This afternoon, U.S. Rep. John Katko (NY-24) joined President Trump at the White House as he declared the opioid crisis a national public health emergency.
The Oswego Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO announced its endorsement of Nathan Emmons for Oswego County Legislature, 15fh District. Emmons has strong labor support and has also received the endorsement of Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 73, the International Union of Engineers Local 158 and the Central and Norther New York Building and Construction Trades.
Art Webb, master of Oswego's Masonic Lake City Lodge # 127, presents a check to Beth Hallinan of Oswego's Blessings in a Backpack program.
Linda Eagan, administrative director for Fulton Block Builders, (FBB), gave a report on their inaugural 2017 projects and results at the January meeting of the Fulton Lions Club, said Michelle Stanard, club president.
Oswego firefighters responded to a fire in a two-story vacant house on West Bridge Street a little before 7:00AM. Firefighters arrived on scene within minutes of the call from a neighbor reporting a fire in the area.
"Operation Oswego County, Inc., has donated $2,500 to the Fulton Block Builders (FBB) putting FBB closer to our goal," said Linda Eagan, FBB Administrative Director. "Fundraising for the 2018 Grant Challenge has been quite successful.
Optician Ed Stoudemire of Fulton, who spoke at the March meeting of the Fulton Lions Club, recently spent a week in Nicaragua distributing eyeglasses donated by Lions Clubs International.
The Child Protection Advisory Council seeks to engage community members and serve as a positive force in establishing partnerships between public and private agencies that serve overburdened families.
The heroin and opioid crisis has touched countless lives and ravaged families throughout the country. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 60,000 people died of a drug overdose in the U.S. in 2016–five times higher than in 1999. That number is roughly the same amount of people who live in a mid-sized city such as Utica.
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