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August 6, 2026

[ August 2, 2026 ] Flood Watch issued August 2 at 2:26AM EDT until August 3 at 2:00AM EDT by NWS Buffalo NY Emergency Posts

Nancy Bellow: Representatives Need To Support STOP Surprise Medical Bills Act

August 7, 2020 Contributor

We need Senator Schumer and our Congressional representatives to support STOP and protect patients who simply cannot afford the costs and stress come with surprise medical bills.

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Suzanne Stout: No One Is Above The Law, Even The Sheriff

August 4, 2020 Contributor

A full investigation into Hilton and those with him is called for in order for the people of Oswego County to regain trust in the officers of the Sheriff’s Department.

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Carolyn Handville: Colon Cancer Screening For Men

July 29, 2020 Contributor

The Cancer Services Program (CSP) of the North Country wants men ages 50 and older to know that the Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) kit is a yearly colon cancer screening that can be done at home.

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James Weatherup: Fill Out Your 2020 Census

July 28, 2020 Contributor

Please do your part to make sure that Oswego County receives its share of funding by returning your census form. It’s not too late for everyone to be counted.

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Jim Weatherup: Do What Needs To Be Done To Overcome COVID-19

July 24, 2020 Contributor

Please, just follow the rules! It does make a difference. Together we will overcome these challenges as we have many times before.

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Patty Family: Manktelow’s Firearm Digest – A Misfire

July 24, 2020 Contributor

At a time when people are facing record unemployment, navigating the loss of their health insurance, struggling to put food on the table, and living in fear of getting the deadly Covid virus, I find Manktelow’s “Digest” of information to be completely tone deaf.

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David Yeatts: Why Fulton Stinks

July 22, 2020 Contributor

For more than forty years, Fulton has had an animal control officer. It was to give the residents someone to call if they were having trouble and needed help with feral cats, raccoons, possums or skunks. That no longer is the case

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Frank Castiglia: Fulton Kids Have Nowhere To Swim

July 10, 2020 Contributor

Require the City to repair the Dam giving the Children of Fulton memories like the ones that the Baby Boomers have of growing up in the City of Fulton.

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Frank Castiglia Jr.: Duplication Of Services

July 5, 2020 Contributor

At the last Human Services Committee meeting a resolution HS-2 was presented and passed unanimously.

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Frank Castiglia Jr.: Veterans Get Short End Of The Stick Again

July 5, 2020 Contributor

Yes once again our fine men and women that served our country are getting the short end of the stick, It isn’t the Federal Gov’t that is doing it it’s your own local Oswego County Legislature that is doing it.

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Fulton Common Council Meeting, A Rerun from November 2025 Budget Public Hearings

August 6, 2026

FULTON – The meeting revisited many of the budget discussions from the previous year, with council members addressing familiar questions from concerned citizens. Many residents expressed worries about another significant increase in water, sewer, refuse, [...]
Senator Ryan Awards $60,000 to the Village of Phoenix Police Department

August 6, 2026

PHOENIX, N.Y. – State Senator Christopher J. Ryan (SD-50) today awarded $60,000 to the Village of Phoenix Police Department for the purchasing of a new police vehicle. The new vehicle will replace a 10 year-old [...]
Flood Watch issued August 2 at 2:26AM EDT until August 3 at 2:00AM EDT by NWS Buffalo NY

August 2, 2026

WHAT…Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible. WHERE…Portions of central and western New York, including the following counties, in central New York, Jefferson, Lewis, Northern Cayuga and Oswego. In western New York, Allegany, Cattaraugus, [...]

Senator Ryan Awards $60,000 to the Village of Phoenix Police Department

August 6, 2026

PHOENIX, N.Y. – State Senator Christopher J. Ryan (SD-50) today awarded $60,000 to the Village of Phoenix Police Department for the purchasing of a new police vehicle. The new vehicle will replace a 10 year-old [...]
Boil Water Advisory Issued for Pontiac Nursing Home

August 6, 2026

OSWEGO – Residents of the Pontiac Nursing Home at 303 E. River Rd. in Oswego are being advised by the Oswego County Health Department to boil all water used for drinking and cooking. According [...]
Sanctuary Speaker Series Features Upstate Freshwater Institute’s “Seeing Below the Surface”

August 5, 2026

OSWEGO – The H. Lee White Maritime Museum is pleased to present “Seeing Below the Surface: Exploration of Water Quality in Lake Ontario” by Andrew S. Brainard, PhD and David Andrews of the Upstate Freshwater [...]