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Oswego County Farm Bureau was presented with six Silver Key Awards at the New York Farm Bureau State annual meeting held December 4-6 in Albany. The county was also presented with the Distinguished Presidents Award for outstanding leadership related to overall county programming.

More than three months ago Jim Favata was in full cardiac arrest in the Lowe’s parking lot. On Wednesday, the 56-year-old walked into the Oswego Eastside Fire Station to personally say thank you to the EMTs who saved his life.

The Oswego County Department of Social Services will temporarily close its offices at 100 Spring St., Mexico at noon on Friday. The department will re-open at 8:30 a.m. Dec. 18, at the former Cayuga Community College building at 806 W. Broadway, Fulton.

The Oswego County Health Department provides a premiere home health care agency to residents throughout the county. Services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and include skilled nursing, home health aides, and medical social work along with nutritional, physical, occupational, respiratory and speech therapies.

Around three dozen people gathered Tuesday night at the McCrobie Building to discuss Harborfest part, present and future. Topics included funding, volunteers, transportation, entertainment and more. Harborfest 2013 will take place July 25 to 28.