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Former WRVO general manager and on-air host John Krauss died Monday June 17, 2013, in Oswego. Krauss was one of the longest serving station administrators in public broadcasting having held various managerial titles for more than 40 years, 14 as general manager. He retired in 2010. Krauss was 64.

The sights, sounds, and smells of camp and garrison life during the French and Indian War will greet visitors to Fort Ontario State Historic Site in Oswego the weekend of June 29 and 30. Encampments of British, French and Native American troops and warriors who fought each other at Oswego during the 1750s will be displayed from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. June 29 and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 30.

The Oswego Independence Parade will feature The Uptown String Band, a member of the Philadelphia Mummers String Band Association. The Independence Celebration, which will be held on July 7 beginning with the Annual Independence Parade at 1 p.m. The theme for this very special event is “Fifty Years of Family, Fun and Fireworks!”

The city originally approved the mural project in the spring of 2009. It formed a collaboration with Oswego High school to create murals in the Riverwalk corridor to brighten the area and prevent future ‘tagging’ of the area by graffiti artists. In recent weeks, some of the young artists’ creations have been the victim of graffiti

The 5th Ranger Battalion is credited with breaching the Atlantic Wall on Dog White Beach on June 6, 1944, attacking and capturing German forts on the Brest Peninsula, holding the Irsh-Zerf road 10 miles behind German lines in Germany waiting for the Armor to relieve them. A group of re-enactors was at Fort Ontario recently to keep alive the memory of these brave men.

The third annual Oswego War of 1812 Symposium may be in the history books; however, the bicentennial commemoration continues with the traveling display of the “U.S. Brig Oneida,” by award-winning local artist Tim Ames.

The top men’s finisher for the third year in a row was Brad DePoint from Fulton. Sascha Scott of Syracuse completed her last triathlon five years ago. On Saturday, the Tri-Oswego was her first victory. More than 300 men and women took on one of the several challenges the event offered.