By Joyce Gramza

Brewerton, NY – The state is closing rest stops along the Thruway and other major highways to save money.

WRVO's Joyce Gramza visited one of those rest stops, along Route 81 in Oswego County, to find out what it will mean to the people who use it and who depend on it for work.

The Long and the Restless

At about 8:20 on a Wednesday morning, a steady stream of cars stopped at the Brewerton Rest Area on New York's Route 81 South.

By Joyce Gramza

Oswego, NY – Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo insists he will do what his predecessors have not-- close the deficit without raising taxes. He talks candidly with capitol correspondent Karen DeWitt in our newscast.

By Grant Davis Reeher

Oswego, NY – Lakshmi Singh is the mid-day newsreader for National Public Radio. In this face-to-face conversation, she reflects on the tensions regarding objectivity when it comes to delivering the news and selecting stories. She also discusses how the Internet has changed the way radio news works, and the peculiar nature of her own fame.

By Mike Benjamin

Oswego, NY – Negative ads paid for by outside interests may sway voters in our area. That story and more in today's newscast.

By Joyce Gramza

Syracuse, NY –
Calls to local domestic and sexual violence hotlines continue to rise, along with the number of adult domestic violence victims using safe shelters.

That's according to Vera House's annual report to the community on domestic and sexual violence.

Program services coordinator Colleen O'Brien says the numbers show that domestic violence is a persistent problem. Yet, she says, each year the numbers are shocking to her.

WRVO – Meteorologist Kevin Williams' morning weather forecast.

WRVO – The morning's news headlines from the WRVO Newsroom.

By Dave Bullard/WRVO

WRVO – Commentator Dave Bullard can't wait for Election Day because it will end a wave of slime from washing over his inbox.

By Grant Reeher

Syracuse, NY – Election Day is Tuesday, and commentator Grant Reeher says the ballot is incomplete-- there's something missing.


Grant Reeher is the Director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute at Syracuse University's School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He is also the host of The Campbell Conversations, heard each Friday at 12:00pm on WRVO.

Oswego, NY – This is an archived episode of Nature of Things. It was originally broadcast October 27, 1989.

Weeks shares his views on environmental quality control and the conventional environmental abuse that is harming our world. The role of environmental issues in politics is also discussed. He stresses that environmental quality and the impact we have today is important for future generations.