Oswego Health to receive $1.4 million from new budget act
Oswego Health is one of the small, low-volume hospitals expected to benefit following the passing of the Bipartisan Budget Act. Following its passage, Oswego Health will receive $1.4 million over the course of five years in additional funding. This act…
City of Oswego Ends Parking Ban Early
Mayor Billy Barlow announced on Feb. 20 via Twitter that the street parking ban in the city of Oswego was to be immediately lifted. Enacted at the beginning of the winter season, to permit city plows to clear the streets…
Chinese opera performs in Sheldon ballroom
Imagine an opera where the cast swings swords at one another or comes out in massive, complicated, culturally significant and intensely symbolic costumes. That is the essence of Beijing Opera. On Feb. 10, the Oswego State division of the Startalk…
Oswego State celebrates Black History Month
It is once again time to celebrate Black History Month across campus. Black History Month is significant not only on campus but across the nation because it is a time to celebrate the accomplishments of civil rights leaders such as…
Oswego County Opportunities gets state grant for local homeless
According to the Housing and Urban Development 2017 Annual Homeless Assessment Report, out of every 10,000 people in the U.S., 17 were experiencing homelessness. The Department of Housing and Urban Development recently granted Oswego County Opportunities $385,000 to aid the…
Taco Bell passes first hurdle on road to Oswego
Plans to build a Taco Bell in Oswego moved one step forward, passing the City of Oswego Planning Board on Tuesday night. Holding its monthly meeting at 6 p.m., the planning board approved the site plan for the fast-food restaurant,…
Oswego’s history with Holocaust remembered
When the U.S. decided to provide shelter for almost 1,000 Jewish refugees during World War II, former President Franklin Roosevelt decided the best place to do so was Fort Ontario in Oswego. Community members gathered on Jan. 27 at the…
Oswego homes face encroaching bats in winter
In the past few weeks, the Oswego County Health Department has seen an increase in cases of bats in homes. Maria Sagot, an assistant professor in Oswego State’s biological sciences department, said it is likely that if one bat is…
