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Donations Needed for Home-Delivered Meals for Seniors

December 26, 2017 Contributor

The winter months can bring many challenges to healthy people of all ages. For the elderly who are homebound, chores such as buying groceries and preparing meals can be overwhelming during the winter. However, thanks to the Oswego County Home-Delivered Meals Program, more than 500 seniors a day are receiving nutritious meals without having to leave their homes. In a large rural county of 968 square miles, that is no small undertaking.

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Boylston and Oswego County Urge Caution Traveling In Lake Effect

December 26, 2017 Contributor

Due to heavy lake effect snow affecting northern Oswego County, town of Boylston officials and the Oswego County Sheriff’s Department are advising motorists to avoid traveling on local roads within the snow bands. The Oswego County Sheriff’s Department also urged motorists to use caution, noting that the lake effect snow is due to shift south into other areas of the county overnight (Dec. 26 into 27).

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A male cardinal relaxes on an evergreen branch enjoying the holiday weather.
Oswego Daily News

Looks Like A White Christmas For 2017

December 24, 2017 Steve Yablonski

After a brief, but blustery, visit from Old Man Winter, it looks like a white Christmas is a sure bet this year, despite recent above freezing temperatures the past few days. Widespread snow is expected to move in around 10 tonight (Christmas Eve). A general 2-6 inches is forecast. Monday (Christmas Day) will be windy and colder with snow transitioning to lake snow during the midday hours.

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Varsity Athletes Give Back to Fulton’s Youth Basketball Players

December 23, 2017 Mikayla Kemp

More than 140 young basketball players left the War Memorial with a gift after Saturday’s game day for Fulton Youth Basketball. Presents were collected by varsity and junior varsity athletes from the girls basketball and cheerleading teams as well as the varsity boys soccer team, all of which individual athletes purchased their own presents to donate. As an undertaking led by Fulton’s athletic director Christopher Ells, each team in the district organizes and prioritizes a project to emphasize giving back to the community. For the girls basketball program’s project, 143 gifts were purchased and donated to be distributed randomly to Fulton Youth Basketball players from each team in grades pre-kindergarten through sixth grade.

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Training for Santa tracking duties are (front to back) Master Cpl. Adam Kittson of the Royal Canadian Air Force, and Major Kip Trausch, and Master Sgt. Derek Gagnon, of the NY Air National Guard.
Oswego Daily News

Eastern Air Defense Sector Aids NORAD’s Annual Santa Claus Tracking Mission

December 23, 2017 Steve Yablonski

When you’re an old and chubby guy hauling zillions of dollars worth of toys and goodies on your sleigh in the dark of night with only eight tiny reindeer for protection – it’s safe to say you could use some more security. And, if you cover the entire world in one night, you need someone who can keep up with you. That’s where The US Air Force comes in.

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From left are Legislator Shane Broadwell, District 17, Republican Majority Leader; Chairman Kevin Gardner; Legislator Frank Castiglia Jr., District 25, Democrat Minority Leader.
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Out-Going Oswego County Legislature Chairman: Work Together

December 21, 2017 Steve Yablonski

Kevin Gardner gave members of the Oswego County Legislature at bit of advice at group’s December meeting. “Stay together. Keep working together. Don’t ever let someone tell you you can’t do something. If they tell you you can’t – prove them wrong, prove them wrong,” he said in his final address as their chairman. Gardner represented District 13 for the last 14 years and served as Legislature Chairman for the past four.

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