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Speakers at SUNY Oswego’s three 154th Commencement ceremonies May 16, will be the U.S. commissioner for patents, a leader in technology literacy and the founding dean of the college’s newest school.

Following the securement of sufficient State funding to avoid originally-proposed substantial reductions in Centro transit services, previously considered proposals to discontinue Weeknight, Saturday Night, Holiday, and Sunday bus services have all been dropped.

The Oswego City School District adopted a budget for the 2015-16 school year. The $82,847,754 spending plan was passed unanimously. The tax was reduced to below 10 percent. A public hearing on the budget will be held early next month.

Dr. Warren Weinstein and an Italian hostage were reportedly killed during an attack in January while being held captive by Al Qaeda in the Pakistan – Afghanistan border region.

Many Oswego County fire departments will open their doors to area residents so they can learn about what it takes to be a volunteer firefighter in their community as part of the fifth annual “RecruitNY” statewide initiative. Over the last several years, it has been very tough for many fire departments throughout New York State to recruit and retain volunteers for a variety of reasons.