The St. Baldrick’s Foundation will host its 11th annual St. Baldrick’s Day in Oswego from 1 – 4 p.m. on March 26. The foundation is a volunteer-driven charity committed to funding the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives. In its first 10 years, the Oswego event has raised more than $530,000.
Keynote speaker Rene Chartrand will deliver an illustrated lecture on the five-month French campaign against Oswego at the Fort Ontario History and Archaeology Conference to be held at the Great Lakes Event and Conference Center in Oswego April 22.
Hundreds of people took advantage of the first rabies clinic of the year on Wednesday night to safeguard their pets from the rabies virus. The cold may have caused the crowd to be slightly less than previous years. “Rabies continues to be a threat in Oswego County,” said Jiancheng Huang, Oswego County Public Health Director.
The Fulton Common Council revisited a zone change request after no action was taken following a public hearing in August. Property owner for the locations listed at 837 and 839 Oneida St., Joseph Latino has requested the zoning to be changed from the current C-1 Commercial to R-1 Residential with the intent to sell the property. With five councilmen present at the initial public hearing, all fives votes in favor were required to approve the zone change. After two councilmen abstained their votes, no action was taken, Mayor Woodward explained.
Superintendent Dr. Dean Goewey emphasized at Tuesday’s school board meeting that this “is a work in progress” and the numbers could change in a couple of weeks, he added. There is still some time left; and a lot of work to do, the superintendent said.
Today’s News: Career Day Cancelled After Storm; Students Win Big at Art Show; Golden Referrals Up and Running; and more in today’s edition of The Raider – written by students in the GR Bodley Journalism Club and Journalism class.
Superintendent Brian Pulvino presented his first Fulton City School District official budget draft at a board of education meeting held Monday (March 20) since beginning his position with the district this school year. In it’s earliest draft form, the 2017-2018 school budget totals $70,542,921 showing a $206,421 increase from the 2016-2017 budget, a difference of 0.29 percent.
U.S. Rep. John Katko today (March 21) applauded action taken by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to move forward the Great Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary. NOAA today announced that it had reviewed the southeastern Lake Ontario nomination and accepted it into the inventory of areas that could be considered for designation as a national marine sanctuary in the future.
Due to evening votes scheduled in the U.S. House of Representatives this Thursday, March 23, the below event has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 30 at 6:30 p.m. at Oswego City Hall in the Common Council Chambers.
SUNY Oswego’s Quest 2017, a daylong symposium on April 5, to celebrate scholarly and creative activities on campus, promises a rich array of faculty-mentored student presentations, demonstrations, debates, exhibitions and panel discussions.
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