City Opticians Finds Steady Footing in The Galleries
Rob Sachs recalls a Syracuse landmark business that began modestly and grew to nine staff with eye care specialists. Despite fewer miles-long clients and parking woes, the mom and pop shop remains loyal to local customers, offering frames from 89 to 350 dollars and a long family history dating to 1989.
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Lisa
Cindy
Rob Sachs
City Opticians
Sachs Brothers
Police chief calls for change in East Syracuse department
Interim East Syracuse Police Chief Joseph Snell urged a larger, more service oriented village police force during the first of three hearings on local protection. He cited census shifts and state crime data showing population decline and rising nonfamily households while noting East Syracuse had 508 crimes per 1,000 residents in 1998 and 6,788 calls in fiscal year 2000, higher than county department averages.
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Joseph Snell
Snell
East Syracuse
Onondaga County
Syracuses
East Syracuse Police future discussed at third meeting
At the Arthur Butler American Legion Post residents heard Onondaga County Sheriff Kevin Walsh address services the village could receive. Snell outlined a plan replacing part time staff with a full time chief and investigators plus more patrol officers and civil dispatchers. The village will study, video tapes available, and a public vote by residents is planned after hearings and a committee report.
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Jennifer Grimes
Lisa and
Marty Wostaszek
Syracuse
Arthur Butler American Legion Post
Onondaga County
Kevin Walsh
Arthur Butler
American Legion
Mantis St
DeWitt
James DeLapp
Snell
Jason Rhoades
Citizens Committee
Rhoades
Bernardi Looks Ahead After Leaving Trusted Post
The Bernardi family visits Washington as he starts a new office. Harold and Carmela praise their son Dante and Bianca while Alice chose the Alexandria home. Bernardi honors predecessors and promises hard work in the next chapter of his career.
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Harold
Carmela
Washington
Carmela Bernardi
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Juror Details Tense Trial Testimony in Badger Poisoning Case
Jurors describe heated deliberations over Mitzi Badger murder trial. Prosecutors argue Timothy Badger drank antifreeze after she pressed for separation papers. Defense notes conflicting toxicology testimony and juror influence to weigh whether poisoning occurred March 2 1999.
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Matt Badger
Timothy Badger
Mitzi
Weeks
Badger
Fitzpatrick
Beano
Buffalo official eyes state comptroller post in 2002
Buffalo comptroller Anthony Nanula, a 35 year old businessman and former state senator, visited Syracuse for a fundraiser as Democratic leaders weigh him as a candidate for the state comptroller job in 2002. Attendees included about 50 people at Traditions of Beaches, with Nanula described as a strong upstate advocate.
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Buffalo
Syracuse
New York
John Sullivan
Oswego
Steve Paquette
Onondaga
Metropolitan
Downstate
Upstate
Paquette
Nanula
Syracuse University
Savind Nanula
Tops Supermarkets
Anthony Mastello
William Murrow
Westchester County
Assembly
John Faso
Kinderhook
Manhattan
David Cornstein
H Carl McCall
Two men shot near Thornden Park in Syracuse in fair condition
Police said Koja Sapon aged 29 of 119 W Ostrander Ave was shot in the abdomen and lower back while Clarence Scott aged 42 of 1903 D Fayette St was hit in the right knee. Witnesses heard an argument on Greenwood Place about 1130 pm and three shots. No arrests had been made.
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University Hospital
Syracuse
Koja Sapon
Ostrander Ave
Clarence Scott
Fayette St
Greenwood Place
Family donates defibrillator to Onondaga 911 Center
The Dwyer family of Onondaga Hill presented an automated external defibrillator to Onondaga County 911 Center in honor of their son James J Dwyer Jr who died of cardiac arrest at 31 in 1998 The donation follows prior defibrillator gifts to county businesses and trains sixteen 911 workers to use the device with six more set for training.
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Dwyer
James J Dwyer Jr
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