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“Utilizing Social Media to Help Build Our Community” to be presented at April WNET Meeting. For communities, having an active social media presence with relevant content posted regularly helps boost citizen engagement. We also know that volunteering enhances the social connections between different sectors, builds the bridges for governments, local businesses and residents.

“How to Retire From Your Own Business: Keys to Succession Planning” to be Presented at May WNET Meeting. Because business owners are so busy managing the current needs of their businesses, few give the long term future much consideration. In this session, we will take time out to discuss the importance of planning for the future of your business, and what you need to be thinking about.

Assemblyman Will Barclay (R,C,I--Pulaski) recently toured the Oswego YMCA.

From left are Executive Director of Oswego YMCA Kerri Webb, Barclay, and Vice President of the YMCA Board Ed Mervine.

“Crisis Management in the Age of Social Media” to be Presented at June WNET Meeting. Steve Chirello, Steve Chirello Advertising, will show us what to do and what not to do on social media when dealing with a crisis at the next Women’s Network for Entrepreneurial Training’s (WNET) monthly breakfast meeting, Thursday, June 9th, 8 a.m. at Operation Oswego County, 44 West Bridge Street, Oswego.

The 2016-2017 WNET year starts in September and brings with it a new format. To give our members the ability to discuss topics more deeply, our meeting format will now consist of a roundtable discussion.

Join us at WNET on October 6th to network with other business women and participate in our roundtable discussion on how to effectively market for the holidays.

Join us at WNET on November 3rd to network with other business women and participate in our roundtable discussion. Our topic is “Does Your Website Deliver?”

     It's hell week over at the Francis Marion Brown Theater as the members of the Oswego Players Inc. prepare to debut their newest play, "On Borrowed Time." As director Richard Mosher and lead actor Wayne Mosher describe it, hell week is the final week before the first performance, when the theatre takes over your life.

Country music playing in the background.  I just started doing it," Dennis Munski said. "I was always good with my hands, if something was broke I tried to fix it." Munski, admits that working with autos is all he has ever known.