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Oswego Daily News

Oswego County Combats Jail Overcrowding with Alternatives to Incarceration

The Oswego County Legislature’s Public Safety and Finance and Personnel committees have approved a budget modification request from Oswego County Sheriff Reuel A. Todd to cover the cost of housing inmates out-of-county. In the first two months of the year, this expense amounted to $130,000 which exhausted the adopted 2014 budget amount of $100,000.

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Oswego Daily News

Hundreds Turn Out To Remember Heidi Allen

Always hopeThe New Haven teenager was kidnapped on April 3, 1994. A huge crowd packed the New Haven Fire Hall on Thursday night to share stories and keep hope alive that some day the mystery of ‘Where is Heidi” will be solved. Pastor Vivian Summerville, the same pastor who led the vigils in 1994 and 1995, led prayers Thursday.

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Oswego Daily News

Freezin’ for a Reason in Oswego – Polar Plunge Set Saturday

A large crowd took part in the previous  Polar Plunge for Special Olympics. The 2014 event is set for Saturday. More than 100 participants are signed up for the second annual Plunge for Special Olympics New York and will take an icy dip into Ontario Lake on Saturday in support of local area Special Olympics athletes. Sergeant Jim Cunningham, officers Lysa Dolin, Bryan Thompson and Kevin Engle of the Oswego Police Department will lead the plunge carrying the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics “Flame of Hope.”

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Oswego Daily News

State Police charge Mexico Man with Impersonating a Police Officer

State Police in Fulton were contacted on Monday (3/31/14) by the town of Volney Fire Chief regarding a suspicious vehicle. This investigation resulted in the arrest of 40-year-old Christopher A. Hughes from Mexico. Hughes was charged with 1 count of Criminal Impersonation in the 2nd Degree, a class “A” misdemeanor.

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Fulton Daily News

Fulton Donors Give Blood at Municipal Collection Site

With signs out front declaring an urgent need for all blood types, the city of Fulton Municipal Building was the site of Monday’s American Red Cross blood drive.
American Red Cross donor specialist Will noted the nation’s blood bank needs constant resupply. “Most donated red blood cells must be used within 42 days of collection,” he said.

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