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Hot new country artist to play free NYS Fair concert
Hot new country artist Megan Moroney is coming to the New York State Fair. Moroney, who opened for Kenny Chesney at the Empower FCU Amphitheater at Lakeview on Thursday night, will return to Syracuse for a performance at Suburban Park on Monday, Aug. 26, at 8 p.m. The concert is free with admission to the NYS Fair.
NY’s electric school bus mandate leads a dealer to expand, bring jobs to Syracuse
Syracuse, N.Y. — A school bus dealer plans to move from its longtime home in Madison County to Syracuse and expand its workforce to prepare for New York’s mandate that all new school buses be electric. New York Bus Sales will move from its longtime home in Chittenango...
Iconic Syracuse Northside building enters a new era as affordable housing
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — It’s a new era for a building that’s lived many lives. “It’s special, growing up in Syracuse, you know the house on top. It sounds silly, but it’s an important piece of Syracuse lore,” Ben Lockwood, Housing Visions CEO said.
2024 Jazz in the City concert schedule has been released
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — The City of Syracuse is welcoming back Jazz in the City in 2024. For its 20th season, the six-week-long concert series has announced its lineup, among a few other things. This year, Jazz in the City will have food vendors, crafters, and free health screenings, which include mobile testing, screening, counseling, […]
As road constructon booms, CNY needs to get a handle on graffiti (Your Letters)
I travel across Upstate New York on a regular basis and there is one thing about driving around Central New York that irks me: graffiti. Now don’t get me wrong, every area of the state has graffiti in some form, but it’s the bridges and support walls of the bridges in the Syracuse area and Onondaga County as a whole that are littered with markings or poorly painted cover-ups, making lasting impressions to visitors that are not something to write home about.
Micron plans to fill in hundreds of acres of wetlands. You can offer your opinion
Syracuse, N.Y. -- The public has another chance to comment on Micron Technology’s plans to build a massive chipmaking plant in the town of Clay -- this time on the impact on wetlands. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which oversees federally designated wetlands, has opened a public comment...
Walsh vetoes lawmakers’ attempt to take more control of Syracuse police watchdog
Syracuse, N.Y. – Mayor Ben Walsh agrees with Syracuse lawmakers that the city’s police watchdog isn’t functioning properly, but he doesn’t support how they tried to solve the problem. Walsh on Thursday vetoed the law change the Common Council narrowly approved last month that would shift...
Syracuse concert series returns after 7-year hiatus but with a twist: You don’t know the location
Having a space to create and share music with a close-knit community of listeners has always been a goal for Amanda Rogers. To fill a void she saw in Syracuse’s music scene, Rogers, a singer-songwriter, along with Michael Calobrisi and Ana Richardson, began planning the revival of a concert series they’re calling Sub Rosa Sessions.
CNY restaurants to partake in new roundup program to support SU Athletics
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — On Thursday, May 30 County Executive Ryan McMahon, Orange United, and local restaurants announced a partnership between the three for a roundup program. So how does the roundup program work? When paying your bill — at one of the participating restaurants — customers will be given the option to roundup their […]
Syracusans celebrate Memorial Day in Eastwood (photo of the week)
Carleigh Sibaja, 9, of Syracuse, middle, took a moment to pray during a moment of silence at the Eastwood Memorial Day ceremony and wreath laying at the Greenway Veterans’ Memorial Park Monday. At left is her friend and fellow Eastwood cheerleader, Rilee Gordon, 8, of Syracuse. Behind her is...
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