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The all-male pageant featured freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors who sang, performed skits, did stand-up comedy and other routines to win the judges’ votes. Senior Dixon Ameele earned the title of Mr. Phoenix after outdueling his peers in the competition.

A partnership between Oswego County schools and the American Heart Association is helping promote physical activity and a healthy lifestyle all month long with activities that organizers described as a “Party in P.E.”

The Oswego County Chapter of the New York State School Facilities Association is seeking applicants for its annual scholarship awards. The association will award at least five $500 scholarships in 2018, depending on the number of qualified applications received.

The Universal Pre-Kindergarten program in the Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Central School District is still accepting applications for the upcoming 2018-19 school year. At this time we have AM and PM slots available.

Assemblyman Robert Oaks joined friends and members of the Fowler family at Maple Hollow Farm in Hannibal last weekend for a tree-tapping ceremony in celebration of maple season.

In an email to agency partners, Travelers Insurance Regional Sales Director Marcus Reidell recently named Oswego Valley Insurance Agencies as winner of its “Western & Central New York Key Agency Partner of the Year” award for 2017.

Head Start serves children from ages 3 to 4 in seven center based locations throughout the county. The program has a dedicated staff that includes teachers with masters or bachelor’s degrees in education, teaching assistants, classroom aides, family services specialists, cooks and nurses.