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November is National Runaway Prevention Month. Washington Square Park (East Park) is being used by Oswego County Opportunities this month in order to raise awareness about runaways and the homeless. A group of volunteers braved the elements recently to drive home the seriousness of the situation in Oswego County.

Even though this is the 38th year of the Great American Smokeout, tobacco use is still the leading cause of preventable disease and death killing more than 25,000 New Yorkers every year. Locally, a group of health and human service providers are launching a new cessation program for pregnant and parenting women as part of the Great American Smokeout.

The statue that had sat at its highest peak since the building’s creation in 1905, seemed destined to be demolished along with the rest of St. Mary’s School. One woman, however, was determined not to let that happen and rounded up a posse of volunteers.

Sylvia Bonadio, 57, of Jersey City, NJ, was operating a 2013 Nissan Sentra eastbound when she struck pedestrian, Lee Bond, 49, of Harwood Drive Lacona, troopers said. Bond was crossing the dark roadway at the time. No charges are expected.

Oswego Mayor Thomas Gillen recently proclaimed November 15 through December 24 to be Salvation Army Kettle Fund Drive Season and encouraged “. . . all Oswego citizens to support the very dedicated people of the Salvation Army in this very worthy cause.”