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Director of Activities Kelsey Rose (l) and Activities Aide Doreen Shortt (r) make the perfect peanut butter and jelly sandwich during the Halloween Costume Party at Morningstar Residential Care Center. Residents enjoyed live music, dancing and a luncheon with family and friends. The party was the first of many Halloween themed activities that Morningstar Residential Care has planned for its residents. Located at 17 Sunrise Drive in Oswego, Morningstar Residential Care Center is a family-owned and operated, 120-bed long-term and sub-acute skilled nursing facility with full rehabilitation services. For more information you may contact them at (315) 342-4790 or visit them online at www.morningstarcares.com.

Residents at Morningstar Residential Care Center received a special Halloween treat when students from Mrs. Deloff's 3rd and 4th grade classes at the Oswego Community Christian School stopped by for some Halloween fun.

‘Tis the season to gather with friends and family as we celebrate the holidays, and it is the perfect time to remember our feathered and furred friends outside in the cold.

Annual maintenance of siren systems that surround the county’s three nuclear power plants may now include audible tests of a few seconds for each siren, Oswego County Emergency Management Director Dale A. Currier has announced.

The Oswego County Emergency Management Office will test the new emergency notification siren system, installed last spring by Exelon Generation and Entergy Nuclear, on Wednesday, Nov. 18. A rain date for those tests will be Thursday, Nov. 19.

Amboy 4-H Environmental Education Center will resume its Woodland Snowshoe Wanders programs in the new year, on Sunday, January 10th and Sunday, January 24th at 2:00 pm. There is a program fee of $4.00 per person or $12.00 per family, and children under three are free.

Adult Practical Nursing students from the Center for Career and Community Education (CCCE), a collaboration between Cayuga Community College (CCC) and the Center for Instruction, Technology and Innovation (CiTi), filled 20 bags with toys that will be donated to the Oswego County Department of Social Services.

Amboy 4-H Environmental Education Center will continue to offer its Woodland Snowshoe Wanders this month on Sundays, February 7th, 14th, and 21st at 2:00 pm.

The Oswego Public Library’s creative writing group, the Port City Writers is back in the new year with new classes and workshops. Come learn how to grow as a writer, develop your writing style, learn about publishing, and much more.