SCRIBA — Oswego County could soon build its first disc golf course as the sport continues to grow in popularity with diehard players and casual enthusiasts.

OSWEGO — As district attorney candidates crisscross the county seeking support ahead of the crucial county Republican Party endorsement vote next month, attorney Anthony DiMartino has taken an early lead in town committee endorsements.

The Oswego County 911 center hosted an open house recently to encourage members of the public to consider a career as a telecommunicator.

OSWEGO — Actor and activist Kendrick Sampson will be the keynote speaker on Wednesday at SUNY Oswego’s Sheldon Hall.

PHOENIX — When classes finish on Wednesday, a small group of performers will take over the high school’s gymnasium and in a few hours transform it into a circus wonderland ready to greet oohing and ahhing children.

MEXICO — A Mexico High School math instructor is among just 221 educators newly selected statewide for the prestigious New York State Master Teacher Program.

SCHROEPPEL — When authorities announced the arrest of a man accused of repeatedly accessing child pornography, they said he’d been arrested last year and held at the county jail on bail, but then released without posting bail.

VOLNEY —  Over the years, Austin Wheelock brought many prospective buyers through the aging building that had housed the can-making plant for the former Miller Brewery.

OSWEGO COUNTY — Wrapping up a decade of grant making in December 2022, the Richard S. Shineman Foundation is bidding a fond farewell to two longtime board members, Kathy Fenlon and Casey Raymond, who both served on the board since the inception of the foundation.

Attorneys have experience on opposite sides of the criminal justice system

FULTON — No matter how cold it is or how much snow is on the ground, there will be Arctic conditions in Fulton on Feb. 11.

SCHROEPELL — An Oswego County man is accused of repeatedly accessing child pornography over the course of a year, even after investigators seized his electronic devices and arrested him.

OSWEGO — The rise in artificial intelligence (AI) technology has caused concerns among many for potential use in academic dishonesty, but SUNY Oswego communication studies professor Ulises Mejias notes that limitations still exist, and that the process provides an opportunity for reflection.

OSWEGO COUNTY — New York State Senator John W. Mannion presented state Senate proclamations to the Oswego County Highway Department crew that assisted Buffalo and Erie County following the holiday storm last month.

FULTON — Brookfield Renewable, U.S., recently donated $8,000 to the Fulton Fire Department toward the purchase of a rapid deployment rescue boat and additional rescue equipment, said Fulton Fire Chief Adam Howard.

OSWEGO — Much like eight years ago, when he was first elected to the Oswego Common Council, Robert Corradino said the city is at a crossroads.

One of the three defendants already pleaded guilty

Cargo increased about 300% in 2022 over previous year

OSWEGO — Greg Oakes, who has served as Oswego County’s district attorney for more than a decade, said Monday he will not run for reelection to a fourth four-year term this fall.

OSWEGO —The nonprofit that operates Harborfest asked Oswego County for pandemic relief money last year, citing the “financial stress” of cancelling the festival two years in a row, but is still waiting to see if it will receive help.

VOLNEY — The knowledge that a company plans to redevelop the long-underused former Miller Brewery, nearly 30 years after its closure threw 900 people out of work, is a salve for a longtime economic development official.

MEXICO — Nearly two decades after Beck’s Hotel closed its doors, there is a plan for it to reopen as a café, restaurant and bar.

OSWEGO — Everyone knows magicians aren’t supposed to reveal their secrets, but at one point during his final State of the City address on Thursday night, Mayor Billy Barlow pulled back the curtain for his audience.

OSWEGO — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Wednesday released its plan to designate a new national marine sanctuary in eastern Lake Ontario.

OSWEGO — The longtime JC Penney store in the city of Oswego will close by May, the retailer confirmed Wednesday.

OSWEGO — Oswego Health has announced that board member Katie Toomey has been elected to serve on the Healthcare Trustees of New York State’s (HTNYS) Board of Governors for a three-year term.  

OSWEGO — When he was elected mayor of Oswego in 2015, Billy Barlow, then just 25 years old, became one of the youngest elected mayors in state history.

VOLNEY — The main building at the former Miller Brewery complex will soon get a new lease on life.

OSWEGO — After dodging the ax repeatedly over the years, even as department stores struggled and the COVID-19 pandemic caused its owner to seek bankruptcy protection, the JC Penney store in Oswego is closing.

OSWEGO — The nonprofit that runs Harborfest has a new executive director.

Project will be financed by federal stimulus money and state funds

OSWEGO — When Oswego County District Attorney Greg Oakes first started working as a prosecutor in the DA’s office in 2001, it was a rarity to record interviews between police officers and witnesses and defendants.

OSWEGO — The New York Power Authority (NYPA) and the Department of State (DOS) on Thursday announced deployment of the first electric vehicle (EV) fast chargers that can be used by any all-electric vehicle in downtown Oswego.