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Oswego Daily News

Coast Guard Rescues Two From Breakwall

Coast Guard Station Oswego rescued a man and a woman from the west breakwall in Oswego Harbor on Saturday. “They were walking along the breakwall when they fell in the water from six-foot waves,” said Machinery Technician 2nd Class Jason Furman, Station Oswego, Officer-of-the-day. “They were able to climb up the rocks and cling to the wall until we arrived.”

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Oswego Daily News

Notice: Oswego Hospital’s Walk-In Emergency Entrance Relocated This Weekend

Community members that need to access Oswego Hospital’s walk-in emergency entrance this weekend are asked to use the facility’s main entrance.

The main entrance is to be used for walk-in emergencies from 4 p.m. Friday, April 16 until 7 a.m. Monday, April 19. Construction crews will be working over the weekend at the entrance on West Sixth and Oneida Streets that has served as the walk-in emergency entrance.

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Fulton Daily News

Unemployment Rate Drops A Bit in Oswego County

Unemployment pulled back in March in Oswego County from near-historic highs, but not because more people found jobs.

Data from the state Labor Department shows the unemployment rate in Oswego County in March was 10.8%.  That’s down from 11.5% in February but is a few tenths of a point higher than the jobless rate of a year ago.

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Fulton Daily News

New York Chocolate Files For Bankruptcy, Winding Down Business

A photo of the Nestle plant from around 1995, from the New York  Chocolate and Confections website.UPDATE: New York Chocolate and Confections filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday, ending its long attempt to bring chocolate manufacturing back to its North American birthplace.

“We are not accepting the Chapter 11 activity as there’s no absolutely no hope, that the plant’s going to be liquidated, sold, and the plant’s going to be scrapped,” the head of Operation Oswego County, Mike Treadwell said.

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