Carol M. Baldwin, philanthropist and Baldwin family matriarch, dies (Good Morning CNY for May 27)

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Carol Baldwin is greeted by a woman at the Pink in the Park benefit for the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund of Central New York in 2015. (Michael Greenlar | syracuse.com)

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Carol Baldwin, philanthropist and matriarch of the Baldwin family, dies:Camillus resident Carol M. Baldwin, philanthropist and the matriarch of the famed Baldwin acting family, has died at age 92. Baldwin, diagnosed with breast cancer in 1990, founded the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund, which has raised millions to fight the disease. “My mother taught me about second acts. And third ones, too,” Alec Baldwin wrote in an Instagram post. “She spent the last 25 years of her life as a fighter and a champion for the cause to which she devoted so much energy.”

Syracuse nursing home named one of nation’s worst: As state and federal regulators removed one Central New York nursing home from the government’s “special focus facility” list of the nation’s worst nursing home, another Syracuse-area home was added to the list — meaning that it could lose federal funding and be forced to shut down if it does not improve care.

DA: Sheriff’s deputy stole $500K before murder-suicide; wounded wife charged : An Onondaga County sheriff’s deputy stole $529,166.24 from county coffers before murdering his son, wounding his wife, and fatally shooting himself in February, District Attorney William Fitzpatrick announced Thursday. Isaac Eames’ wounded wife, Karen, 46, was arrested on felony grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property charges, accused of acting with her husband in the thefts.

Dog days again? Downtown’s sidewalk food vendors could be making a comeback: Paul “Tall Paul” Waleski has been in this business for almost 30 years. At one time, he shared the downtown sidewalks and plazas with almost a dozen other food cart vendors. He always prided himself on being the first one out each season, often starting in the snow and cold of mid-March. In recent years, though, he hasn’t had to compete to be first. He’s often been the only sidewalk “push cart” vendor operating downtown. But with more workers returning downtown as pandemic restrictions ease, could there be a resurgence in outdoor food vendors downtown?

Looking Ahead

Calling all party animals: “Brew at the Zoo” is back: The Rosamond Gifford Zoo invites all age 21-plus kids at heart to have a beer while strolling through the zoo this summer. The annual “Brew at the Zoo” fundraiser will be back, and tickets go on sale soon.

Sports

Members of the West Genesee baseball team celebrate after Daniel Flaherty drove in Luis Suarez in the bottom of the eighth inning to give second-seeded West Genny a 2-1 victory over No. 3 Baldwinsville in a Class AA semifinal game at Onondaga Community College on Thursday. (Charlie Miller | cmiller@syracuse.com)

WEST GENESEE WINS IN EXTRA INNINGS: West Genesee defeated Baldwinsville 2-1 in extra innings to advance to the Section III championship game.

Times, TV announced for SU’s first four football games: Syracuse football will start its 2022 season with an 8 p.m. kickoff on Saturday, Sept. 3, against Louisville inside the JMA Wireless Dome, the ACC announced Thursday. The conference announced kick times and TV network information for the first four weeks of the season for all of its teams.