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Mugs and Motors Hopes To Rev Up Oswego Business District

June 3, 2014 Steve Yablonski

A downtown Oswego businesswoman is looking to rev up business this summer. At Monday’s meeting of the Physical Services Committee, Anne Backer, owner of Taste The World Specialty Coffee in the Canal Commons, requested approval to close West First Street between Bridge and Oneida streets on Sunday afternoons from June 15 to August 31. She is planning an event, Mugs and Motors, to help bring more people downtown on Sundays.

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Oswego Mayor Urges Continued Water Conservation Measures

June 3, 2014 Submitted article

Oswego Mayor Tom Gillen recently announced that the city of Oswego Water Treatment Plant was starting construction on upgrades to the treatment facility. The work reduces the production capacity of the plant by 25% and will be continuing until the end of June. It is requested that all users of city of Oswego water curtail the use of water as much as possible during this construction period.

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Fulton Man Facing Felony Drug Charge

June 3, 2014 Submitted article

One person was arrested recently by the Oswego County Drug Task Force after a joint investigation conducted by members of the task Ffrce and the City of Fulton Police Department. A search warrant was conducted on May 20 and reportedly resulted in the recovery of 28 bags of heroin in glassine envelopes and/or plastic packaging and a morphine tablet.

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Three Family Members Arrested After Search of Residence

June 3, 2014 Submitted article

A search warrant was conducted on May 29 and resulted in the recovery of 84 bags of heroin, Fentanyl Patches, marihuana, unlawfully possessed prescription pills and crack cocaine along with digital scales and packaging material, according to police.

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A longtime teacher is recognized by the Fultonian Yearbook

June 3, 2014 Contributor

Today’s News In The Raider: Track athletes finish their season is fine style, and a look at social media in today’s edition of RaiderNet Daily. Please note: that due to Regents testing and grading, RaiderNet Daily will not return until Friday, June 6.

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A young artist stretches to paint one of the murals created a few years ago.

Committee Paves Way For Mural Project To Continue

June 2, 2014 Steve Yablonski

The Springboard Mural Project has launched another season of bringing some color to Oswego’s Riverwalk West. In 2009, it was originally a city sponsored community development plan to address graffiti issues. Dozens of young artists are collaborating on around 50 new murals to be painted along the walkway.

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Marion Blumenthal Lazan, a holocaust survivor and author of the award winning memoir “Four Perfect Pebbles” shows Granby Elementary School students the yellow star she was forced to wear in Nazi Germany in the mid- to late-1930s. She explained how this badge identified her as Jewish and that during the time period Jewish people had many restrictions including only being allowed to shop on certain days and at certain times.

Holocaust survivor recounts experience, shares message of hope and kindness at Granby Elementary

June 2, 2014 Submitted article

Granby Elementary School students put away their history books for a firsthand account of life during World War II. Holocaust survivor and author Marion Blumenthal Lazan spoke to fifth and sixth grade students at the school about life as a Jewish person in Nazi Germany.

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Ritchie Honors 65 Educators With Golden Apple Award

June 2, 2014 Contributor

In recognition of their efforts to encourage students to succeed, 65 educators from Oswego, Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties were awarded State Senator Patty Ritchie’s Golden Apple Award for Teaching Excellence at a special ceremony held Friday evening at Pulaski’s historic Kallet Theater.

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High school students from around the world take the stage at the 2013 award ceremony of SUNY Oswego's GENIUS Olympiad environmental competition. The 2014 finals will take place June 15 to 20 at the college, with the free public opening ceremony and display of projects starting at 6:15 p.m. June 16, in the Campus Center arena.

Record number of GENIUS Olympiad guests to visit Oswego

June 1, 2014 Submitted article

The finalists visiting Oswego hail from near — high schools in Oswego and Onondaga counties and 29 states in all — and far — Albania and Azerbaijan, Turkey and Tanzania, and 46 other countries. Judges advanced a most-ever 328 projects for the finals, each submitted by up to two students, among a record-shattering 842 entries.

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Raider Seniors pull a ‘prank’

May 30, 2014 Contributor

Today’s News In The Raider: Yearbooks are on sale today and an opportunity to study abroad are in today’s edition of RaiderNet Daily.

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