That’s write. They’re doing it again. A cluster of writers has scheduled a workshop at Camp Hollis on the Lake Ontario’s shore in Oswego Town for June 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will be hosted and facilitated by Mary Slimmer, Jim Farfaglia and June MacArthur, the guest writer. The trio presented a well-received writers’ workshop at the camp last fall which prompted them to conduct another this spring.
Starting today (May 20), National Grid and their contractors will be undertaking an extensive maintenance project on their transmission lines. National Grid will be using helicopters, contractor line crews and associated heavy equipment during the length of this project.
The governor feels very strongly that he was elected for three primary reasons, state Transportation Commissioner Joan McDonald said. They are get the economy up and running again, ethics reform and restoring the legacy of social reform. Passing an on-time state budget was a good start, she said.
Richard Horan takes readers on a quest to locate and collect seeds from trees belonging to some of America’s most influential literary and historical figures. His journey to the homes of his idols gleans revelations related not only to their individual merit and contributions, but also the influence their life and work has had over his own development as a writer and educator.
At approximately noon on May 9, investigators with the Oswego City Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division conducted an investigation into illegal activity at 42 E. Oneida St. During the course of the investigation, the residence was searched resulting in the discovery of approximately four pounds of marijuana.
Voters in the Oswego City School District returned two incumbents to the board of education and picked a new member. The voters also approved the $74,744,748 budget for the 2011 – 2012 school year. They also OK’d Proposition No. 2 – the purchase of 10 new school buses. Sam Tripp, John Dunsmoor and Bill Myer won the three open seats.
The city’s one-year lease deal with the port for the marina ends on June 30. The council is considering the port’s $2.1 million offer to purchase the waterfront property.
The youngsters invited them into their classrooms for some light refreshments and handmade gifts. For special after lunch treats, students helped make miniature cherry cheesecakes for their moms and dads.
Oswegonians know all about the legendary Oswego Sub Shop. Now, the federal government does, too. The shop’s owner received an award from a federal business-development agency for its excellence.
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