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Ontario County appoints new public health director as Mary Beer retires

After a 14-year tenure, Mary Beer, the Public Health Director for Ontario County, is retiring and will be succeeded by Kate Ott, who was recently appointed to the role at a meeting of the Ontario ... more
Police presence to increase on the roads during the Thanksgiving holiday

Ontario County will be participating in the statewide STOP-DWI Thanksgiving High Visibility Engagement Campaign this year. The initiative will run from November 23 through November 27, 2022. According to Mary Beer, Ontario County STOP-DWI Coordinator, ... more
Ontario County health official: “We got the trifecta going on out there,” with flu, RSV, and COVID cases on the rise

Ontario County Public Health Director Mary Beer says the numbers of people who have influenza, COVID and RSV aren’t being counted anymore, but she’s hearing from providers, hospitals and urgent care centers that there is ... more
INSIDE THE FLX: Talking COVID with Finger Lakes health department leaders (podcast)

On a special edition of Inside the FLX, Ted Baker spoke with Mary Beer the Ontario County Public Health Director, Scott King the Interim Seneca County Public Health Director, Kathleen Cuddy the Cayuga County Public ... more
Ontario supervisors hear update on COVID, praise county workers, and move through 67 resolutions during meeting

Positivity, praise, and protection were the tones set by the Ontario County Board of Supervisors meeting on Thursday night. With the absence of Supervisor Venuti, Supervisor Lighfoote, and Supervisor Greg Bendzlowicz, who resigned on January ... more