Month: June 2020

Beginning [yesterday], after months of visitation restrictions, families of individuals with developmental disabilities living in group homes will finally be able to reunite with their loved ones. I am extremely proud of the efforts of the Assembly Minority Conference to ensure these critically important in-person visitations can begin once again.

OCO Homeless Services Works Through Pandemic

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, OCO Homeless Services received a notable increase in calls from individuals and families seeking emergency housing.

Celebrating The Arts At Mexico Point Park Festival Cancelled, Chainsaw Wood Carving Not

The May 31 festival, Celebrating the Arts at Mexico Point Park, was cancelled due to the pandemic, but the main attraction, a live chainsaw wood carving of William Casey was not.

June 20, 2020 Kassadee Bradshaw

Palermo Couple Seeks To Rebuild Lives After Devastating Fire

After they lost their home on County Route 35 in Palermo, New York, to a fire earlier this month, Maryruth Powers and William Randall are trying to rebuild their lives.

Racing News

Fulton Speedway To Open For Test & Tune June 25

Finally after a long off-season because of the COVID-19 Pandemic, cars will hit the new clay on the Fulton Speedway on Thursday, June 25 for a Test & Tune that is open to any car that runs on dirt.

Oswego County, Upstate University Bring COVID-19 Testing To SUNY Oswego

Next week, the mobile unit will be at SUNY Oswego’s Romney parking lot (#7) on Barnes Dr., just off NYS Rte. 104 in Oswego. Testing will run from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, June 24 and 25.

Nutrition Bar Confections Scheduling Interviews For June 30 In Fulton

Nutrition Bar Confections welcomes applicants to a hiring event at Oswego County Workforce NY, located at 200 N. Second St. in Fulton.

June 19, 2020 Kassadee Bradshaw

COVID-19 Statistics Update, June 19, 2020

According to the Oswego County Health Department, as of 3 p.m. today, there have been eight additional cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) since yesterday. The cumulative reported number is 169 cases across the county and of those, 117 have recovered and three have died.

Oswego Priests Included In New Lawsuits Against Diocese Of Syracuse Under Child Victims Act

Attorneys from the law firms of Jeff Anderson & Associates and LaFave Wein & Frament, on behalf of numerous courageous survivors, filed 32 child sexual abuse complaints under the New York Child Victims Act (CVA) against the Diocese of Syracuse, including priests in Oswego.

Melbourne T. Turnbull Jr.