GENESEE/ORLEANS & WYOMING COUNTIES/HEALing Genesee banks on proven strategies to reduce opioid-related overdose fatalities

On A Mission to HEAL: Leading the HEALing Genesee initiative to reduce opioid overdose deaths are, from left, Columbia University research team members Louisa Gilbert, Nabila El-Bassel, Timothy Hunt and James David; Christen Foley, Genesee-Orleans-Wyoming Opioid Task Force coordinator; Paul Pettit, public health director for Genesee & Orleans Health Department; Randi …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Sheriff’s Office warns of scam phone calls claiming you have a warrant and $ is required to resolve the warrant issue

Press release The Genesee County Sheriff’s Office has become aware of residents receiving phone calls from anindividual purporting to be a Sergeant with the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office who then advisesthem that they have an active warrant out for their arrest. During the ensuing conversation, the purported Sergeant requests that …

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Genesee County Interagency Council awards a $1,000.00 scholarship at their annual picnic

Ava (pictured 2nd from right) standing with (from left) scholarship committee membersKari Heideman, Lisa Smith, and Julie Wasilewski (Batavia City School District Social Worker) Press release On June 21, 2023, at their annual year-end picnic at DeWitt Park, the Genesee County Interagency Council presented a $1000.00 educational scholarship to LeRoy …

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