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World Trade Center Attack Survivor, Alumnus, Father of Graduate To Deliver Commencement Eve Keynote Address

April 29, 2019 Contributor

John McLoughlin, a Port Authority Police Department sergeant who overcame being trapped beneath the rubble of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, and who is a 1975 SUNY Oswego graduate, will return to campus to serve as the keynote speaker at the 2019 Commencement Eve Torchlight Dinner and Ceremony on May 17.

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Mayor Barlow Announces Completion of Oswego Waterfall Lighting Project

April 29, 2019 Contributor

The project was designed to promote Oswego’s waterways and the West Linear Riverwalk as the city conducts improvements to Water Street, plans to build a river dock for recreational boaters, and has increased investment in the Oswego Summer Concert Series at Veterans’ Stage, all initiatives centered around the Riverwalk, with a focus on Oswego’s waterfront.

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Fulton Block Builders Continue to Receive Support

April 29, 2019 Contributor

FULTON, NY – Cassandra Nelson, Funeral Director and General Manager at Foster Funeral Home recently presented Linda Eagan with a check in support of the Fulton Block Builder (FBB) matching grant program. “Foster Funeral Home […]

Governor Directs Deployment Of Flood Prevention Resources To Lake Ontario Communities

April 28, 2019 Steve Yablonski

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today (April 28) announced he has directed State agencies to begin deploying resources to protect communities along the shores of Lake Ontario from potential flooding that could result from the lake’s rising water levels.

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Office for the Aging Warns of Social Security Phone Scheme

April 26, 2019 Contributor

Social Security and the federal Office of the Inspector General have received reports from across the country about fraudulent phone calls from people falsely claiming to be Social Security employees.

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Fulton School Board Approves $73.35 Million Budget

April 26, 2019 Site Administrator

Fulton’s school board unanimously stamped its final approval Wednesday evening on a proposed $73.35 million budget that will go before the district’s voters May 21.

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Attorney General Takes Down 2 Drug Rings Responsible For Trafficking Heroin, Fentanyl, And Cocaine Throughout Central And Upstate NY

April 25, 2019 Contributor

Attorney General Letitia James today announced the indictment of 65 individuals charged with conspiring in two major drug distribution networks that transported heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine to Onondaga County, St. Lawrence County, Oswego County, Oneida County, and Jefferson County.

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Council OKs Bemelmans’, Madeline’s Return To Fort Ontario

April 25, 2019 Steve Yablonski

Councilors approved the use of public space for Mary Kay Stone on behalf of the Friends of Fort Ontario in order to host the Madeline Festival on June 1. It will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Fort Ontario Complex and the nearby Oswego Civic Arts Center at the end of East Fourth Street.

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Volunteers Beautify Minetto

April 25, 2019 Steve Yablonski

In conjunction with Canal Clean Sweep and Oswego County Earth Week, the Minetto Beautification Committee continued with its thirteenth year doing a spring clean up of the River View Park and a litter pick up along the Oswego River and Canal.

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Missing West Monroe Teen Located

April 24, 2019 Steve Yablonski

UPDATE: She has been found, safe
The Oswego County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in locating Elora Race. Elora has been missing since yesterday, April 23. She is approximately 5’4” tall and weighs approximately 170 pounds.

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