Gouvernor veto blocks Thruway free ride plan for Liverpool area
Governor Cuomo vetoed a one year demonstration allowing free Thruway tolls between exits 36 and 38 to ease a major rush hour bottleneck near Liverpool. Supporters say 43,000 vehicles pass there daily, with 200,000 using the Thruway section yearly, and the plan would have tested toll relief without major cost.
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Mario Cuomo
Liverpool
Cuomo
Onondaga
Syracuse Area
Bragman
Onondaga County
Lombardi
Prescott School to become parking lot for hospital site
The Prescott School on Willow Street, long home to the Syracuse Opera Company and space for the Contemporary Theatre of Syracuse Theatre a la Carte and an adult learning center, will be sold to St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center for demolition and a parking lot. City Hall pledged to assist the opera in relocating, with Swedberg seeking offers or ideas from the community to find a new home.
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Prescott
Willow Street
Syracuse Opera Company
Opera Company
St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center
Contemporary Theatre of
Syracuse
Theatre A la Carte
Robert Swedberg
City Hall
Opera
Swedberg
Community aid helps Syracuse couple move into new home
Sharon and Nate Howard finally settle into a brand new house after a four year run of misfortune sparked by a previous fire. Community Development and Rebuild Syracuse led the effort, part of a broader housing program praised by Syracuse United Neighbors. A pending state bill could replace the eviction form with plain English and include tenants rights and a step by step guide to contest unfair notices.
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Sharon
Nate Howard
Syracuse
Bors
Warnings on downtown nostalgia and bike safety in Syracuse
A Syracuse note questions the return to a past downtown and critiques a June bike safety Week feature in the Herald Journal. It contrasts nostalgic memories of theaters and stores with current urban debate while urging safer practices for children in bike imagery.
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Syracuse Herald-Journal
Arthur Jenkins
Herald
Franklin Square
Syracuse
Yesteryear
Bhut
Herald-Journal
REN Pallone
Spectacular Syracuse concert at Carnegie Hall
The Syracuse Children's Chorus joined the Manhattan Philharmonic under guest conductor Doreen Rao in Carnegie Hall on May 29. Barbara Tagg led the chorus with musical integrity as audiences applauded a worldwide children's choir performance and praised MidAmerica Productions Inc. for bringing them to New York. The piece highlighted local arts progress and future possibilities for community culture.
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Syracuse Children's Chorus
Carnegie Hall
Manhattan Philharmonic
Doreen Rao
Barbara Tagg
Syracuse Children’s Chorus
Adk Park “Big Brother” plan sparks alarm and protest
Residents fear a 1990 Adirondacks Commission proposal tied to an Environmental Bond Act would use eminent domain to acquire 650000 acres, reclassify most as wilderness, and restrict access, prompting calls to governors and public officials to oppose the plan.
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Adirondack Park
George Orwell
Commission On the
State of New York
Yellowstone
Yosemite
Gov. Cuomo
Lynna. Roderick Syracuse
First Person to Die By Own Action Device
Janet Adkins, 54, of Portland, Oregon, became the first person to die using Dr. Jack Kevorkian's mercy killing device. The case sparked a national debate on the right to die as authorities weigh whether the act constitutes a crime. Adkins, living with Alzheimer's, chose death with her husband and minister's support.
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Jack Kevorkian
Janet Adkins
Portland
Ore
Adkins
Kevorkian
Michigan
Wolverine
Readers invited to submit public letters for publication
The Herald Journal and Herald American invite readers to send brief legible letters on public issues. Unsigned letters or those with unverifiable authors will not be published unless identity is withheld for compelling reasons. Letters must include a daytime telephone number. Not all letters will be printed and editors may edit for length.
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Syracuse Herald
American P.O
Syracuse
New York
Clinton Square
Herald-Journal
Herald American
Remson
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Syracuse United
Bankruptcy Court
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New York City
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Empire State
Save the Adirondacks
Upstate
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Gary Gerew
Aliza Bush
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