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May 8, 2026

America the Spineless

August 13, 2025 Contributor

America the Spineless is caving to Trump at every turn. Law firms, universities, corporations, state legislatures, newspapers, once independent-minded Republicans and Democrats, the military, religious leaders, PBS, governors, Hollywood, sports leaders, Congress, the Supreme Court, […]

The Threat of Nuclear Destruction

August 11, 2025 Contributor

Under President Clinton, the U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) wrote a white paper titled “Essentials of Post-Cold War Deterrence.” STRATCOM wrote, “Nuclear weapons are our most potent tool of deterrence.” STRATCOM continued, “It hurts to portray […]

The Masters of the Caribbean

August 9, 2025 Contributor

Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1823, “I candidly confess that I have ever looked on Cuba as the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our system of states.” Jefferson wrote a few years […]

Principles Matter

August 9, 2025 Contributor

I have been trying to write this letter for weeks but every time there seems to be a pause in atrocities, something else happens. To Start: Epstein corruption • VP Vance’s plan to hold a […]

Public Invited To Hear The Facts On The “Big Beautiful Bill”

August 4, 2025 Contributor

Are you concerned about how these budget cuts will affect you and others in our community? Do you have unanswered questions? Indivisible- Oswego County invites the public to their next Community Meeting on Saturday August […]

A Deliberate Starvation Beyond Words

July 30, 2025 Contributor

In April 2024, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) concluded “that Israel had deliberately blocked deliveries of food and medicine into Gaza.” Yet, in May 2024, Secretary of State Antony Blinken went to Congress […]

News reporting going south

July 24, 2025 Contributor

Letter submission: ABC News has gone downhill ABC News with David Muir is the most watched nightly news program for a reason, and it is not a good reason. On a recent program, in no […]

The US Policy of Regime Change

July 21, 2025 Contributor

President Trump told the new President of Syria, Ahmed al-Shara, that he was “attractive” and “tough”. Yet, the Wall Street Journal admitted President al-Shara “once fought with al Qaeda in Iraq as an anti-U.S. jihadist.” […]

Explain the law? No way.

July 21, 2025 Contributor

Letter submission: Explain the law? Why doesn’t the Supreme Court majority explain itself when it hands out massive victories to President Trump on things like dismantling the Department of Education? It is clearly because there […]

Representatives Must Act To Protect Our Health & Future, Not Polluters

July 15, 2025 Contributor

Dear editor at Oswego County Today, I’m very disappointed in every legislator who voted for one of the most harmful bills in history, Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.” Many people in our state and nationwide […]

State Police Arrest Oswego Man Following Stalking Investigation

May 8, 2026

OSWEGO – On May 7, 2026, State Police arrested Douglas S. Waterbury, age 66, of Oswego, NY, for Stalking in the Fourth Degree (Class B misdemeanor). The investigation began after a complaint was received on [...]
State Police arrest Volney man following domestic incident

May 8, 2026

OSWEGO COUNTY – On May 3, 2026, at approximately 6:20 p.m., State Police in Fulton responded to a domestic incident that occurred earlier that evening at a residence on Mullen Road in the town of [...]
Fulton Council Renews Top Officials’ Contracts Without Public Disclosure

May 6, 2026

FULTON – First Ward Councilor Mark Woodworth was absent from the meeting, marking his third consecutive absence from council sessions. One of the meeting’s most discussed items involved proposed changes to the city code regarding [...]

State Police arrest Volney man following domestic incident

May 8, 2026

OSWEGO COUNTY – On May 3, 2026, at approximately 6:20 p.m., State Police in Fulton responded to a domestic incident that occurred earlier that evening at a residence on Mullen Road in the town of [...]
Award made as part of National Small Business Week celebration
Senator Ryan Honors Oswego Manufacturer with Empire Award

May 7, 2026

FULTON – State Senator Christopher J. Ryan (NY-50) yesterday honored Universal Metal Works of Fulton with an Empire Award as a part of National Small Business Week. Empire Awards are given to businesses in a [...]
Fulton Council Renews Top Officials’ Contracts Without Public Disclosure

May 6, 2026

FULTON – First Ward Councilor Mark Woodworth was absent from the meeting, marking his third consecutive absence from council sessions. One of the meeting’s most discussed items involved proposed changes to the city code regarding [...]