In recognition of their efforts to encourage students to succeed, 65 educators from Oswego, Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties were awarded State Senator Patty Ritchie’s Golden Apple Award for Teaching Excellence at a special ceremony held Friday evening at Pulaski’s historic Kallet Theater.
The finalists visiting Oswego hail from near — high schools in Oswego and Onondaga counties and 29 states in all — and far — Albania and Azerbaijan, Turkey and Tanzania, and 46 other countries. Judges advanced a most-ever 328 projects for the finals, each submitted by up to two students, among a record-shattering 842 entries.
C&S Companies, located in Syracuse, is this year’s title sponsor of Thursday night’s musical entertainment. Additionally, Harborfest is happy to announce the band lineup for Thursday, July 24.
Brass, Inc. will perform first and Atlanta Rhythm Section will perform at 9:15 p.m.
Nearly three dozen students from around the county took control of the May meeting of the Oswego County Legislature. They came in as students and left as teachers. The students sat with their legislator counterparts and cast their votes during the meeting.
Three graduates of Auburn/Cayuga Community College have been honored by the college’s Alumni Association. The 2014 Alumni Awards were presented to Richard J. Knaul ’63, Melanie Trexler ’75 and Terry M. Wilbur ’08 at a special reception as well as at CCC Commencement on May 18.
New York State Police Superintendent Joseph A. D’Amico is saddened to announce the death of Trooper Christopher G. Skinner. Trooper Skinner was last assigned to the Traffic Incident Management Unit (TIM Detail), Troop C, Delaware County.
On Wednesday, Kelly M. Hartz, 47, of Williamstown, appeared in Oswego County Court, where she was sentenced to five years probation upon her conviction for Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree, a Class E Felony. As part of her sentence, she was ordered to pay $9,597.18 in restitution to Oswego County DSS over the next five years.
The Oswego Girls’ Varsity Soccer Team will host the first “Kick Cancer” Tournament this Saturday. Games will begin at 1 p.m. at the Richard Benjamin Fields (near Oswego Middle School). All proceeds from the event will benefit the “Coaches Vs. Cancer” Relay For Life Team.
Better treatment, increasing prevention programs and stepping up law enforcement efforts are the focus of a report released today (May 28) by members of the New York State Senate Join Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction; a bipartisan group tasked with examining the issues surrounding the increase in drug abuse in New York State.
Following the British victory at Oswego on May 6, 1814, the Royal Navy fleet under Commodore James Yeo controlled Lake Ontario and blockaded Commodore Isaac Chauncey’s U.S. Navy fleet in Sackets Harbor, NY.
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