Recently, Mexico Wish Kid Alyssa David got the surprise of a lifetime as she celebrated her 14th birthday. Make-A-Wish Central New York presented her with a personalized Arctic Cat all-terrain vehicle. Alyssa has a life-threatening gastrointestinal disorder and her one true wish was for an ATV to spend more time outdoors with family and friends.
Matt Herron, whose photographs of the Civil Rights Movement in the mid-1960s have appeared in publications around the globe, will give a free artist’s talk at 7 p.m. March 24, in SUNY Oswego’s Marano Campus Center auditorium, as part of the college’s semester-long exploration of race and identity titled “Race. Place. Being.” As a young man, Herron volunteered to help document black Americans’ struggle for voting and other rights on behalf of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee.
For those with intellectual and developmental disabilities gaining
access to services and supports can be challenging. Thanks to the Medicaid
Service Coordination administered through Oswego County Opportunities the
challenge is over. Available through OCO, Medicaid Service Coordination is a Medicaid State Plan
service provided by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.
Goose and Little Bear are brothers that were found on the side of a highway in October. Cold and sick at first, they eventually made a full recovery and both are now healthy, playful and curious. They love to snuggle and explore together and would really like to stay together.
The Oswego County Drug Task Force with the assistance of the New York State Police Special Operations Response Team, New York State Police Contaminated Crime Scene Emergency Response Team, Oswego County Sheriff’s Office Special Weapons and Tactics Team and the Oswego City Police Department’s Special Response Team executed a methamphetamine related search warrant at 1911/ 1913 Mexico St. in the town of Albion. Six people were arrested as a result.
On Thursday (March 5), members of the Oswego County Sheriff’s Office, Chemung County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI responded to 1002 Laurel St., Elmira, where Joshua Paul Vandegrift was located.
Vandegrift was later charged at the Chemung County Sheriff’s Office with two counts of second-degree disseminating indecent material to minors and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. The charges stem from the collaborative investigation beginning on Jan. 6, as the result of communications occurring over Facebook with the victim, who he knew to be a 12-year-old girl, police said.
‘Student Night’ returns to kick off the Oswego International War of 1812 Symposium at 6 p.m. on April 17. The Lake Ontario Event and Conference Center in Oswego hosts the fifth annual event which continues through April 19. Learn more about this chapter in history and hear behind-the-scenes stories about the campaign from an esteemed panel of multinational historians throughout the weekend.
The New York State Association of Counties this week released a set of white papers to provide the county government perspective on the State Budget, as lawmakers begin developing their spending priorities for the 2015-16 State Budget.
Trinity Catholic School hosts The Not Too Far from home Comedy Tour March 13 at the Lake Ontario Conference Center, 26 E. First St. Following rave reviews from previous years, this will be the third annual Adult Comedy Night for Trinity Catholic School. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with live music by Mike Shiel. Hors d’oeuvres will be served and cash bar will be available before and after the show.
City officials caution residents that water pipes may still freeze. DPW crews continue to restore services to dozens of residents. The process of removing tons of snow from clogged city streets continues as well. The state of emergency conditions will continue a few more days, the mayor said.
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