Fort Ontario State Historic Site will host the Fort Ontario Dance-Off 2016 beginning at noon March 26. The event will be filmed as part of an online museum-themed video competition. All members of the community are welcome to participate.
Beautifying the main corridor is a top priority of Mayor William Barlow’s. The multi-year project will encourage private investment in homes and businesses as well as increase property values and it will increase business, city officials said. Some of the things they will consider going forward with the plan are sidewalks, bike lanes, paved shoulders, bus lanes, pedestrian amenities, traffic calming areas and more. Work could begin in early 2017.
On Sunday (March 20), at approximately 7:23 p.m., State Police in Fulton were dispatched to the William J. Farley Community Park on Chestnut Street in the town of Schroeppel for a complaint of two females acting suspiciously and possibly using drugs in a vehicle in the parking lot. State Police arrived and located the vehicle parked in the parking lot with two females inside.
Oswego County women who served in the military during World War II, the Korean War or the Viet Nam War have the opportunity to take part in a special Honor Flight trip to the nation’s capital through the Albany area Patriot Flight program. Patriot Flight is a hub of the National Honor Flight Network that serves the Albany area. The May 14 flight is designated for women veterans from World War II through the Viet Nam War and is open to Oswego County residents.
Following the discovery of seven rabid skunks in the city of Watertown and recent cases of potential human exposure in St. Lawrence and Oswego counties, State Senator Patty Ritchie announced the addition of $875,000 in new funding in the Senate’s budget plan to fight and prevent the deadly disease. “We did see rabies activities earlier this year than in past years and attributed it to unusually warm winter that kept many wild animal active,” said Jiancheng Huang, Oswego County Public Health Director.
The University of Buffalo is working with the Erie County Health Department to investigate suspected cases of mumps among a small group of college students that attend the university. “We want the community to be aware of the spread of mumps in other areas if they are planning to do any traveling in the near future,” said Jiancheng Huang, Oswego County Public Health Director.
Today’s News: Britton shuffling off to Buffalo, the final word on Career Day and more in today’s Friday edition of RaiderNet Daily.
Less than a year after fighting to improve with the Oswego State women’s basketball team on the hardwood of Max Ziel Gymnasium, Rachael Windhausen was fighting for something different – her life. Rachael was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma after a series of tests and scans over the summer, changing her focus from post moves and jump shots to chemotherapy treatments and survival.
SUNY Oswego Police charged Albis G. Diaz-Nunez, who lives in Oneida Hall at SUNY Oswego, with a felony count of criminal possession of a forged instrument on March 13. Diaz, 20, whose home address is 1652 Popham Ave., Bronx, was also charged with petit larceny and attempted petit larceny.
Today’s News: The story of St. Patrick, at the movies and more are in today’s edition of RaiderNet Daily.
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