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Oswego residents react to 'Lake America'

Published: August 31, 2026
Locals in the Lake Ontario port city say a new federal name hasn’t changed what they call the Great Lake, even as tensions with Canada hit closer to home.
Fair attendees sit at a fair-game stand surrounded by stuffed-animal prizes.
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The New York State Fair, up close

Published: September 3, 2026 | Updated: September 6, 2026 at 11:29 pm

From corgi races and cow barns to newlyweds, drum circles and kangaroo, NewsHouse reporters capture the people and small moments that give the New York State Fair its character.

Cjala Surratt, owner of Black Citizens Brigade, speaks with visitors inside her downtown Syracuse shop, which combines vintage clothing, books and records with community programming and conversation.
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Black Citizen’s Brigade builds a place for history, art and conversation

Published: September 2, 2026

More than a vintage clothing store, Cjala Surratt has a carefully curated collection of artifacts that tell meaningful stories center on Black history.

Photo of John and Leigh-Ann Tumino in front of the In My Father's Kitchen van.
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More than a meal: 15 years of In My Father’s Kitchen

Published: August 31, 2026 | Updated: September 2, 2026 at 2:38 pm

Former restaurant owners John and Leigh-Ann Tumino continue to help people experiencing homelessness find stability, healing and hope.

7-hydroxymitragynine, or 7-OH, packets available in Syracuse area convenience stores.
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The legal high for sale at your corner store

Published: May 27, 2026

7-hydroxymitragynine, or 7-OH, produces effects similar to morphine and fentanyl — and in Onondaga County, it's available with almost no restrictions.

How Micron's chip plants could affect CNY residents

Published: May 31, 2026

Guide: Wildflowers Armory

Published: April 20, 2026
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A view of Lake Ontario looking north from Oswego, New York, on Aug. 30, 2026.
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Oswego residents react to Trump’s ‘Lake America’ rename 

Published: August 31, 2026

Locals in the Lake Ontario port city say a new federal name hasn’t changed what they call the Great Lake, even as tensions with Canada hit closer to home.

Fair attendees sit at a fair-game stand surrounded by stuffed-animal prizes.
Off Campus

The New York State Fair, up close

Published: September 3, 2026

From corgi races and cow barns to newlyweds, drum circles and kangaroo, NewsHouse reporters capture the people and small moments that give the New York State Fair its character.

Cjala Surratt, owner of Black Citizens Brigade, speaks with visitors inside her downtown Syracuse shop, which combines vintage clothing, books and records with community programming and conversation.
Off Campus

Black Citizen’s Brigade builds a place for history, art and conversation

Published: September 2, 2026

More than a vintage clothing store, Cjala Surratt has a carefully curated collection of artifacts that tell meaningful stories center on Black history.

Photo of John and Leigh-Ann Tumino in front of the In My Father's Kitchen van.
Off Campus

More than a meal: 15 years of In My Father’s Kitchen

Published: August 31, 2026

Former restaurant owners John and Leigh-Ann Tumino continue to help people experiencing homelessness find stability, healing and hope.

7-hydroxymitragynine, or 7-OH, packets available in Syracuse area convenience stores.
Off Campus

The legal high for sale at your corner store

Published: May 27, 2026

7-hydroxymitragynine, or 7-OH, produces effects similar to morphine and fentanyl — and in Onondaga County, it's available with almost no restrictions.