Month: August 2015

Reality Check of Cayuga, Onondaga and Oswego counties will hold a “We’ve Seen Enough” campaign on September 10 as part of the Oswego Farmers’ Market. The “We’ve Seen Enough” campaign underscores the necessity for changing how tobacco products are marketed in stores.

The Oswego County Health Department offers a variety of services to all residents of Oswego County, including preventive health services, certified home health care, certified hospice, and a maternal and child health program.

The exhibition season at Tyler Art Gallery in SUNY Oswego’s Penfield Library will open Sept. 4, with “Tradition & Innovation,” a show whose works connect contemporary art to traditional forms, craft and folk art. The free display runs through Oct. 4.

This speed limit reduction, from 65 MPH to a posted speed of 55 MPH, will remain in place from August 24 until September 9.

Sonia Robinson, public health educator for the Oswego County Health Department, presented a program to Rotary Club members on lyme disease, tick removal and tick identification.

With Oswego County’s teen pregnancy rates higher than the state average and continuing to rise the innovative Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, made possible by the grant and implemented by OCO, presents an exciting opportunity to present education on teen pregnancy and other related health issues to area youth.

The city of Fulton Department of Parks and Recreation is once again sponsoring line dance instruction featuring dance instructor Sharon Dellinger.

State Senator Patty Ritchie announced that nearly 4,500 waste tires totaling nearly 70 tons have been eliminated as a result of the recent free waste tire drop off events, held in Oswego County. Tires disposed of brings the two year total of tires eliminated through the Senator’s initiative aimed at protecting public health and the environment, as well as cleaning up our region, to nearly 40,000, which translates to roughly 560 tons of tires.