Retire your flag at Fort Ontario on Flag Day. 1890 photograph of the Post Headquarters at Fort Ontario with the U.S. flag flying on the ship’s-mast style pole on the bastion behind it. (Photo courtesy Fort Ontario State Historic Site.)
Oswego Daily News

Gov. Cuomo Announces $450,000 In Grants To Grassroots Groups To Enhance State Parks, Historic Sites

The grants, funded through the Environmental Protection Fund, will be matched by nearly $242,000 in private and local funding which will support projects to strengthen friends groups and enhance public access and recreational opportunities at parks and historic sites across the state. Include is Friends of Fort Ontario at the Fort Ontario State Historic Site

[…]

Early image of Fort Oswego authored by Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry, Royal Chief Engineer in New France, and dated "done in camp before Chouaguen [Oswego], July 14th, 1729." Image courtesy of French National Archives.
Oswego Daily News

Native American and Local Perspectives Featured at Annual Symposium

The life and times of legendary Shawnee Chief Tecumseh, territorial claims and disputes in the Lake Ontario region, and Oswego’s involvement in the events leading up to the War of 1812 are among the topics presented at the sixth annual Oswego International War of 1812 Symposium scheduled for Friday, April 1 to Sunday, April 3.

[…]

No Picture
Oswego Daily News

Barclay Nominates Local Education Leader to Regents Board; Assembly Bypasses Oswego Educator

Assemblyman Will Barclay made the following statement today (March 8) after nominating Oswego resident John Sheffield to serve on the Board of Regents during a joint Senate and Assembly session in Albany. The Assembly majority are largely favored in the selection process and Sheffield was not selected to serve on the board.

[…]

No Picture
Oswego Daily News

Local Business: Layoffs Would Be Certain if $15 Minimum Wage Passes Legislature

Assemblyman Will Barclay today (March 8) said that 64% of local business owners surveyed said they would have to cut jobs if New York adopted the $15 minimum wage mandate. Nearly 100 local business owners completed the survey. Respondents ranged from those who employ a small staff to those who employ as many as 200 people.

[…]

No Picture
Oswego Daily News

Coalition Aims To Curb Drug Abuse By Youth

Data from a survey conducted by the Coalition to Combat Adolescent Substance Abuse in Oswego County shows that alcohol is the main drug abused by youths in Oswego County. According to research from the coalition, the top three drugs of concern for youths in Oswego County are alcohol, prescription drugs and marijuana, with alcohol being the biggest concern.

[…]

No Picture
Fulton Daily News

Fulton Officials Schedule Public Hearing

The Fulton Common Council has scheduled a public hearing regarding a proposal to mend non-conforming use laws. The hearing is scheduled to take place at a regular council meeting after the public comment section on April 5 starting at 7 p.m. in the city municipal building, 141 S. First St. City officials say they’d like to amend the law to consider each property on an individual basis.

[…]