Great Pumpkins Abound In Port City
This year’s winner was 1,219.5. In 2007 there was a record-setting 1,405.5 pounder. Still, this year saw 38 pumpkins entered, with five topping the 1,000-pound plateau.
This year’s winner was 1,219.5. In 2007 there was a record-setting 1,405.5 pounder. Still, this year saw 38 pumpkins entered, with five topping the 1,000-pound plateau.
Spider-Man was in town Thursday evening at the annual Oswego Farmers’ Market to take part in the children’s Halloween parade. Children in costume, 12 and under, received a free goodie bag of Halloween treats. The market’s official wizard paraded the costumed youngsters around the market and back to the grandstand to receive their goodies.
The Oswego County Health Department held its first seasonal flu clinic Sept. 21. The second was held Wednesday. Additional clinics will be scheduled for Swine Flu (H1N1) vaccination when the vaccine becomes available.
An Oswego County grand jury has cleared a State Trooper who shot to death a man at a traffic stop in Mexico in August.
The grand jury found Trooper Paul Darmody-Latham’s actions were justified.
We can’t improve on Eric Belair’s lead, so we won’t try: “What loomed as a rout transformed into one of the most memorable victories in Fulton soccer history on Thursday night when the Raiders charged past Jamesville-Dewitt, 4-3 in overtime. Down 3-0 just ten minutes into the game, Coach Dave Wilson’s booters staged a comeback for the ages in winning their fifth straight game.”
Read the full story to see how it happened.
Also today: news about a student-run service club gearing up for a new year, a new look for the cafeteria, and one student’s opinion on the President’s call for a longer school year.
The first part of September 2009 was relatively mild like it should be; while the last several days were rainy and cold like an early spring month, noted Bill Gregway, local observer for the National Weather Service. The vast majority of the month’s rainfall fell in the last part of the month.

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