City water bill policy forces buyer to pay for prior owner
Syracuse readers are urged to reform a policy that sticks new homeowners with predecessors water bills. Eric Shuster faced a $360 bill after buying a Hillsboro Parkway house when the prior owner Lillian Pine left unpaid usage. City officials defend charging the new owner, arguing responsibility lies with property. The piece argues the system is unfair and should be changed, urging lower the bill to the amount due at purchase and stop pursuing Shuster.
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Eric Shuster
Hillsboro Parkway
Lillian Pine
Arizona
Shuster
Pine
Robert Dillabough
Syracuse
Dillabough
Heaven's Gate suicide case ends with mass death mystery
Authorities close the Heaven's Gate inquiry after 39 members ingest a poison mix and die in a San Diego mansion. Led by Marshall Applewhite the group left videos urging a move to the next level, while critics warn against apocalyptic Internet misinformation and the need for societal support to prevent self-destructive acts.
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San Diego
Heaven's Gate
Marshall Applewhite
America
State lawmaker opposes Hancock Airport third runway
The legislator criticizes the Herald-Journal editorial backing a third runway at Hancock Airport. He cites $3.5 million in state funds, regional impact on tens of thousands, noise and air pollution, traffic, and tax base concerns. He urges state review and a formal state aviation commission process.
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Herald-Journal
Hancock Airport
Syracuse
Cicero
Clay
Salina
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Assembly Transport Committee
Lgislative Commission
Heaven's Gate cult ends in tragedy and critique
A Syracuse columnist warns that the Heaven's Gate suicides showed how a little knowledge can become dangerous. The piece notes a spacecraft behind Halley’s Comet, a plan to shed mortal bodies, and a caution that science and religion deserve rigorous, factual study by accredited experts.
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Heaven's Gate
L.T. Iannotta
Syracuse
Syracuse Final Four bid urged by DeWitt supervisor
George E Soran DeWitt and Kelly Dellas praise Mayor Roy Bernardi for pursuing an NCAA Final Four in Syracuse arguing Lake Placid hosted Olympics and 35 000 attendees can be served. Dellas offers 2088 hotel rooms 77 restaurants plus ongoing hotel and restaurant projects to back economic development.
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Bernardi
Syracuse
Lake Placid
Roy Bernardi
DeWitt
Kelly
Dellas
Retaining Gymnastics and Wrestling at Syracuse University
A parent and an educator urge Syracuse University to keep gymnastics and wrestling as intercollegiate sports. They acknowledge Title IX requirements, suggest subsidizing nonrevenue programs with revenue from football and basketball, and advocate innovative equity solutions to preserve the teams and support student athletes.
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Tom
John Hill
Syracuse University
Talso
Quincy High School
Quincy
Mass
Leeve
Syracuse
Readers invited to submit letters for publication
The Herald Co invites readers to send letters including editorials cartoons poems or pictures. Submissions must include writer name address and daytime phone. The paper may edit publish and reuse material and it becomes property of the publisher.
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Herald American
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