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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.
Oswego Daily News

New Year To Ring In Tobacco-Free, Smoke-Free SUNY Oswego

December 19, 2014 Contributor

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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Oswego Daily News

Governor Signs Ritchie Bill To Boost EEE Prevention

December 18, 2014 Contributor

State Senator Patty Ritchie today (Dec. 18) announced that the Governor has signed into law her bill to help speed the discovery of potentially life-saving vaccines for deadly diseases including Eastern Equine Encephalitis, the mosquito-borne virus that’s claimed five lives in Oswego County and Central New York. The measure (S.2115), which passed both houses of the Legislature with overwhelming bipartisan support, creates a new “21st Century Workgroup for Disease Elimination and Reduction” within the state Department of Health.

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Oswego Daily News

Oswego County to Participate in Statewide STOP-DWI Holiday Season Crackdown Enforcement Effort

December 18, 2014 Submitted article

The statewide STOP-DWI Crackdown efforts started December 12 and will end on December 31 – January 1. New York State Police, county sheriff and municipal law enforcement agencies across the state will be out in force. Research shows that high-visibility enforcement can reduce drunken driving fatalities by as much as 20 percent.

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Fulton Daily News

Fulton Budget Passes With 800-Pound Gorilla

December 17, 2014 Janet Rebeor

After a sometimes contentious but overwhelmingly positive public hearing where taxpayers covered nearly every line of the mayor’s 2015 proposed budget, councilors unanimously passed the $15.7 million spending plan. “The 800 pound gorilla is public safety,” Republican Committee Chairman Mark Aldasch said. “We have the highest taxes and there’s no jobs here. And no job is going to come here with the taxes being the way they are.”

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