During National Public Health Week, April 6 through April 12, the Oswego County Health Department will continue its focus on improving quality of life, increasing years of healthy life, promoting and protecting safe, healthy, and resilient environments, and strengthening public health capacity to improve health outcomes.
Shortly after 2 p.m. today (April 3), an Oswego County Jury returned a guilty verdict against Shawn A. Mulcahey, 36, of Liverpool. It was alleged that Mulcahey engaged in two or more acts of sexual conduct with a female child between November of 2009 and December of 2010, starting when the victim was only 6 years old. He was ROR’d.
March 2015 was another cold month with below average precipitation and snowfall, according to Bill Gregway, local observer for the National Weather Service. The average temperature last month was 5.1 degrees below average. Precipitation was 1.94 inches below average, and snowfall was 9.3 inches below average.
As of April 1, Cayuga Community College is an entirely tobacco free campus.
As the college property continues to be developed and grow CCC has implemented a Tobacco-Use Policy prohibiting the use of cigarettes, electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes, cigars, pipe, bidi, clove cigarettes and any other smoking product, and any smokeless or spit tobacco in any form.
Breezy and warm with increasing sunshine today. High around 60.
Caseworkers at the county Department of Social Services have been carrying larger than usual case loads for about a month now. At this week’s Finance and Personnel Committee meeting, Commissioner Gregg Heffner requested the legislature expedite refilling five caseworker positions. Currently, the extra cases are redistributed to existing workers.
Mayor Tom Gillen stated that in honoring his pledge to help the city of Oswego and the Port of Oswego Authority, Governor Cuomo’s vision and actions will positively impact not just the economy of Oswego, but the entire Upstate area as well.
SUNY Oswego’s Mentor-Scholar Program, in partnership with Fulton City School District’s Community School, served more than 80 guests at its community dinner recently at Fulton Junior High. “Events like this are a great way to bring communities together to realize the impact that individuals and organizations can have through shared resources,” said Scott Ball, project coordinator of Mentor-Scholar.
Cool with a mix of sun and clouds today. High around 40.
Thickening clouds with maybe a flurry then increasing sun later today. High in the upper 30s.
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