Habitat project brings first home to Syracuse family
A Syracuse family moves into their first home funded by a church gift as part of a Habitat for Humanity project. Five Crescent Street and Morton Avenue houses were to be finished in 1995 but weather and delays pushed completion to 1996. Two homes finish in January and two more by spring. a Cheney Street project may follow next month. Ford, earning 24000 annually as radiology clerk, will own her home after a 20 year no interest loan and a small down payment.
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Church
Syracuse
Crescent Street
Morton Avenue
Mary Crook
Habitat
Cheney Street
Howard Crook
General Electric Co
Ford
Trae
Demaren
Sherief
Health Science Center
Dona Ford
Wegana Fr
Tion
Crook
Vaiue
Shapess
Jerusalem
Rabbi Michaelitz
Temple Israel
Norfolk
Panitz
Lawrence A. Forman
Ohef Sholom
Broad‘i Ryemellon Acting
Nylink
Pataki
Emlyn Griffith Key Regent and Immigrant Educator Profile
Edward Meyer, regent and former state assemblyman, notes Emlyn Griffith's refrain to simplify complex policy. Griffith, a values education advocate, arrived in 1910 as the only immigrant on the board with a diverse background. Born near Rome, New York, he rose from a rural one room school to Rome Free Academy, Colgate, and Army Air Forces service in World War I.
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Emlyn Griffith
Edward Meyer
Cohen
Griffith
Board of Regents
William Griffith
United States
England
Church of England
Westernville
Rome Free Academy
Colgate University
Army Air Forces
Colgate
Albany
New York
Onondaga
Oneida
Berkimer
Jefferson
Lewis and Oswego
Onondaga County
Mario Cuomo
Pataki
Meyer
State Education
Assembly
Michael Bragman
Dcicero
Regents career ends for Rome lawyer amid political shifts
A Rome attorney who built a layered career through the Board of Regents and Colgate connections plans to retire in March after a 1974 appointment. He leveraged a Cornell law background, handled six school districts, and navigated Albany politics to influence open meetings and independence from the education department.
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Cornell University
Rome
Griffith
Colgate
Perry Duryea
Board of Regents
Duryea
Assembly
Bragman
The
Regents
Homeowners Offered $520 Cash and Free HVAC Upgrade
An advertisement touts a limited offer by MEL SHAPESS & Sons Heating & Air Conditioning claiming 27 Syracuse homeowners can receive $520 cash before Christmas and obtain a new heating and cooling system with no upfront cost. The plan promises guaranteed 25 percent energy savings in year one and five years of free repairs, plus incentives for cash purchases.
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Syracuse
MEL Shapess
Tao Mel
MEL Shapess & Sons
Study ranks F M and Westhill near the top in county districts
In Onondaga County, Fayetteville Manlius and Westhill districts rank among the state's top ten based on a Regents performance and participation formula. Syracuse and East Syracuse Minoa trail, with district leaders citing diverse student populations and language challenges while defending their students' achievements.
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Tn Ontmdaga County
Fayetteville-Manchus
Westhill
Syracuse
Syracuse-Minoa
Robert DiFlorio
DiFlorio
Syracuse-Minna
Gary Mimms
F-M
David Wiles
State University of New York
Mimms
DiFloria
LES Alwys Upesley
Deluxe dreidel craze spreads from clay to fine art
The dreidel has evolved from a simple clay toy to a luxury art object. Sterling silver, Limoges porcelain, crystal and hand painted woods fetch high prices while shopkeepers note rising collectibility. The piece traces origins to Hanukkah miracles and Jewish tradition, with rabbis and historians offering context on its cultural meaning.
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Ellen Frankel
Betsy Platkin Teutsch
United States
Tae Arthur Ruberg
Beth el Temple
Norfolk
Ruberg
Public Broadcasting Faces 39 Percent Budget Cut
Albany area public TV and radio face deep reductions after Gov Pataki proposed a 39 percent cut in subsidies. WCNY cites $990,772 from Albany, with potential losses of about $382,000, threatening programming, general audience access and educational services statewide.
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Albany
New York
George Pataki
WCNY-TV/FM
Richard W. Russell
Patala
Pataki
WCNY
YCNY
David Valesky
Valesky
Emuloys DU Pepe
Vllal
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Esther Diskin
Virginian Pilot
Hanukkah
Rich
Limoges
Lems
Dan Baisley
Connecticut
Ya-E Imports
Israel
Isabelle Horne
Chef Sholom Temple
Sylvia A. Rouss
Antiochus Epiphanes
Mattathing
Judah the Maccabee
Suzarke Vonmotan
Yaakov Rapoport
Manorah
Hanover
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