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“NORAD has supported Santa Claus’ Christmas Eve operations for 60 years and we are always delighted to help,” said Col. Emil J. Filkorn, EADS Commander. “I can assure everyone that EADS will do everything in its power to assist Santa with his critical mission.”

Thirty years ago, Colleen Brunner ’90 and Lynne Hartunian ’89 boarded Pan Am Flight 103 to cross the Atlantic Ocean back home to the U.S., but as it passed over Lockerbie, Scotland, the aircraft was destroyed by a bomb, killing all 259 people on board and 11 people on the land below.

An international jewelry business is set to open on Oswego’s west side early next year. LeRoi (fine body jewelry) announced Thursday afternoon that it plans to relocate from its current Fulton facility into a much larger site at 212 W. Second St., Oswego. It will bring 40 employees with it, and is likely to at 10 more with another 10 possible by 2020.

Post historian Corey King will lead a unique World War I commemorative First Day Hike around the 75-acre Fort Ontario Military Reservation National Register District at 10 a.m. on New Year’s Day, Tuesday, Jan. 1. The hike pays tribute to the 100th anniversary of the Nov. 11, 1918, signing of the armistice which brought World War I to a close.

Imagine an elementary child kicking, punching or biting a teacher. Or, obscenities flying from the mouths of secondary students not only in the hallways – but in classrooms. These are just a few things that Oswego teachers face on a day to day basis. Recently, Oswego City School District Board of Education President Aimee Callen noted that she had received complaints from parents about discipline.

Voters approved the Oswego Scholl District’s $63.1 million capital improvement plan on Tuesday. The unofficial vote was 1,800 Yes and 933 No.

The city of Oswego was awarded grant funding through the CNY Regional Economic Development Council for the state’s Consolidated Funding Application process for the Wright’s Landing Marina Boater Services Improvement project. The city of Oswego has successfully been awarded more than $20 million in grant funding since 2016.