Ruth Colvin

She founded Literacy Volunteers of America at her Syracuse home in the early 1960s, and continued her advocacy until the end.

Nearly a year after shutting down, Literacy CNY is ramping up operations again with help from a sister organization down the Thruway. Literacy Rochester is not only restarting programs here, they’re planning to launch new ones.

Thirty seven people from 23 different countries completed the final step to become United States citizens Thursday at Onondaga Community College. They…