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Syracuse VA Announces New Provider, Location For Oswego County Community Based Outpatient Clinic

April 30, 2022 Submitted article

Officials at the Syracuse VA Medical Center have announced the transfer and relocation of the operation of the VA’s Oswego County Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC), currently located at 437 State Route 104 East, from CR Associates to Valor Healthcare of Dallas, Texas.

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Morningstar Salutes Its Veterans

November 11, 2021 Contributor

Morningstar recognized its veterans during a special reception held in their honor.

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Assembly Republican Conference To Launch ‘No Surrender’ Veteran Initiative

November 11, 2021 Contributor

Today, Assembly Republican Leader Will Barclay and Assemblyman Jake Ashby, Ranking Republican Member of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee and an Army veteran, announced the “No Surrender” Veteran Initiative: Making PTSD a Priority, a series of roundtable events to address the pervasive issue of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) facing veterans, as well as law enforcement, health care and emergency service personnel.

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Oswego’s Aqua Spa Float Center Offers Heroes Complimentary Floats For Veterans Day

November 8, 2021 Contributor

The Aqua Spa Float Center may have recently introduced float therapy to the Oswego community, but the practice of floating has been around since the 1960s.

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Weatherup Discusses COVID-19, Thanks Oswego County Veterans In Biweekly Video

November 2, 2021 Kassadee Bradshaw

Oswego County Legislature Chairman James Weatherup briefed the public today in his biweekly video. This week, he discussed COVID-19 and highlighted the county’s veterans.

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Barlow, Peter Allen, Thank A Service Member Hosts Veterans, Family Members For Fishing Trip

August 16, 2021 Contributor

Mayor Billy Barlow, in partnership with Peter Allen and Thank A Service Member, Inc, hosted approximately 30 local veterans and family members at Wright’s Landing Marina in Oswego for a fishing trip on Lake Ontario and dinner.

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Oswego Maritime Museum Will Honor Veterans Of D-Day, World War II On June 6

May 30, 2021 Contributor

The H. Lee White Maritime Museum will unite D-Day and World War II veterans with the museum’s U.S. Army Transport (USAT), LT-5, the last functional U.S. Army vessel that participated in the Normandy landings, at a commemorative event Sunday, June 6, the 77th anniversary of the D-Day invasion.

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Oswego County Joins Campaign To Recognize Purple Heart Recipients

May 1, 2021 Contributor

The Oswego County Legislature proclaimed this county a “Purple Heart County” at its April meeting. It also designated that day, April 15, to remember and recognize veterans who have received the Purple Heart Medal.

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Syracuse VA Medical Center To Conduct Moderna Vaccine Clinic In Oswego

April 14, 2021 Contributor

The Syracuse VA Medical Center, in conjunction with the Oswego County Veterans Service Agency, will hold a COVID-19 vaccination clinic administering the Moderna vaccine in Oswego on Sunday, April 18.

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Gillibrand Calls On Congress To Pass Legislation To Help Veterans With Diseases Linked To Burn Pits, Other Toxic Exposures Obtain Benefits From VA

April 14, 2021 Contributor

Yesterday, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Marco Rubio (R-FL), U.S. Representatives Raul Ruiz, M.D, (D-CA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), alongside Jon Stewart, 9/11 activist John Feal, members of BurnPits 360, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), and numerous veterans advocates stood together to call for landmark bipartisan, bicameral legislation, the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act.

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