EPA recommends closing superfund site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to remove an Oswego County superfund location from its national registry. The Fulton Terminals Superfund site is located about 10 miles south of the city of Oswego on State Route 104 and is…
Discount cards help students, businesses
A deal between the Oswego State Student Association and local businesses has created a discount card for students to use while they attend Oswego State. The program for the cards, which began on Feb. 2, offers student discount cards in…
SA, BSU lead protest on national issue
Oswego State students participated in a peaceful protest response to recent court decisions in Ferguson, Mo. and Staten Island on incidents where police officers killed unarmed black Americans. Student participants gathered in the Hart Hall circle where they then marched…
Alley Cat addresses violations
Alley Cat, located on 23 W. Bridge St., was evacuated and shut down Oct. 30 around 10:30 p.m. when a smoke machine caused the fire department to find them in violation of multiple safety codes. “My building filled up with…
Katko unseats Maffei in Congress
Republican candidate John Katko defeated Democrat incumbent Dan Maffei for New York’s 24th district in the House of Representatives in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Less than two hours after the polls closed in New York state, Maffei conceded. Katko spoke vibrantly…
Cuomo wins another term as governor
Gov. Andrew Cuomo was re-elected to another 4-year term in office on Tuesday in a Democratic Party sweep of statewide elections. According to the New York State Board of Elections unofficial election result tracker, Cuomo and his lieutenant governor running…
Yik Yak raises campus safety concerns
College campuses across the country have banned or considered banning Yik Yak in an effort to deflect the negative effects of the anonymous social media app. Yik Yak is an anonymous social media app that all posts, called Yaks, can…
Sen. Gillibrand aims to ban microbeads
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand recently visited the port of Oswego to discuss urging Congress to pass new legislation to ban plastic microbeads in personal care products that are frequently found in the water of the Great Lakes. Microbeads are the…
Katko leads Maffei in new Siena poll
Republican Congressional candidate John Katko has taken a sudden lead over incumbent Democrat Dan Maffei in the race for New York’s 24th congressional district, according to a new poll by the Siena College Research Institute and the Syracuse Post-Standard. The…
Campus safety measures revisited after SUNY Canton, high school incidents
SUNY Canton authorities announced on Oct. 25 that the suspect involved in a shooting threat made against the campus had been apprehended. Alexis Vazquez, the primary suspect in the threat, had allegedly made threatening statements on the social media outlet…
