More than 500 SUNY Oswego students are eligible to take part in Dec. 17 Commencement ceremonies, ready to take Oswego experiences and preparation into their plans. SUNY Oswego’s December Commencement will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, in the Marano Campus Center convocation hall and arena.
Toys For Tots of Oswego County will hold its annual Tunes For Tots this month. The event will take place December 14 at The American Foundry, 246 W. Seneca St. from 5 to 10 p.m. Toys For Tots’ sole purpose is to provide brand new unwrapped, non-violent toys and new books to the many children of the community.
On December 1, with the official countdown to Christmas underway, the city of Fulton held its annual tree lighting event to kick off the “most wonderful time of the year.” Families bundled up to watch the large tree across from City Hall be lit up in colorful lights by none other than Santa and Mrs. Claus while free donuts, popcorn, and hot chocolate played a part in keeping guests warm.
The Port City is looking for the best possible ways to spend $10 million in Downtown Revitalization Initiative money. Increased safety, better access to the waterfront, sidewalk improvements, better promotion of the historic districts, preserve and increase downtown parking, stimulate residential development and many other ideas were proposed Thursday night.
U.S. Rep. John Katko today (Nov. 30) applauded House passage of the bipartisan, bicameral 21st Century Cures Act. Significantly for Central New York, the legislation authorizes $1 billion over two years in state block grants to combat the prescription drug and heroin epidemic.
As a reminder; the Oswego Common Council recently adopted a revised winter parking ban which goes into effect beginning tonight Thursday, December 1 at 12 a.m. for “residential areas” and 2 a.m. for the “downtown Area.”
Syracuse Hancock International Airport announced that it has teamed with PAWS of CNY, Inc. to offer a Pet Therapy Program at the airport. The program, which is called the SYR Pets Easing Travelers Program is designed to help ease the stress of the traveling public and their loved ones.
Today’s News: Bowling Season Preview; New Class at G.R.B; Petal Pals Delivers; Boys Basketball Preview; and more in today’s edition of The Raider – written by students in the GR Bodley Journalism Club and Journalism class.
The Oswego City Police Department is enforcing a more educational approach to preventing underage drinking and the usage of fake IDs before issuing violations, said Lt. Charles Searor. Searor said that the department will reach out to students in a number of ways through the college and even reaching out to students off-campus. “We used to just do enforcement and not a lot of education and outreach with both students and bars,” Searor said. “We’ve kind of taken a different avenue and tried to educate [and] outreach first.”
On Tuesday, November 29, at approximately 3:40 a.m., State Police arrested 18-year-old Calyx A. Estep from 32 State Route 49, Cleveland, and 21-year-old Jordan T. Garrett, from 2284 County Route 37, Lot #66, West Monroe, for Robbery 2nd degree, a class “C” felony.
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