Fire tears through Merritt foster home in Liverpool ruin
Onondaga County investigators probe a 12:20 a.m. fire that gutted the 163 year old house at 410 First St Liverpool, where Joan Merritt sheltered hundreds of foster children since 1962. Fire spread from a carport to the roof as six companies fought the blaze. Donald Merritt and family recall decades of renovations and cherished memories.
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Joan Ann Merritt
White House
First St. Liverpool
Merritt
Rick Merritt
Donald Merritt
Carrier Corp
Joan Merritt
Onondaga County
Mike Waters
CNY Fire Engineering Services
Peter Ortiz
Bear Mountain story of lake valley and a feared slide
A hometown profile of Bear Mountain in LaFayette and Cardiff valley detailing the name origins, historic settlers, and a dramatic slope slide. Residents like Don Moody and Paul King discuss names Bare or Bear, the Blue Hole, mud boils, and subsidence. The piece connects local lore with a 1993 landslide linked to hydrogeology and salt mining debates.
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Uise
Onondaga County
Gulf
Don Moody
LaFayette
Bear Mountain
Otisco
Case Settlement
Connecticut
Cardiff
Cardiff Methodist Church
New York
Imes
Bear” Mountain
Don
Bear
Geary Miller
Paul King
U.S. Geological Survey
Don Maaily
Onondaga Creek
Onondaga Lake
Lake Cardiff
Paul
Geary
Spafford
Bear Mountain Falls
Liverpool teacher case provokes district attorney critique
Onondaga County District Attorney William J. Fitzpatrick criticized his office for comments about the Liverpool School District response to a teacher accused of endangering four girls. He said the remarks were premature and misleading and pledged to discuss better handling with Liverpool Superintendent John Cataldo as more allegations emerge and additional statements from students surface.
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Onondaga County
William J. Fitzpatrick
Liverpool
Fitzpatrick
John Cataldo
Cataldo
Levene
Jeffrey Reed
Reed
Peter van Patten
Sheriff's Department
van Patten
Nae
Josh
Neighbors Force Action To Open Frazer Park In Dispute
West Side residents press Frazer School district to remove a fence around Frazer Park after a $14.9 million school expansion. Joe Hall of the Park Avenue Neighborhood Watch posts a $100 banner demanding the fence be torn down. City official Otis Jennings negotiates a plan to remove the barrier this week and reseed the field with neighborhood help.
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West Side
Frazer School
Park Ave
Frazer Park
Joe Hall
Park Avenue
Michele
Hall
Syracuse
Otis Jennings
Parks and Recreation
Frazer
Jennings
Joe
Suzanne Burn
Frazer Elementary
Deputy at Onondaga jail faces misconduct hearing
A 56 year old deputy at the Onondaga County Justice Center, Benjamin O Dell, is accused by two deputies of giving gifts to female inmates in exchange for improper fraternizing over two years. The deputies allege retaliation after reporting him for misconduct while the sheriff says no evidence supports sex with inmates.
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Onondaga County Justice Center
Benjamin O'Dell
Veroiica Casclare Anu
Theresa Spaulding
O'Dell
Cas
Kevin Walsh
Walsh
Casolare
Spaulding
O’dell
Justice Center
Onondaga district loses two administrators
Onondaga schools bid farewell to Superintendent Daniel T. Connor and Principal Margaret Peggie Pendergast as they resign to take new roles. Connor will lead Wilson Central School District near Niagara Falls while Pendergast becomes assistant principal at Fabius Pompey High. End of June marks their last day as a search for replacements begins.
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Onondaga
Daniel T. Connor
Margaret “Peggie
Pendergast
Connor
Wilson Central
Niagara Falls
Prince A
Fabius-Pompey High
Wilson
Schot
Plac
H. Jean Figura
Seciar
Wilson Centre
Wheele
Rockwell
Wheeler
Karen Peck
Tt Group
Citzens For Education
Soho
Peck
Fe Inletview
Wate
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Frederic Pierce
Ellen Blalock
Warren Merritt
Warren
Lake
DA Raps
Trict
Frazer School Park
San
James Stern
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