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As part of a rebranding effort and in conjunction with a nearly completed campus renovation project, Oswego County BOCES has announced a change to its name, becoming the Center for Instruction, Technology and Innovation. According to CiTi District Superintendent Christopher Todd, the change reflects the organization’s commitment to meeting the ever?changing needs of its educational partners while embracing innovation and creativity.

According to deputies, the arrest stems from an incident in the town of Palermo where he allegedly threatened to bring a shotgun to the Palermo Town Hall and shoot people due to a grievance.

On Aug. 26 at 9:50 a.m., Robert L. Calderone, 32, and Jessica L. Jackemuk, 29, both of 182 E. Ninth St., Oswego, were each arrested for third-degree welfare fraud and third-degree grand larceny, both class D felonies.

At Monday’s Common Council meeting, Mayor Tom Gillen proclaimed September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in the Port City. In the US, almost 13,000 children, under the age of 21, are diagnosed with cancer every year, he said.

Kyle Waldeck and Alan Street are engineering students from SUNYIT in Utica who spent the summer working as interns in collaboration with communications engineers from consulting firm NYSTEC. The interns were given hands-on responsibilities to help develop a software bridge that enables clear voice communications between dissimilar radio systems.