Oswego County News Now

OSWEGO COUNTY — Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-Cleveland, this past week visited the prison in El Salvador where the Trump administration has deported many illegal immigrants.

OSWEGO — For the seventh consecutive weekend, protesters lined the bridge in downtown Oswego to voice their discontent with the actions of President Donald Trump and his administration.

OSWEGO — Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-Cleveland, chided “liberal media outlets” on Friday for covering what she said were “fake” town hall events organized by far-left activists from outside her congressional district.

OSWEGO — Monday marks the 100th anniversary of the first edition of The Palladium-Times coming off the presses.

FULTON — Oswego County Opportunities (OCO) Executive Director Diane Cooper-Currier has announced the nominees for the agency’s prestigious Amelia Whelahan Leadership Award.

PALERMO — The Palermo Church, located at 11 County Route 35 in Palermo, will host its annual Mother-Daughter Community Supper May 9 at 6 p.m. in the upper level of the church.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Flagler College student Carolyn Lederer of Hastings recently presented research at the 2025 Southeastern Estuarine Research Society (SEERS) Conference.

WEST MONROE — New York Elks Camp Bristol has announced that it is now hiring seasonal staff for the 2025 summer camp season.

OSWEGO — Oswego County is again asking New York state to transfer the responsibility for death investigations from the district attorney’s office to a separate county coroner’s office.

OSWEGO — Should Oswego County children have to pay to participate in baseball and softball programs held at the county-owned Legends Fields, after taxpayers spent more than $2 million to renovate it?

FULTON — After being surprise honored at a common council meeting in February, Don Patrick Jr., of Fulton, saw a street officially named after him on Thursday.

OSWEGO — The Oswego Music Hall will welcome back Sam Robbins April 26.

OSWEGO — For SUNY Oswego theater professor and director Jonel Langenfeld-Rial, “Tuck Everlasting” — opening April 23 in Tyler Hall’s Waterman Theatre — is more than a musical. It’s a mirror held up to humanity’s deepest questions.

SANDY CREEK — The North Country Music Society has announced its 2025 spring concerts.

OSWEGO COUNTY — Participating with Canal Clean Sweep, both the Minetto Beautification Committee and Friends of Great Bear will do their respective Clean Sweeps this weekend.

OSWEGO — Oswego County is the only central New York county that has grown in population since 2020, according to data tabulated by the U.S. Census Bureau.

CENTRAL SQUARE — Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay has written a letter to the state Department of Transportation (DOT) calling for increased traffic safety measures after the tragic death of a young girl on Route 11.

OSWEGO — When Anthony Waldron was released from a mental health facility after attempting suicide during his 2023 murder trial, Oswego County sheriff’s deputies were waiting to arrest him on a bench warrant.

OSWEGO — The Oswego City School District Board of Education will hold a regular meeting on Tuesday at 5 p.m. in the Oswego High School library. The public is welcome to attend.

FULTON — Some tickets still remain for the Fulton Lions Club’s annual Lions Loot drawing, said Ron Browning, co-chair. The chance of winning up to $10,000 is quickly coming to an end, and last year’s sweepstakes sold out.