The annual festival gets under way this week in the Port City. The mayor says residents should take pride in their city. “I think Harborfest is symbolic of what Oswego really is,” the mayor said. The Children’s Gala will kick off Harborfest events on Tuesday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Breitbeck Park.
The Central New York Community Foundation and the Richard S. Shineman Foundation partnered to award a $20,000 Strategic Partnership Grant to the H. Lee White Marine Museum. The Marine Museum will utilize the grant to assist with strategic planning, legal, accounting and promotional costs associated with the organization’s formal merger with the Oswego Maritime Foundation and the Oswego Maritime Alliance.
A mix of sun and clouds today with spotty showers in some areas. The humidity and temps are going back up. Highs near 85.
Anne Marie and Dave Lepage were recognized for their contributions to the community during the event that drew a huge crowd to the Granby Community Center. “We aren’t the citizens of the year,” said Anne Marie. “The first responders are citizens of the year; the firemen, the police and paramedics.”
The Harborfest Children’s Committee has packed the parks with events and activities for kids every day of Harborfest week.
Cars lined the grass in front of Sweet Inspirations in Fulton on Wednesday night and the tradition of Drive-in night lives on. People come from all over Oswego County and even outside the county to share stories and take a look at one another’s cars. Drive-In night at Sweets hosts all different makes, models, and years of cars. Many owners were getting ready to show cars at the Syracuse Nationals this weekend.
The team must be in Dix Hills, NY, on July 23. They are looking for help quickly raising the funds needed to make the trip. The team’s record so far is 16-1.
Today could be the hottest day of the heat wave as temps soar into the 90s. Afternoon showers or thunderstorms possible. But, the good news is relief is on the way this weekend.
SUNY College at Oswego has been ranked No. 112 among the top 150 best colleges for your money nationwide by College Factual (www.collegefactual.com), a new site that uses customizable outcomes-based tools and rankings systems to guide students through the college selection process.
“Construction on the north side is on schedule,” Gene Cilento of NYS DOT told Oswego County Today. “Nightly work is being done to replace steel. The process then follows what happened during the first phase – deck pan installation, the reinforcing steel bars get placed and then the deck is poured and cured. At the moment, it looks as if the project will go over another winter with completion in early/mid 2014 – June or July.”
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