodist Church will be serving a romantic candlelight dinner on Valentine’s Day, February 14. Serving will be at 6 p.m. at the church. The menu will be spaghetti and meatballs, tossed salad, Italian bread, ice cream sundae, and beverages.