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The Oswego County Health Department is working with health officials from the New York State Department of Health and Onondaga, Oneida and Madison counties to raise awareness about mosquito-borne diseases such as Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) and West Nile Virus (WNV).

A strip of city land running along East Schuyler Street bordering the Fort Ontario historic site in Oswego has gotten new life as a community garden. What began as a dream several years ago is finally a reality, site manager Tom Collette said.

Trade Act benefits are designed to help American workers who have lost a job as a result of foreign trade or production being shifted to foreign countries. The program is designed to help workers obtain the skills, resources and support they need to become re-employed.

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Funeral details for Trooper Amanda Anna are as follows: Calling Hours will be Thursday  from 2 to 7 p.m. at Foster Funeral Home, 910 Fay St., in the city of Fulton. The funeral will be held on Friday at 10 a.m. at the North Syracuse Baptist Church, 420 S. Main St., in North Syracuse. Graveside services at the cemetery will be restricted to family members and invited guests only.

UPDATE:  Anyone traveling on CR 37 in the Town of Hastings in close proximity to the time of the accident, 11:26 pm, or anyone with information about the crash, are asked to contact State Police in Oneida at 366-6000.

“Things are going smoothly,” said Linda Deyo, market manager for the Greater Oswego-Fulton Chamber of Commerce. “There are a lot of people starting to come in and we have a good number of vendors.” More and more vendors will join the crowd as the season progresses.

Nearly a dozen city residents attended the May meeting of the Oswego Community Neighborhood Watch on Wednesday night. They heard updates from Sixth Ward Councilor Eric VanBuren regarding the Code Review Committee and from former First Ward Councilor Connie Cosemento on the Quality of Life Committee.