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Porky and Buddy Pet Health – Keep the Year of Kindness Going

January 22, 2018 Contributor

Continuing on about making 2018 the Year of Kindness, part of the point of this column is to provide guidance and advice to pet owners about their own pets and their responsibilities toward them. We know, because we see it every day, that sometimes, no matter how much you love your pets, you may have to make the hard choice to give them up. Maybe you lost your job, or your house, or you have a sudden illness in the family, or someone in the family develops a serious allergy.

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Lukas Michael Massey

January 22, 2018 Contributor

Lukas Michael Massey was born in Oswego Hospital on January 20, 2018, at 3:19 a.m.

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Speedway Safety Solutions Prepared to Offer Expert Emergency Training

January 22, 2018 Contributor

Speedway Safety Solutions is an all-new service that is open to race track and series operators with the goal of helping to improve the knowledge and skills of speedway safety teams and to provide high quality on-track emergency response services where needed.

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Rotarians Learn About Opioid Treatment Center

January 22, 2018 Contributor

Eric Bresee, executive director at Farnham Family Services was the guest speaker at Rotary recently. He gave a brief overview of the Opioid Treatment Center, the first in Oswego County.

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Ritchie: Central, Northern New Yorkers Donate Nearly 700 Cell Phones To Connect Troops With Loved Ones

January 22, 2018 Contributor

State Senator Patty Ritchie is announcing she has collected nearly 700 cell phones that will be delivered to soldiers deployed in combat areas overseas, as part of the ‘Cell Phones for Soldiers’ program.

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Governor Claims Federal Tax Law is ‘Economic Civil War’ but Fails to Show Facts Beyond Rhetoric

January 22, 2018 Contributor

In his State of the State address given earlier this month, Governor Cuomo called the recently passed federal tax reform bill “economic civil war” that will raise New Yorker’s property taxes and income taxes. Unfortunately, no explanation for this statement was provided. As a result of this type of overheated rhetoric coming from the Governor and others, confusion continues to reign as to what effect the new tax law will have on New York state.

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Child Advocacy Center Has New Home, Old Problem

January 21, 2018 Steve Yablonski

Located at 163 S. First St. in Fulton, with a satellite office at 4822 Salina St. in Pulaski, the CAC of Oswego County is a non-profit charitable organization that works to protect and serve children that are victims of sexual and physical abuse. They have been seeing an increase in the number of cases in recent years. The director attributes that to the good work of area law enforcement and several other agencies; it doesn’t necessarily mean there is more abuse in the county than elsewhere, she pointed out.

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Family Fun Snow Day Set

January 21, 2018 Contributor

Games and prizes are on tap for the seventh annual Family Fun Snow Day on January 27 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at CNY Arts Center located at 11 River Glen Drive on the Cayuga College Fulton Campus.

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Late Goal Lifts Lakers To A Tie

January 20, 2018 Contributor

In a battle of top-10 programs, senior Mitch Herlihey scored a late goal to help the No. 5/5 Oswego Lakers men’s hockey team tie the No. 7/9 Utica Pioneers 3-3 on the road on Saturday afternoon. With the result, Oswego’s record goes to 12-3-2 while Utica is now 13-3-1.

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Oswego State men’s basketball falls to Cortland

January 20, 2018 Contributor

The Oswego State men’s basketball team fought hard but could not overcome 11 3-pointers from league-leading Cortland in falling by a score of 68-59. The Lakers fall to 8-9 overall and 5-5 in the SUNYAC while Cortland improves to 14-3 (9-1).

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