No Picture
Oswego Daily News

Senate Calls For Increased Funding To Fight Rabies Epidemic

Following the discovery of seven rabid skunks in the city of Watertown and recent cases of potential human exposure in St. Lawrence and Oswego counties, State Senator Patty Ritchie announced the addition of $875,000 in new funding in the Senate’s budget plan to fight and prevent the deadly disease. “We did see rabies activities earlier this year than in past years and attributed it to unusually warm winter that kept many wild animal active,” said Jiancheng Huang, Oswego County Public Health Director.

[…]

No Picture
Fulton Daily News

Ritchie Runs For Senate, Against Dysfunction

Patty Ritchie speaks to the crowd of Republicans in Fulton behind a  license plate logo that reminds people of her fight against a state  license plate replacement plan.Patty Ritchie, the County Clerk of St. Lawrence County, declared her candidacy for State Senate in the 48th District on Monday with stops in Fulton, Watertown and Canton. She intends to be the Republican party’s candidate to take on Democrat Aubertine, a former state Assemblyman who has won the Senate seat in two elections. […]