The Oswego County Legislature designated April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month to improve understanding, change behaviors, challenge victim-blaming attitudes, respect personal boundaries, and practice healthy communication with children. Sexual violence is widespread and impacts entire communities.
This year marks the centennial of the end of World War I, making it the theme of this year’s Fort Ontario History Conference last weekend. Historians from across the U.S. and Canada spoke on various topics including the Armistice, the Remembrance Day poppy, and Canadian Army physician and poet John McCrae whose poem “In Flanders Fields” inspired the adoption of the poppy as the symbol of remembrance in Great Britain, Canada, the U.S., and other allied countries.
My office recently invited people in the 120th Assembly district to participate in a legislative survey and more than 800 people took the time to respond. The survey asked people their thoughts on the local economy, laws pertaining to drugs, child welfare, the SAFE Act, economic development, and health care. Not surprisingly, in this unscientific survey, the overwhelming majority of people are concerned about our local economy.
“Welcome to the 17th season, 2018 opening day of Fulton Little League!” Vice president of Fulton Little League Dave Webber greeted an enormous crowd on Saturday’s (April 28) chilly opening day of the 2018 baseball and softball season. Eager players lined the third and first base lines at Kiwanis Ball Park while Weber, Little League president John Florek and Fulton Mayor Ronald Woodward Sr. gave the season’s opening remarks.
The Oswego County Legislature’s Economic Development and Planning Committee presented a certificate to Paul Stewart in recognition of his work with the Oswego Renaissance Association. In April 2013, the ORA was founded to promote the development, restoration, and preservation of Oswego’s neighborhoods.
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