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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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Fulton Daily News

RaiderNet Daily: A Fiesta is Planned

Cinco de Mayo is coming and a party is on tap for May 8, complete with food and games.  Also today, students and coaches play basketball to fight the cancer that has hit three G. Ray Bodley students; the tennis team continues to enjoy good fortune in its new home; and if you’ve ever wanted to hear a bagpipe, tonight’s Bodley’s Got Talent show is for you.

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Fulton Daily News

Democrat-Turned-Republican Candidate for Governor Steve Levy Visits Fulton

Steve Levy, Republican candidate for Governor.Suffolk County Executive and candidate for governor Steve Levy likes to compare his switch from Democratic party to Republican to Ronald Reagan’s conversion.

“Remember that Ronald Reagan switched from a Democrat to a Republican when he was 51 years of age. I beat him by a year. I’m 50,” said Levy.

He trying to use that frame to win over Republicans all over the state, like the Oswego County Committee Members.

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