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Oswego County Receives Third StormReady® Designation

Thomas Niziol, meteorologist-in-charge of the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Buffalo, presented a letter of recognition to the Oswego County Legislature’s Public Safety and Emergency Services Committee during their November meeting.Officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Weather Service Forecast Office in Buffalo recently congratulated the Oswego County Legislature’s Public Safety and Emergency Services Committee for continuing to meet a set of rigorous warning criteria necessary to maintain the distinction of being StormReady®.

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Health

Health Commissioner Reminds Residents of Risks of Diabetes

Diabetes is the most rapidly growing chronic disease of our time. It has become an epidemic that affects 1 out of every 12 adult New Yorkers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently predicted that 1 out of every 3 children now born in the United States will develop diabetes in their lifetime. For Hispanic/Latinos, the forecast is even more alarming: 1 in every 2.

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