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Snowfall last month barely nudged above the average. For the winter season, the total it’s nearly 3 feet below average. However, at this time last year, it was more than 5 feet below average.

Six elementary school students, five from Kingsford Park and one from the Oswego Community Christian School,  were transported by Oswego City and Menter ambulances as the result of a school bus-pick up truck accident early Monday morning.

On Saturday, family and friends of Maggie Sue Glenister Wilcox staged the first-ever “Be Aware ‘Cause It’s Rare… Fight EEE” fundraising event. Held in memory of the young girl who died from EEE in 2011, the event raised awareness as well as funds to fight the disease.

It took a jury about 2½ hours to rule that former Oswego school board member Fran Hoefer defamed Middletown school Superintendent Ken Eastwood in a 2010 blog posting.

Norm Fischer turned 18 in January 1953 and joined the New Haven Volunteer Fire Department. February marked the 60th anniversary of his continued service to the department, which he actually was a part of right from the very beginning – even though he was too young to officially join.