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Newspaper
Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 2016
Page
1
Oswego City DPW Commissioner Tom Kells spoke to Sunrise Rotary about maintenance of Oswego streets, infrastructure, and improving city services. Club President Jim Cloonan welcomed Kells to the meeting.
Fort Ontario State Historic Site will host a free guided tour of its post cemetery at 7 p.m. on August 10 led by historian Rachel Buller. The 77 graves span from 1759 to 1943 and the 75 minute walk will cover burial history, site legends and Fort Ontario lore. The event begins at the overlook parking lot, 1 East Fourth Street, Oswego, with nearby parking and a lake view. For details call 343-4711.
Oswego Oswego County Summer Stage Band led by Stan Gosek performs at Breitbeck Park at 7 p.m. today. The free concert features swing bebop Latin jazz and jazz rock with classics like Strings of Pearls Satin Doll Woodchoppers Ball and Bridge Over Troubled Water. Bring lawn chairs or blankets. rain moves the show to the park pavilion.
Oswego City School District Board votes to reinstate Oswego High School football after a 17000 donation from the Buccaneer Boosters. Superintendent Dean Gooney says students will be contacted for Aug 15 practice to assess varsity viability through participation, grades, and skill checks. If varsity is unfeasible, funds will support junior varsity.
Fulton officials remain confident Aldi will move forward with a store at the former Nestle site. Mayor Ron Woodward Sr. said city meetings with Aldi yielded brick samples for site leveling and core samples to help engineers design a foundation. No formal build-ready date yet, but Woodward expects ground breaking once demolition ends and test results are available.
The New York Education Department reports higher proficiency in ELA and math statewide and in Oswego County. Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia cautions against direct year to year comparisons due to major test changes. Oswego City School District notes the full test format shift affects comparability. Proficiency Levels Three and Four meet or exceed expectations. Level Two near meets. Level One below. In 2016, 37.9 percent statewide attained proficiency in ELA, up 6.6 points from 31.3 percent.
The Richard S. Shineman Foundation awarded over 460000 in its second 2016 round to fourteen central New York nonprofits, many in Oswego County. Funding supports education health seniors and families arts and culture workforce training and capital projects, including a 250000 grant to the Children's Museum of Oswego County for a Build Play Grow campaign and exhibits in Oswego.
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