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Oswego Daily News

Analysis Finds Benefits of Keeping Upstate Nuclear Power Plants Open Far Exceed Costs

The total benefits of preserving upstate nuclear plants through a proposed Clean Energy Standard (CES) exceed the costs. And, in the early years of the CES (up until 2023), more than 75% of the carbon avoided by the program is directly attributable to preserving upstate nuclear.

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Fulton Daily News

Former Fulton Doctor Dilip Roy Accepts Guilty Plea Deal

This morning (April 21) former Fulton doctor, Dilip K. Roy accepted a plea agreement alongside his attorney in front of Oswego County Court Judge, Donald Todd. Originally indicted on two counts of rape in the third degree, Roy had previously plead not guilty to the charges. Today, Roy withdrew his previous plea and entered a guilty plea to a lesser count of sexual misconduct, a class A misdemeanor. The charges stem from a May 2015 arrest after a former patient reported that she was subjected to unwanted sexual intercourse at Roy’s family medical practice, Fast Care Family Medical located at 941 S. First Street in the town of Volney.

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Oswego Daily News

Julian Ross Memorial Shamrock Kids’ Run and 5K Set May 14

Children in grades K – 6 and runners of all ages are invited to run in the inaugural Julian Ross Memorial Shamrock Run on May 14. Start and finish are at the Kingsford Park Elementary School on West Fifth Street in Oswego. Julian Ross was a Kingsford Park student who lost his courageous battle with cancer this past summer, and the race is being held on what would have been his eleventh birthday.

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The inside cover of the souvenir booklet from the original 1898 production.
Arts and Entertainment

‘Way Down East’ Most Popular Play of Its Time

What made the play “Way Down East” so popular? Advertisements of the day boasted that it had been seen by five million people over 350 weeks of performances and taking in more than $3 million. Such a claim was backed up by the reality that it was one of the most successful plays of its day, running for 152 performances in New York City with its initial opening on Feb. 7, 1898, at the Manhattan Theater.

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