Domestic Violence Awareness Month

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and purple ribbons for awareness were placed around the monument on the Green in Montrose lastr week by, from left: Janine Fortney, of Susquehanna and Wyoming Counties Child Advocacy Center, joined Women’s Resource Center staffers Andrew Granick and Sarah Watson. The Women’s Resource Center provides comprehensive services for female and male victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking in Lackawanna and Susquehanna Counties. Services include a crisis hotline, crisis counseling, emergency shelter, safe housing, legal services, support services, community education and advocacy. The hotline number is 570-278-1800.