Read more about the article United Way Helps Dozens, Who Help Thousands
United Way of Greater Oswego County officials and volunteers collected 39,503 school supply items that reached 1,919 students across Oswego County as part of the United Way’s 2025 Stuff-A-Bus school supply drive.

United Way Helps Dozens, Who Help Thousands

By Stefan Yablonski   The United Way of Greater Oswego County improves lives by fostering partnerships, mobilizing the community to give and volunteer, raising awareness of local human needs and…

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Read more about the article PEACE, Inc. Looks to Serve the Whole Family
One of PEACE, Inc.’s program is the Fatherhood with PEACE, Inc. It’s a 12-week program to help male clients with their parenting skills.

PEACE, Inc. Looks to Serve the Whole Family

By Mary Beth Roach   From its Early Head Start/Head Start to its senior centers, PEACE, Inc. serves a wide cross-section of Onondaga County and at least one of its…

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Read more about the article Home HeadQuarters Assists First-time Homebuyers
Home HeadQuarters is building four new homes in Syracuse’s Tipperary Hill, as part of the state’s Affordable Homeownership Opportunity Program and the Syracuse Resurgent Neighborhood Initiative.

Home HeadQuarters Assists First-time Homebuyers

In its last fiscal year, agency started in 1996 paid at least $30 million in its community development efforts By Mary Beth Roach   Few things can be as impactful…

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Read more about the article TIM’S NOTES: Fulton’s 114 Reserve’s Cultural Hub
Oswego County-based trio Very Next Accident are among the musical acts who have enjoyed the unique family-friendly atmosphere of the 114 Reserve. From left are band members Adam Mance, Antonia D’Amato and Michael Crispino. (Tim Nekritz photo)

TIM’S NOTES: Fulton’s 114 Reserve’s Cultural Hub

A former bank building on a prominent Fulton corner where Route 481 intersects with Oneida Street has become a coffee shop, community center by Tim Nekritz  |  nekritz@gmail.com   A…

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Read more about the article Surprise, Surprise: New York Becoming More Appealing to Medical Doctors
Physician Michael Holcomb’s career training involved multiple stops on the New York State Thruway: undergraduate degree at the University of Rochester, medical school at SUNY Upstate Medical University and resident at Albany Family Medicine in the Capital District. He recently returned home to Oswego County and now works as a family physician at ConnextCare in Central Square.

Surprise, Surprise: New York Becoming More Appealing to Medical Doctors

SUNY University at Albany reports that 53% of newly trained doctors in New York state institutions planned on setting up shop here, up from 45% in 2015 By Aaron Gifford…

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