Safeguard Your Online Reputation

For some employers, checking your online presence is one of the first things they do by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant In a few short years — or even months for some — you’ll be looking for…

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Fast Food Frenzy

Three titans of fast food industry make presence felt in Port City By Lou Sorendo [caption id="attachment_658" align="alignright" width="300"] Taco Bell is the latest fast food restaurant to open in Oswego — on the east…

Khepera Coffee in the Canal Commons in Oswego is a very recent addition to the Oswego business community, having opened this past July. Owner Jessica Spano is shown next to the espresso coffee maker.

Best Kept Secrets of Oswego

These ‘hidden gems’ of the Oswego area worth the visit By Alex Plate [caption id="attachment_533" align="alignright" width="300"] Wonzones Calzones, a calzone restaurant in downtown Oswego that specifically caters to SUNY Oswego students.[/caption] Oswego has been…

One of the longest-running projects in Oswego, the development of a pedestrian area on Water Street, was finished in mid-July. It is named Water Street Square. Photo by Alex Plate.

City on the Rise

Oswego’s downtown undergoing a major facelift; new businesses flourish By Alex Plate This summer has seen an explosion of new development in the city of Oswego. New businesses, renovations and construction are opening up the downtown…

This past February, University Police at SUNY Oswego issued cameras worn center-of-chest to 17 members of the department’s Patrol Division — such as Officer Eric Martin (pictured) — following training over the winter break. The devices record law enforcement officers’ encounters with citizens, for their mutual benefit.

University Police Now Armed with Body Cameras

Video capabilities provide valuable resource for University Police; ensure public safety By Alexander Plate The New York State University Police Department at SUNY Oswego has had a semester to use its body cameras, and so…

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Big Brother’s Watching

Keeping an eye out — Security surveillance being featured in downtown Oswego to thwart vandalism, crime By Lou Sorendo Big Brother is watching, but it’s all for the right reasons. A network of security surveillance…

Four of Robert Niederhoff ‘s butterflies having just emerged from their chrysalises, dry their wings before preparing for their first flight.

Monarch Rule Threatened

Number of factors — including climate change —affecting livelihood of one of nature’s most amazing creatures By Alexander Plate [caption id="attachment_552" align="alignright" width="225"] Robert Niederhoff, a former biology professor at SUNY Oneonta who lives in…