FULTON — Charles Smith and Michelle Kearns are the first of 230 homeowners in the city of Fulton to receive their Fulton Block Builder checks in 2021. Read More ⇒
PARISH — Teams of fifth-grade students at Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Elementary School learned all about science, cooperation and leadership as they constructed a self-propelled hovercraft. Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — Programs that help residents on the St. Luke healthcare campus in Oswego stay active and engaged in their community will directly benefit from support of this year’s Boyce Memorial Charity Golf Tournament title sponsor HealthDirect Pharmacy Services. Read More ⇒
LATHAM — Members of the Eastern Air Defense Sector have received six annual awards from the Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region and Air Forces Northern. Located at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, CONR and AFNORTH each recognize annual award winners and administe… Read More ⇒
HANNIBAL — The Hannibal High School has announced the Class of 2021 valedictorian, salutatorian. Read More ⇒
PHOENIX — The Schroeppel Community Services Department is kicking off its summer tennis season by offering tennis lessons for both youth and adults. Lessons will be held on the renovated tennis courts at the William J. Farley Jr. Community Park in Phoenix. Read More ⇒
EDINBORO, Pa. — Edinboro University celebrated the academic success of 673 undergraduate and graduate students on May 8. Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — Oswego County Public Health Director Jiancheng Huang announced Monday, June 21, that 4 new residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend. Read More ⇒
ELMIRA — The Elmira College Rho Mu Chapter chapter of Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education recently inducted 10 members from education and speech and language disabilities majors into the honor society. Cassaundra Ventrone, of Central Square, was one of the students inducted. Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — SUNY Oswego’s State Employees Federated Appeal campaign collected $2,000 worth of supplies and personal care items for Oswego County Opportunity’s Services to Aid Families program in conjunction with the college’s annual Yards for Yeardley event. Read More ⇒
HANNIBAL — As Hannibal High School seniors look toward the future, some recently received a financial boost thanks to funds awarded during a scholarship night in the auditorium. Read More ⇒
PARISH — Every other year, prior to prom, the student government of Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Jr. and Sr. High School sponsors a Mock DWI vehicle crash scenario that conveys a powerful message to students regarding the horrors of poor driving decisions. Read More ⇒
CENTRAL SQUARE — Fourteen seniors from Paul V. Moore High School earned recognition for their dedication to the school’s music program during a ceremony held in the newly renovated auditorium. Read More ⇒
PHOENIX — The town of Schroeppel Youth Soccer League is holding its summer 2021 season. Children ages 4-13 are invited to join. The league will run July 12 through Aug. 11. All children receive a T-shirt and a participation award. Additional volunteer coaches and assistant coaches are needed. Read More ⇒
ELMIRA — The Rho Gamma Chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society (Sigma) held its annual induction on April 30. Calinda Ceterski, of Fulton, was one of 12 Elmira College nursing juniors and seniors among those inducted along with one nursing leader. Read More ⇒
MEXICO — Recently, a group of staff members at the Center for Instruction, Technology, and Innovation participated in a drone training exercise that allowed them to fly the machines at the CiTi main campus in Mexico. Read More ⇒
FULTON — Members of the Port Ontario Gear Rippers motorcycle club recently donated cash and hygiene items to Catholic Charities of Oswego County. Read More ⇒
SYRACUSE — The ACR Health Board of Directors has named Lisa Dunn Alford the new executive director of ACR Health. Alford begins June 28. Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — Nick Tryniski has been named vice president, credit manager at Pathfinder Bank, according to Ronald Tascarella, executive vice president, chief banking officer. Read More ⇒
PARISH — Three Parish officials contacted this paper over the past week objecting to comments made in the previous week’s paper by Parish Town Supervisor Mary Ann Phillips. Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — The Oswego County Salvation Army Corps offers the Food Sense program of the Central New York Food Bank. Any residents of the Oswego area who would like to stretch their food dollars may order July Food Sense packages until noon on Friday, July 16. All Oswego-area residents may use t… Read More ⇒
ELMIRA — Michael Gerth, of Fulton, recently participated in the Elmira College Term III musical, “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown.” Read More ⇒
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Sydney Brouse of Parish graduated with a bachelor of science degree in food systems during commencement ceremonies in May. Read More ⇒
MEXICO — Last week, in an interview with Oswego County News, Mexico Village Superintendent of Public Works John Power, speaking on a $7 million drinking water improvement project that will provide the village with a new 500,000-gallon elevated glass-lined water storage tank and new water mai… Read More ⇒
FULTON — G. Ray Bodley High School Principal Donna L. Parkhurst joins faculty and staff in recognizing the following students who have earned honor roll and high honor roll status for the third marking period of the 2020-21 school year: Read More ⇒
