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Members of the CNY Great Pumpkin Festival planning committee display two of what they hope will be thousands of jack-o-lanterns for the Great Pumpkin Carving Contest. From left are: Jennifer Westcott, Crystal Thomas, committee chair John Zanewych and chamber membership coordinator Jacqueline Thorpe. Absent from photo are committee members Victoria Usherwood, Connie Cosemento, George Krul, Steve Westcott and Heather McCoy.

CNY Great Pumpkin Festival seeks record setting Pumpkin Carving Contest

September 9, 2014 Contributor

Feeling artistic? The Greater Oswego-Fulton Chamber of Commerce will host a Pumpkin Carving Contest during this year’s CNY Great Pumpkin Festival to be held October 4 and 5 in Oswego’s Washington Square Park. Planning committee members have their sights set at breaking the official record for the most lit jack-o-lanterns in one location. That record, which is currently held by the Keene, NH, Pumpkin Festival, is a total 30,581 jack-o-lanterns.

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Fulton Community Invited to Celebrate School Attendance Awareness Month

September 8, 2014 Janet Rebeor

In support of Fulton’s school children, the community and the efforts of the school district to continue to improve the high school graduation rate, the mayor and Common Council joined with the Fulton City School District to acknowledge how crucial attendance is to the learning process.

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The Oswego County Harvest Dinner is a celebration of the diverse, quality local food grown here. Such as these potatoes that are being harvested at Hopkinson Farms in Williamstown, home of Country Harvest Upland Potatoes.

Tickets Now On Sale for the Fifth Annual Oswego County Harvest Dinner

September 8, 2014 Contributor

Onions, apples, meats and more, all are grown right here in Oswego County. To celebrate the rich bounty of local food Oswego County produces Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County is holding the fifth annual Oswego County Harvest Dinner. The popular event will this year take place on October 3 at The American Foundry.

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Sadie, left, and her sister react as they learn they are going to Disney World.

Oswego Princess’ Wish Comes True

September 7, 2014 Steve Yablonski

Thanks to the Make A Wish Foundation and dozens of local volunteers and supporters, four-year-old Sadie Wilson and her twin sister, Layla, will be headed to Disney World in a couple of months. The girls were surprised by the announcement on Sunday at a special ceremony at the Kingsford House.

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Uriah Sharki is all smiles as he attempts to fly his kite Saturday.

Kites Soar At Fort Ontario

September 6, 2014 Steve Yablonski

The skies over historic Fort Ontario were filled with rain – and kites on Saturday. Several people, young and old, braved the elements to take part in the annual kite fest event. Members of the New York Kite Enthusiasts (NYKE), said Fort Ontario is perhaps the best place in the state to fly a kite, except Saturday.
Bill Coons, a NYKE member from Schenectady, agreed the grounds at Fort Ontario is one of the best place in the state for kite flying. But, Saturday’s winds were a bit too strong at times, he admitted.

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Police: Man Charged After Search Warrant Results In Recovery Of Heroin

September 6, 2014 Contributor

A search warrant executed on a vehicle occupied by Randy Frederick Ormsby, 57, of the town of Volney, lead to the discovery of ten envelopes of suspected heroin, according to the Oswego County Drug Task Force. Ormsby has been charged in the Town of Volney Court with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third degree, class B Felony. It is alleged that Ormsby possessed the heroin with the intent to sell it.

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Oswego Man Hit By Car, Hospitalized

September 5, 2014 Contributor

At about 6:41 p.m. Friday (Sept. 5), the city of Oswego Police Department was dispatched to the area of East Fourth Street and East Utica Street for a vehicle/pedestrian motor vehicle accident. Michael H. Plunkett Jr. was transported to Upstate Hospital, Syracuse, by Menter Ambulance, with non-life threatening injuries, according to police. The driver was ticketed for failing to yield the right of way.

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Horse Dies of EEE in Oswego County

September 5, 2014 Contributor

A second horse in southern Oswego County has died of the Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus, the Oswego County Health Department reported today. The horse, which was stabled on Gristwood Road in the southern portion of the town of Palermo, died Aug. 27. Jiancheng Huang, Oswego County Public Health Director, said horses are very susceptible to EEE if they are not vaccinated. A horse in the town of Schroeppel died of EEE earlier in August.

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Lake Neatahwanta Project “On Track” Says Dredger

September 4, 2014 Janet Rebeor

Except for a quick break Tuesday (Sept. 2) to meet the state senator, the Groh Dredging & Marine team has been hard at work pulling sediment from the bottom of Lake Neatahwanta since dredging began July 25 and grid one is expected to be finished any day. Several scientific surveys conducted in the past two decades indicate that dredging is the next step to helping the little lake by the big lake recover from its current unhealthy state.

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Oswego Council Committees Handle A Variety Of Issues

September 4, 2014 Steve Yablonski

Oswego councilors gave favorable recommendations to several resolutions at the committee level this week. Included were several transfers of funds and some requests to travel. They all will be voted on Monday by the full council.

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