In a letter to its patients and their families Tuesday, Loretto CEO Michael Sullivan said that the 120-bed Oswego home and its Rosewood Heights nursing home because they were “challenged to maintain financial viability before the economic crisis of 2008 and the outlook for their ability to maintain quality services in the current environment is poor.”
Oswego County’s signature industry is caught in a downward spiral, according to a new report.
The study, from New York Sea Grant, predicts that fishing trips to Lake Ontario will fall off by about a third in the next few years, draining $19 million from an $80 million business and costing 330 jobs.
Though earlier in the week Senate Republicans appeared ready to vote down important Green Jobs/Green New York legislation to create jobs and help New Yorkers make their homes more energy efficient, state Sen. Darrel J. Aubertine won the support of 21 Republican colleagues late Thursday night to pass the bill 52-8.
The jobless rate fell from 10.2% in June to 9.5% in July.
The rate remains very high — the third highest in the state outside of New York City.
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