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Oswego City Parking Ban Lifted
Reported by: Jacob Vanderbroek
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Oktoberfest in Oswego
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From the Polka to the party the first ever Oswego Oktoberfest brought Deutschland to downtown Oswego.
“This is the first time running the Oktoberfest. So this is something that I think a lot of people have been interested in and we’re just putting it together for a fun community event,” said Event Director Chris Jones.
Jones felt that whether people came for the food or the fun. Everyone found something worth staying for.
Jones said, “Honestly I think it’s a little bit of both. For me the fall season’s the best time to eat and you know, we’ve got about three hundred pre-sales on the event. Hopefully with everything looking the way that it is hopefully about five hundred or so.”
Ice-cold local beer topped everyone’s glass while the polka band played on, but the beer wasn’t the only thing that was cold. With temperatures in the forties most individuals camped out. Enjoying some good times as well as some delicious local beer.
“Most of them are New York State breweries. There are seventeen different beers that are going to be on tap in addition to a couple wines and beverages. So there’s a long list, Adirondack, Woodchuck, Davidson brothers, quite a few on there,” said Jones.
The weather was cold but more than 400 turned out for the night’s events.
Jones felt, “This is fall weather, this is what Oktoberfest is about,” and he hopes to re-create the event again next year. And based on the reception from Oswego resident Trish Auer.
“I think, yeah I’d love to see it come back again and definitely more entertainment,” said Auer.
Jones added, “I think that bringing more events into the community and encouraging not only the people that live here to come out, but start getting people to come here from other regions.”
And Auer felt, “I just love it there’s just so much more going on here. This year especially and it’s just so exciting to have everybody out and about.”
Although next year’s Oktoberfest is a year away you can visit WTOP10.com and take a look at some photos of this year’s festivities. -
Lakers Drop Opening Game Against Castleton
The Oswego State women’s hockey team ran into some trouble tonight as they got defeated by the host Castleton Spartans 2-0 in front of just under 200 fans. The Lakers (0-1-0, 0-0) got shutout by Castleton goalie Paula Stephens, who had 28 saves for her first shutout of the season. Bridget Smith had 15 saves in the 1st period alone, as she allowed only 2 goals in the loss. She recorded 32 saves in her losing effort. Castleton (1-0-0, 0-0) scored both goals in the 2nd period with goals coming from Brianna Keats and Sam Pion, with both goals coming on the power play (2-10).
The Lakers had their chances on the power play, with 8 chances, failing to score on any. (0-8) The Lakers get another chance for their 1st win of the season tomorrow against New England College at 3 P.M.
