Phillips installs as Hendricks Chapel dean at Syracuse
The Rev Dr John L Phillips to be installed as the fourth dean in Hendricks Chapel’s 50 year history. He envisions expanding the chapel’s role into the broader community through volunteer tutoring and youth programs while maintaining campus reach. The installation and jubilee events proceed with ceremonies and receptions through the weekend.
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John L. Phillips
Syracuse University
Hendricks Chapel
Phillips
Ethel
Noble
Graham Dining Hall
John J. McCombe Jr
Melvin A. Eggers
McCombe
Renovation of Clinton and Hanover Squares resumes
With warm weather back, a 1.2 million renovation of downtown Clinton and Hanover squares restarts after freezing conditions halted progress. Brick and concrete work, subsurface preparation for new sidewalks, fountain brickwork, minor landscaping, and new paving are planned for completion by May 15 with full operation by June 1, according to Deputy Commissioner Vito Sciscioli.
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Clinton
Hanover Squares
Dick Storto
Fountain
Clinton Square
Hanover
Vito Sciscioli
Go on steam plant? County eyes long term steam deal
County Executive John H Mulroy said Syracuse may buy steam and city garbage may supply fuel for a proposed 100 million dollar plus rock cut road plant but no price or plan exists until June 1 when bids from builders are due He expects tipping fees and steam prices to be set then and notes SU and the city would participate only if economics are favorable.
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J. Michael Kelly
Syracuse
Onondaga County
Rock Cut Road
Syracuse University
John H. Mulroy
Mulroy
Lee Alexander
State of New York
Melvin Eggers
John S. Dyson
Pasny
Thomas Frey
New York City
Dyson
Birt
Legislature introduces steam plant bill for Onondaga County
Assemblyman Michael Bragman sponsors a bill to create a Resource Recovery Agency to operate a refuse burning steam plant in Onondaga County. The measure faces committee reviews, potential Senate sponsorship by Lombardi or St Auer, and questions on bidding, debts, and funding guarantees if tipping fees and energy sales fall short. Timing remains uncertain but Bragman hopes action in the current session.
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Kenn Peters
Albany Bureau
Albany
Onondaga County
Michael J. Bragman
Dcicero
Senate
Bragman
Tarky Lombardi Jr
Martin St. Auer
Syracuse
Assembly
Melvin N. Zimmer Jr
Lee Alexander
Zimmer
Alexander
Lombardi
Auer
Bogus Bible Salesmen Warned By City Police
City police warn residents of the far South Side and Nedrow area about two men selling Bibles door to door under false pretenses. They claimed to represent several merchants, a claim officials say is untrue. Call the Police Department at 425-6631 if approached.
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Far South Side
Nedrow
Oneida Lake Monster Tale Draws Reader Interest
Laurence Catter of Cleveland, a regional historian, wrote to the Herald about a supposed sea serpent in Oneida Lake. He described the creature as a "monster sea serpent" on the lake's north shore, sparking reader curiosity and local lore.
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Laurence Catter
Cleveland
Oneida Lake
Laurence
Herald
Monster Sea Serpent Sighted at Sylvan Beach in 1896
Laurence shares Fred Griesmyer’s papers recounting four men from Oneida Lake area who witnessed a monster sea serpent off Sylvan Beach on September 16, 1896. The creature, about five feet long with a head two to three feet above water, was allegedly shot near Fish Creek, dying from a back wound.
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Laurence
Cleveland
The
Telephone Company
Western Union
Fred
Oneida Lake
Oneida
Sylvan Beach
C. E. Stafford
Frank Naughton
Oneida Casket Works
Freeman Fremont Chapin
John Hitchcock
Algonquin Hotel
Lewis Point
Forest Home Annex
Fish Creek
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Loch Ness
Dick Case
Fred Griesmyer
Innet Onondaga Park
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