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What Are You Thankful For?

November 21, 2018 Steve Yablonski

There is a lot to be thankful for this year. Several people have told Oswego County Today that they are thankful for snowblowers and plows that helped them cope with the recent visit from Old Man Winter. Others, like Adele DeSalvio, are giving thanks for their “family, friends and good health.”

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Mayor Barlow Announces New Effort To Increase Tourism In Oswego

November 19, 2018 Site Administrator

The initiative consists of updated literature and new, five tri-fold marketing brochures highlighting key targeted areas (Downtown, Entertainment, Fishing, History and Maritime) to be used to generate economic activity and increase tourism.

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Fort Ontario refugee Dr. Hugo Graner, a 51-year-old medical doctor from Keshnitz, Austria, receives a warm reception from his daughter Hildergarde, aged 13 (left); his son Otto, aged 16 (right); and his wife Elsa when he arrived in New York on January 18, 1945. Graner’s reunion with his family marked the end of a seven-year separation, the last year and a half of which he spent alone at Fort Ontario while his family lived only a six-hour train ride away.

‘We’ll Meet Again’ with Ann Curry Features Local History at Fort Ontario

November 17, 2018 Contributor

Tune in to your local PBS station on Tuesday, November 20 for “We’ll Meet Again,” a television series hosted by Ann Curry. This week’s program features Holocaust survivors and includes a story about a former resident of the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter, now Fort Ontario State Historic Site.

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Senator Patty Ritchie presents the “New York State Senate Commendation Award to Oswego County Sheriff Reuel Todd.

Ritchie Presents Oswego County Sheriff With NYS Senate Commendation Award

November 16, 2018 Contributor

State Senator Patty Ritchie recently honored Oswego County Sheriff Reuel Todd with the New York State Senate Commendation Award for his lasting contributions to Oswego County. Sheriff Todd is retiring at the end of the year.

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Welfare Fraud Alleged

November 16, 2018 Site Administrator

On Thursday (November 15) at 9:35 a.m., deputies charged Melissa J. Webster, 36, of 280 Cherry St., Apt. 1, Oswego, with Welfare Fraud, 3rd degree and Grand Larceny, 3rd degree, both class D felonies.

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A number of suggestions from the President’s Group on Sustainability in Dining Centers at SUNY Oswego are leading to a reduction of plastic and an increase in education where students and others eat. Sara Meal, a senior health promotion and wellness major, refills paper condiment cups -- which replaced their plastic counterparts over the summer -- in Pathfinder Dining Hall recently.

Teamwork Leads To Decreased Plastic, Increased Education In SUNY Oswego Dining Centers

November 15, 2018 Contributor

Eusebio Omar van Reenen — then the Student Association’s director of diversity and inclusion and now the SA president — asked last fall about reducing plastics in the dining halls, and President Stanley decided on the spot to form a group to study and make recommendations.

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Mayor Barlow Announces Public Input Session for Zoning Code Rewrite

November 14, 2018 Contributor

Mayor Billy Barlow announced a public information session on Thursday, November 15, 3 to 5 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Oswego City Hall to unveil details on the Downtown Design Standards. The public will learn how the design standards guide new development and redevelopment in downtown Oswego, and how it relates to the Oswego Code updates.

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Mayor Billy Barlow signs the Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement as Teresa Woolson, president of the VOW Foundation, looks oni

D.A.R.E. Program Extended By V.O.W. Foundation Grant

November 13, 2018 Contributor

Mayor Billy Barlow announced today (November 13) the signing of a Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement with the Victor Orlando Woolson Foundation to provide funding assistance for the city-sponsored Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program.

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Port City Native Elected To NC Senate

November 12, 2018 Steve Yablonski

It’s Southern politics, but with an Upstate New York flavor. A huge dose of Oswego common sense will take a seat in the North Carolina Senate on Jan. 1, 2019. Port City native Robert Steinburg is the senator-elect for the largest senate district in North Carolina.

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Oswego County remembers the lives lost in World War I

Large Crowd Observes 100th Anniversary Of Armistice; ‘But That Peace Was Not Without Cost’

November 11, 2018 Steve Yablonski

A crowd of more than 165 gathered in Oswego Veterans’ Memorial park on Sunday afternoon to observe the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I. And, they honored the memory of the many Oswego County veterans who gave the ultimate sacrifice.

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