Kites Soar At FortFest
New York Kite Enthusiasts members filled the skies above Fort Ontario with colorful kites, some traditional, others in the shape of cartoon characters and Chinese dragons. One man said that he could see the kites all the way from Rudy’s at The Loop in Oswego Town.

As members of the Oswego Fire Department marched to the fire station this morning to honor those who died 10 years ago today, a child called out to his father. “Hi daddy,” he said. Immediately everyone’s thoughts turned to the hundreds of children who forever lost the chance to say that to their fathers on Sept. 11, 2001.
Betty Gray, who spearheads the Oswego Community Neighborhood Watch program, vows to become Betty ‘Blue’ if she doesn’t raise $200 to promote the grassroots organization.
It was a bit rainy and cold on Wednesday, prompting one teen to exclaim, “What happened to summer!?” Opening day of the 2011 – 12 school year quickly warmed up as returning students exchanged hugs and high-fives at all the schools in the district as friends were reunited after the hot and humid summer.