Oswego Daily News

The Post Cemetery at Fort Ontario will join in the effort to support the mission to “Remember, Honor and Teach” as an official location for Wreaths Across America on Dec. 15. Under the coordination of AmeriCorps member Corey King, this will be the first year that Fort Ontario will participate in this national event.

A team of educators from Oswego Middle School recently attended the NYS Middle School Association Annual Conference where their principal, Mary Beth Fierro, served as keynote speaker. With the support of her OMS colleagues, Fierro captivated the audience with her “Creating Connections at the Middle Level: #powerful” presentation.

“Similar to my last two winters, I am not starting the parking ban by using an arbitrary date (Dec 1). I hold off as long as I can before placing the ban on to limit the inconvenience to residents without a driveway,” the mayor told Oswego County Today “So, I will not be placing the ban on Dec. 1. Folks should wait for an announcement when a significant snowstorm is forecast for the Oswego area.” Also on December 1, the city will host the 31st annual tree lighting event at Civic Plaza from 1 to 6:30 p.m.

The Central New York Chapter of the American Red Cross has established a shelter for people in the village of Phoenix and the town of Schroeppel affected by a water outage.

Sixteen not-for-profit organizations received grant awards totaling $800,000 from the Richard S. Shineman Foundation at its November board meeting in the last of three 2018 grant rounds. All funded projects reach a wide range of people in Oswego County.

SUNY Oswego senior biology major Manna Job recently earned a top prize at the Sigma Xi International Conference for research on how a widely used chemical impacts the environment.

This year, the port exported more than 51,000 metric tons of soybeans to foreign markets which is a 325% increase from 2017. “The numbers are very encouraging for the entire Central New York region,” said Acting Port Director William Scriber. “The port now offers farm to ship direct loading which had not previously existed in Central New York.”

The Oswego County Historical Society cordially invites the public to celebrate the holiday season for the annual Christmas Open House at the Richardson-Bates House Museum at 135 E. Third St. in Oswego on December 2 from 1 to 5 p.m. A special theme for this year is “The 1918 Christmas to Remember” that took place at the Richardson-Bates House as recalled by a young Sally Bates.