Reading for Rescue visits Fairgrieve Elementary students
Barb Senecal, library media specialist at Fairgrieve Elementary, receives a kiss from Charlotte the rescue dog as Sawyer looks on. The Reading for Rescue dogs group visited to teach students about proper animal care and responsible ownership.
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Fairgrieve students collect donations for animals
Fairgrieve Elementary School students in Fulton Oswego County gathered monetary gifts and supplies for local pets. Paws Across Oswego County guests spoke during Morning Express in the gym about caring for animals. Volunteers Marjorie Wentworth and Connie Evans donated Reading for Rescue’s June Bug's Journey to the library. Principal Jean Ciesla notes four collections yearly to teach community help for neighbors and animals.
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Marjorie Wentworth
Connie Evans
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Jean Ciesla
Prom and Graduation Sobering Message At JCB High
John C. Birdlebough High School juniors and seniors joined an awareness campaign in the parking lot to simulate impairment with goggles during activities like catching, pedal car driving, and walking. County STOP OWI coordinator Robert Lighthall notes May and June focus on impairment awareness ahead of proms and graduations.
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Oswego Eyes Secondhand Shop Law Ahead of Vote
Oswego Common Council will consider a new local law tonight to regulate secondhand dealers. The measure would require inventories, a minimum seven day hold, and a $250 annual fee to fund police efforts, aiming to curb theft and aid item recovery. Mayor Billy Barlow supports the plan but may adjust the fee while preserving law integrity.
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Barlow
Jake Mulcahey
D-Oswego
Dozens of Volunteers Aid Fort Ontario on I Love My Park Day
About 100 volunteers joined I Love My Park Day at Fort Ontario Historic Site in Oswego. The event, organized by the New York Office of Parks and Parks and Trails New York, saw roughly 30 projects completed as Park Manager Ron Healt credited volunteers with generating about 240 hours of work toward opening the fort later this month.
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Rebecca Fisher
Robert Foster
Fort Ontario Historic Site
Fort Ontario
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Oswego
State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Parks and Trails New York
Ron Healt
Healt
Fairgrieve Students Explore Careers at Career Day
At Fairgrieve Elementary School, fifth and sixth graders rotated through sessions with local professionals in fields such as medicine, building, education, business, sports, theater, and public service. Syracuse University alum Matt Park urged students to pursue their passions with hard work and discipline.
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Fulton
Fairgrieve
Syracuse University
Voice of the Orange
Matt Park
Park
Curtis Taylor
Kierstan McBride
Jonah Abt
Patience Bean
Crouse Hospital College of Nursing
Government considers supervised drug injection sites amid overdose crisis
Across the United States heroin and fentanyl deaths have surged with 47000 overdoses in 2014. Lawmakers including New York's Linda Rosenthal push for government sanctioned sites where users can inject under medical supervision and access treatment services.
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United States
New York State
Linda Rosenthal
April weather in Oswego cool and dry
Oswego records an unusually quiet April with no new records. Average temperature 41.8 degrees, 3.6 below normal. Highs reached 75 on April 21, lows dipped to 20 on April 5. Ten days below freezing, seven in the 50s, four in the 60s, one in the 70s. Precipitation 2.23 inches, 1.10 inches below average.
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Bill Gregway
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