Oswego State tries to appeal businesses with Start-Up NY
Oswego State has been approved to participate in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Start-Up NY campus initiative, a program designed to provide major incentives for businesses to relocate, start up or expand in New York through partnerships with colleges and universities. These…
Oswego County finds EEE virus in swamps
The Oswego County Health Department announced that the eastern equine encephalitis virus has appeared in several more mosquito pools during the state health departments testing’s in Oswego County. These samples were taken from the Big Bay-Toad Harbor Swamp area in…
Aluminum shipments to Oswego to increase
The Port of Oswego has seen record levels of aluminum shipments so far this year and shipments between the port and the St. Lawrence Seaway are expected to increase by 30 percent this year, according to the Chamber of Marine…
Oswego State campus experiences power outage early Thursday morning
The Oswego State campus lost power Thursday morning at approximately 9 a.m. According to the Office of Public Affairs, the outage was not the fault of the university or the university’s equipment, but through problems from the Varick Hydro Electric…
Student dies on campus after heroin overdose, 2 hospitalized
One Oswego State student is dead and two are being hospitalized after suspected heroin overdoses. The student who died was found on campus, while the two who were hospitalized were off campus. The announcement came a day after the annual…
Local high school students compete in Oswego County GENIUS Olympiad
Oswego County GENIUS Olympiad is an environmental science competition that encourages high school students from Oswego County to focus on all aspects of global environment issues. There were 15 students from Phoenix Central High School and Central Square High School…
Two trucks crash into Oswego Federal Credit Union
A Centro truck driver collided with another vehicle before crashing into the Oswego County Federal Credit Union Monday morning, sending both drivers to Oswego Hospital for minor injuries. According to Oswego city police, the Centro Ford F-250 ran a red…
Oswego Children’s Project provides internships to students
For the past 15 years, the Oswego Children’s Project has been providing internships for Oswego State students. The Oswego Children’s Project (OCP) is a partnership between Oswego State and the Oswego City Elementary School District. Both the college and town…
War of 1812 Symposium held to remember historic battle
Chad Cook, senior and creative writing major at Oswego State, spent a month and half working on a twelve-page research paper and presentation for a vigorous panel of scholars. Cook wasn’t the only student who stood before the panel of…
Three Oswego County school districts only in state to lose funds
Three school districts in Oswego County are the only schools in Central New York that will see decreases in state aid under New York’s budget this year. Altmar-Parish-Williamstown School District will see a decrease of 3.6 percent in state aid,…
