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County-Wide Programs Touted To Aid Students

Oswego City School District’s superintendent shared information regarding three programs designed to assist at-risk students around the county. One would be similar to the district’s former Buc School program. Another would focus on incarcerated youth. The third would be a transitional behavioral school for elementary students throughout the county. The districts and CiTi would share the costs.

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Take a Trip Around the World with CMOO
Oswego Daily News

Take a Trip Around the World with CMOO!

Pack your bags, it’s time to travel the world! The Children’s Museum of Oswego’s annual winter program will take place December 26 through January 4 at 7 W. Bridge St. This year’s program, “Take a Trip Around the World with CMOO,” gives children and families a unique opportunity to explore two floors of interactive exhibits as well as daily programming exploring cultures from around the world.

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Second Live Love Life Blood Drive in Honor of Cooper Levine

The Live Love Life blood drive in honor of Cooper Levine will be held for the second time on December 30. This year’s event is slated for the Oswego Elks Lodge at 132 W. Fifth St., Oswego, from noon to 6 pm. More than 1.6 million people were diagnosed with cancer last year. Many of them will need blood, sometimes daily, during their chemotherapy treatment.

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Local Man Charged With Sexual Abuse

On Tuesday (December 16), the Oswego City Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division began an investigation into an allegation of sexual abuse involving a child that had occurred within the city of Oswego. As a result of the investigation, Joshua D. Chase, 31, formerly of 169 E. Sixth St., Oswego, was arrested and criminally charged today (December 19).

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Local Man Arrested For Phoenix Drugstore Robbery

A local man accused of robbing drugs at gunpoint from the corner drugstore in the village of Phoenix was caught by police Thursday (Dec. 18) and arraigned in Schroeppel Town Court on five felony and misdemeanor charges.

Cody M. Hall, who turned 22 years-old on Thursday, of county Route 10, Pennellville, was apprehended in the town of Cicero Thursday morning by several police agencies.

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Oswego Daily News

Teacher’s Penny Fundraising Campaign Leaves Its Mark On Students, Community

As Hannibal High School teacher Arlene Laut gears up for retirement at the end of the school year, a classroom project she spearheaded a decade ago is also drawing to an end. A massive penny collection effort, which was launched in an elective class Laut taught several years back, aimed to teach students the human cost of the Holocaust by having each penny represent a life.

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During the Great American Smokeout in November, SUNY Oswego student volunteer Kwasi Darko greets passersby with offers of mints as part of a promotional event for the college's tobacco-free, smoke-free policy launching Jan. 1.
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New Year To Ring In Tobacco-Free, Smoke-Free SUNY Oswego

SUNY Oswego’s tobacco- and smoke-free policy takes effect Jan. 1, following a campaign of more than eight months to raise awareness of the costs of tobacco and nicotine use and addiction, to promote and assist smoking cessation, and to communicate with the college’s publics. The new year will bring a fresh start for all at the college — visitors along with faculty, staff and students. The policy implemented that day prohibits smoking and all tobacco and e-cigarette use on college property, outdoors as well inside, including in any vehicles on campus.

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