Two deputies honored for preventing personal crisis reports
Onondaga County Sheriff Kevin E. Walsh named Custody Division Deputy Howard Spaulding and Police Division Deputy Craig Norris Deputies of the Month for thwarting personal crisis attempts. Spaulding found an inmate with a bedsheet around his neck at the Justice Center jail on November 9 and secured him. Norris, patrolling DeWitt on December 21, responded to a Carrier Circle motel where a man threatened suicide, persuaded him to open his door, and helped resolve the crisis by preventing a gun discharge.
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Howard Spaulding
Police Division
Craig Norris
Spaulding
Justice Center
Norris
DeWitt
Carrier Circle
Sterling Woman Killed When Car Flips Into Tree
A 42-year-old Sterling woman, Susan T. Fredette, died early Sunday when her car flipped onto its side and struck a tree on Martville Crockets Road. State police reported the crash occurred between 5 and 6 a.m. as she drifted toward the west shoulder after cresting a hill. An autopsy was pending.
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Sterling
Wolcott
Susan T. Fredette
Sterling Valley Road
Martville Crockets Road
Eric Donselaar
Theater group seeks new members for auditions and term
The theater group in Syracuse invites members aged 8 and older to audition on a Tuesday afternoon at Plymouth Church 282 B Onondaga St. Classes run 10 weeks from February 5 with sessions Monday and Tuesday afternoons. Semester fee is 85 dollars. Spring production runs April 24 and 25. For info call 476-0466.
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Souths
Plymouth ‘Church
B. Onondaga St
Syracuse
Syracuse district seeks public input on pre-k plans
The Syracuse City School District invites parents and educators to share ideas for expanding pre kindergartnen services next year. Two hearings are planned after a sparse turnout at the Jan. 8 meeting with childcare providers only. A Feb 10 session at 710 Hawley Ave and a Jan 8 public hearing were noted, both 4 to 6 30 p m.
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Syracuse
Southwest Community Center
South Ave
Northeast Community Center
Hawley Ave
No penalty for teen who aided storm victims
An 18-year-old student who missed a day of school to assist victims of the North Country ice storm received an apology and reprieve after the Margaretville school board rescinded a weeklong detention. Tony Maggio, a volunteer firefighter, skipped class January 10 to help in Potsdam with basements and generators. Superintendent Gary Wank said the detention was a mistake in judgment and he would have done it differently.
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North Country
Margaretville
Tony Maggio
Maggio
Potsdam
Gary Wank
Wank
Man 60 Critical After Fire At Syracuse Senior Complex
A 60 year old Syracuse man, Hartwick Jackson of Almus Oliver Towers, 300 Burt St, was listed in critical condition after a fire began in his bedroom and engulfed much of his third floor apartment. Firefighters pulled him from smoke after he gasped for air. he was in the ICU at University Hospital. The blaze at Almus Oliver Towers was reported around 5 30 p.m. and left him the only resident hurt.
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Syracuse
Hartwick Jackson
Almus Oliver Towers
Burt St
Mike McCabe
University Hospital
Suzanne Run
Man in Syracuse charged with menacing with Barbary ape
Vincent Pace, 53, of Eastwood, kept lions, tigers and bears as house pets and allegedly threatened to set Allison the 30-pound Barbary ape on a housemate during a dispute. Pace claims he was the one in danger after police responded to a 911 call and an officer allegedly used force. Police found only a CO2 air pistol, not a shotgun.
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Vincent Pace
Eastwood
Syracuse
Pace
Hazelhurst Ave
Allison
Therese Lore
Erik Cullen
Cullen
Robbery suspect targeted shoppers in four towns
David M. Reed 22 a Fort Drum soldier from Bronx followed a Manlius woman from a shopping plaza and robbed her at knife point near Glencliff Road. He was nabbed in Syracuse and faces charges in Manlius Camillus and DeWitt for similar knife point robberies.
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Fort, Drum
Manlius
David M. Reed
Bronx
Fort Drum
Smith's
Glencliff Road
Kevin Barry
Reed
Syracuse
Rod Dalton
Barry
Camillus
Thomas Winn
DeWitt
Winn
Dalton
West Seneca Turnpike
Valley
Cancer survivor uses humor to cut pain on stage
Vicky Swanson, a breast cancer survivor and Onondaga County school partner liaison, uses a 10 minute stand up routine at Wise Guys Comedy Room on February 5 to process her year long battle. She plans to donate profits to another patient and says the act helps her heal while inspiring others. Swanson sold out the February 5 show with 180 attendees and added a February 4 performance, with another show on February 6 for friends and medical staff.
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Vicky Swanson
Swanson
Wise Guys Comedy Room
Onondaga County
Comedy show by Vicky Swanson at Wise Guys Room
Vicky Swanson performs a comedy show at 8 30 p m on February 4 at Wise Guys Comedy Room in Hotel Syracuse 500 S Warren St admission ten dollars for tickets and information call 457 9428 The note also mentions ongoing medical treatment including lumpectomy chemotherapy mastectomy and reconstructive surgery.
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Vicky Swanson
Wise Guys
Syracuse
S. Warren Sr
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