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Garcia August Volunteer of the Month

(Oneida, NY) The Madison-Oneida Chapter of the American Red Cross and Dunkin Donuts are pleased to announce their August Volunteer of the Month Award. The American Red Cross is an organization comprised of volunteers, who do the majority of the organization’s work, dedicating their time to help others. Dunkin Donuts has provided a gift card [...]

Steps to ‘Fight the Bite’

By Virginia E. Zombek, Public Health Educator (Wampsville, NY) Health officials in Madison County are advising residents to take appropriate precautions to protect themselves from mosquito-borne illnesses and to “Fight the Bite”. Mosquitoes will be very active from now until a frost occurs, so everyone should be watchful and take steps to protect themselves from [...]

Taking Leadership One Step Further

Lovett, Scherz enrolled in Leadership Mohawk Valley’s Class of 2011 Pictured is Brandon Lovett. By Margo Frink (Oneida, Marcy) Leadership Mohawk Valley (LMV) kicked off its program year on Aug. 12 and 13 with orientation held on the SUNYIT campus in Marcy. Oneida’s Recreation Director Brandon Lovett joins Verona Town Councilman Fritz Scherz and a [...]

EEE Found in Sullivan

Mosquito Pool Tested Positive on Smith Ridge Road (Sullivan – Aug. 19, 2010) Madison County Health Department officials are issuing an advisory for mosquito bite prevention after a mosquito pool on Smith Ridge Road in the town of Sullivan tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). According to a press release issued Aug. 27, a [...]

Griffiths Selected for National Fellowship Program

Serves as quality manger at Oneida Healthcare Center (Oneida, NY) William Griffiths, RN, MSHS, of Oneida Healthcare Center has been selected to participate in the ninth AHA-NPSF Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship class. The Fellowship is an intensive, year-long professional education program for senior practitioners looking to improve cultures of safety and reliability, and accelerate positive [...]

End of Summer Party Tips

By Susan L. Jenkins (Canastota, NY) To celebrate the end of the summer season we like to get together with friends and family for a backyard barbecue. If you are hosting a gathering, especially one where children are invited, and you plan to serve alcohol, take care of your family and friends by following these [...]

Tobacco Marketing is Affecting Your Children

To the Editor: (Town of Lenox, NY) Tobacco use claims the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, 440,000 people each year in the United States, which makes tobacco use the leading preventable cause of death among Americans. Tobacco use is proven to cause lung disease, coronary heart disease, and stroke, in addition to cancer [...]

Annual Walk Celebrates Recovery

This year’s event held at Great Swamp Conservancy (Canastota, NY) BRIDGES, Madison County Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Inc. will host the 5th Annual Walk to Celebrate Recovery on Saturday, Sept. 11. This year’s event was moved from the village of Hamilton to the Great Swamp Conservancy. The BRIDGES Board of Directors and staff [...]

This Way to Health Care

By Chrystal Johnson, public health educator Editor’s note: This is the second of a four-part series. (Wampsville, NY) The Health Improvement Plan for Madison County published in October 2009 is the result of a two-year community health needs assessment that was conducted by a committee of nearly 70 health and human service providers. The Health [...]

Natural Gas Development Deadly? God Knows it’s Killing Me

By Martha E. Conway The catalyst that finally led to the skull-cracking pain in my head last week began at least two to three years ago when a member of the Madison County Board of Supervisors strongly recommended the county form a committee dedicated to looking at the issues surrounding natural gas development. Now “development” [...]

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