Village of Phoenix Administrator James Lynch invited the community to attend Phoenix’s Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony this evening.
“On behalf of Honorable Mayor Anthony Fratto and the village trustees, I would like to say that we are proud to be one of the few communities who continue to recognize the victims of 9/11 and the sacrifice the first responders made that day,” Lynch said.
Fulton City School District’s commitment to parent engagement is launching a series of events called the Family Academy. The Family Academy is collaboration between the Fulton City School District and community-based partners to acknowledge and support family involvement in student achievement.
For this year’s campaign, they are focusing on three of the county’s most pressing issues, ending hunger, the success of children and youth, and the overall well being of families. “United Way is all about results. It is inspiring to see the remarkable ways in which the United Way of Greater Oswego County utilizes donors’ dollars to support programs that produce measurable results by providing services that provide comfort, support and empowerment to those in need,” said Bill Crist, board president.
U.S. News Media Group counts SUNY Oswego among the top 15 public regional universities in the North for 2015 in rankings released Sept. 9. The college advanced 13 places — to No. 56 — on the overall list of public and private regional universities in the North. Oswego is No. 14 on the U.S. News accounting of the best public institutions in the Northern region this round, up from No. 16 previously.
The Fulton Public Library 2014 Memoir Project, a writing program designed to preserve personal memories of Fulton’s history, will take place Sept. 25 at the new Cayuga Community College event center in the former K-Mart Plaza at 6:30 p.m. and the community is invited to attend the free event.
The two year legal land battle between the city of Fulton and the town of Granby was put to rest last week when the Fulton Common Council took the last step and voted to approve the new city map, which now includes the Wastewater Treatment Plant on city-owned property. “This is the last leg of the annexation,” Fulton Mayor Ronald Woodward said during the council meeting Sept. 2.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Oswego Fire Department was dispatched to a vehicle fire at 101 West Utica Street. The minivan sustained heavy damage to the engine compartment and an office building received minor smoke damage. No injuries were reported.
The Oswego County Health Department reported that the Eastern equine encephalitis virus has been found in ten new mosquito samples collected last week. Five of the samples were taken from West Monroe’s Toad Harbor Big Bay Swamp area, two near the village of Central Square, two from the town of New Haven, and one near NYS Route 104 in the town of Albion. The West Nile Virus has been found in one mosquito sample collected near the village of Central Square.
SUNY Oswego’s 28th annual ALANA Student Leadership Conference multicultural celebration Sept. 18-24 will feature performances, presenters, a peace walk through the city of Oswego and a mini-carnival highlighting festivals from across the globe. A collaboration of student organizations under the banner African, Latino, Asian and Native American organization, the ALANA team this year chose “Carnivals and Festivals” as a theme to celebrate all cultures, whether minority or not.
The mayor said he created the city of Oswego Promotion and Tourism Advisory Board to promote city activities and showcase Oswego’s rich culture and history. The Common Council sailed through a relatively light agenda in about 15 minutes Monday night.
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