Oswego Daily News

A church full of parishioners, two area bishops, and stirring musical performances were all part of the celebration at Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, Oswego, on November 21, as Reverend Anne Wichelns was installed as assistant priest for the Episcopal-Lutheran Faith Partnership of Oswego and Fulton.

After several years working in the customer service field, Kelly Trejo found herself out of work. With funding assistance through a Workforce Investment Act training scholarship, Kelly completed the pharmacy technician program at OCM BOCES in August 2013. Through her hard work and perseverance, Kelly is not only a successful graduate, but is currently employed full-time at Wayne Drug in Oswego.

As a parent you know how helpless you can feel when your child is sick. The flu can hit children hard and leave them feeling miserable with symptoms like fever, chills, cough, runny or stuffy nose. So, why not do everything you can to try to protect your children from getting the flu this season, starting with getting them vaccinated!

SUNY Oswego has moved to take advantage of the economic development and educational opportunities presented by the governor’s recently launched START-UP NY program, selecting three campus properties to showcase to businesses, meeting with prospects and faculty, and beginning to assemble an advisory council. The work this fall also has included aligning the college’s core academic competencies with potential business interests.

Brittany Fetterman, a bio-chem major at SUNY Oswego and member of the United States military, is thankful to have witnessed one of her best friends from high school get married. In 2011, Jessie Fletcher and his fellow Marines were carrying out a mission in Afghanistan when a series of explosions went off. He suffered serious injuries. Not only did he recover, but on Nov. 16 he and Emily Ball were married.

The Common Council pulled a resolution from Monday’s agenda that would have imposed a two-hour parking limit on parts of West Mohawk Street. They are working jointly with Oswego Hospital to alleviate the problem. However, that didn’t stop two residents from speaking out against the plan.

The New York Air National Guard’s 174th Attack Wing resumes local area training flight operations today (Nov. 25) from Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield at Fort Drum. MQ-9 operations were temporarily suspended following an MQ-9 aircraft that crashed approximately 20 miles northeast of the port of Oswego into Lake Ontario.

On cold and blustery days, not much can make you feel as good as cuddling with a warm, furry pet. Despite the cold weather and snow, dozens of people showed up to the YMCA Armory this weekend for the 15th annual Home for the Holidays Pet Adoption

The 174th Attack Wing has suspended the ground search for debris from the New York Air National Guard which crashed into Lake Ontario on Nov. 12 during a routine training mission. The 174th Attack Wing is asking that if members of the public find any aircraft debris that they call the wing’s Emergency Operations Center at 315-233-2257 or 2258.