PARISH — The Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Elementary School recently hosted a Special Olympics event of its own in place of the larger annual event. Read More ⇒
ROCHESTER — The following local students were named to the Nazareth College spring 2021 dean’s list: Read More ⇒
PARISH — George Horning, lifelong resident of the town of Parish, is running for Parish Highway Superintendent in the Republican Primary on June 22. Read More ⇒
FULTON — As a community service project, members of the Fulton Noon Rotary Club cleaned up the garden near the Fulton Youth Soccer Club’s building at the fields on Chase Road June 1. Read More ⇒
GARDEN CITY — Kaitlyn Grant of Oswego has been named to Adelphi University’s fall 2020 dean’s list. Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — The following resolutions of interest were passed June 10 by the county legislature. Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — Rhonda Bullard has provided a strong presence for the Oswego High School athletics community and could soon get the opportunity to expand her impact. Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — The Class of 2021 from Oswego High School will graduate in front of a full-capacity crowd of 1,500 together as seniors during one ceremony next week, district officials announced Thursday evening. Read More ⇒
FULTON — The Fulton girls lacrosse team finished one victory shy of achieving their top goal but had nine seniors that remained grateful for the opportunity to close out their careers on the field. Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — From the bus ride to the end of a playoff hole to determine the individual medalist, Oswego High School varsity boys golf coach Dan Rose knew that his senior duo was locked in for a championship performance. Read More ⇒
PULASKI — With a different group surrounding them in celebration, the trio of returning Pulaski varsity softball teammates relived the same thrilling scene from two years prior after once again capturing the Section 3 Class C softball championship. Read More ⇒
PHOENIX — Students at John C. Birdlebough High School in Phoenix presented “Into the Woods” May 20-22 in the high school’s newly renovated auditorium. A limited in-person audience attended with all the current COVID guidelines in place. As a Phoenix theater program graduate and wife of a cur… Read More ⇒
HASTINGS — Seventeen years in the making, the town of Hastings multi-million dollar drinking water project will soon become a dream come true with the $19.9 million final phase now under construction. Read More ⇒
CLEVELAND — On May 8, the members of the Cleveland Fire Department held their annual installation dinner at “The Venue” at North Riding on Martin Road in Cleveland. The event was catered by Dinosaur Bar-B-Que. Read More ⇒
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OSWEGO — Oswego County Public Health Director Jiancheng Huang announced Thursday, June 17, that two additional residents have tested positive for COVID-19. This brings the total cumulative number of positive cases since the county began monitoring for COVID-19 in March 2020 to 8,113. There a… Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — The Oswego County Health Department will hold a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Richland Volunteer Fire Department, 30 Phillips St., Richland on Saturday, June 19. Appointments are available for the single-dose Janssen/Johnson & Johnson vaccine from 9 to 11 a.m. Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — The Oswego County Humane Society announced the return of the Oswego County Shop and Play Raffle to kick off the summer. Items have been donated and purchased from local businesses to promote support for the both the organization and the community. This raffle is hands off and winner… Read More ⇒
GREENVILLE, S.C. — In a virtual ceremony that took place in May of last year, Furman University President Elizabeth Davis conferred degrees on 671 students in the class of 2020. Additional students graduating in August and December of 2020 bring the total to 705. Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — Mayor Billy Barlow held a ribbon cutting event recently opening the new water playground splash pad at Breitbeck Park in Oswego, along with a nine hole putt-putt golf course and concession stand offering snacks and drinks to the public. Read More ⇒
ELMIRA — Derek Caramella, of Oswego, was one of 28 students inducted into the Elmira College circle, or chapter, of Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society. Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — Catalina Iannone of SUNY Oswego’s modern languages and literatures recently earned a national award for her journal publication, “Visualizing Blackness in Contemporary Spain: Race and Representation in Juan Valbuena’s ‘Salitre.’” Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — The Buc Boosters will host the 2021 Senior Athlete Awards Ceremony at 7 p.m. this Friday, June 18, at the Oswego High School Stadium, the new home of the Buccaneers. Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — The state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance is now accepting applications for its Emergency Rental Assistance Program. The program provides temporary rental assistance to low- and moderate-income households at risk of homelessness or housing instability. Eligible househo… Read More ⇒
LATHAM — The New York Air National Guard’s 224th Air Defense Group recently reenlisted four Airmen. Read More ⇒
BEREA, Ohio — Mike Mankiewicz of Fulton, a graduate of G. Ray Bodley High School, graduated from Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio, with a bachelor of fine arts in acting. Read More ⇒