Graduation drives Syracuse teens to a new start
Nicole Moro, 17, of Syracuse prepares for graduation Saturday at Bishop Grimes High School in East Syracuse. The graduates say they are eager to move on but will never forget what they learned at the East Syracuse school. See "49 GET."
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Icole Moro
Syracuse
Bishop Grimes High School
East Syracuse
Stabbing at Syracuse road rage skirmish leads to charges
William Richardson, 24, of 118 Wayne St Syracuse, was stabbed three times and charged with assault and criminal weapons possession after a Friday road rage fight on Spring Street. Brian Vogelsang, 24, of Syracuse, remained jailed on $1,500 bail after arraignment for stabbing Richardson. Police say the incident followed a road rage encounter ending in a dispute.
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Fair Condition Saunday
Syracuse
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Wayne St
Spring Street
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Blown fuse cuts power to Eastwood neighborhood
A blown fuse left 35 to 40 houses in the Shotwell Park area of Eastwood without power Saturday night. Niagara Mohawk officials said the outage began about 7 30 p.m. and by 10 30 p.m. power was restored to all but two customers awaiting a transformer replacement.
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Eastwood
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
Niagara Mohawk
Armory Square Brawl Lands Four Men in Jail
Four men jailed after a brawl at the Blue Tusk tavern in Armory Square Syracuse police said. Officers arrived at 165 Walton Street to a large fight scene and charged two men with disorderly conduct. One man faced resisting arrest and harassment for assaulting an officer, while another was charged with obstructing governmental administration during the arrest.
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Armory Square
Syracuse
Blue Tusk
Walton St
Armory Square II bottle incident injures woman
A woman in an Armory Square tavern suffered a nose cut when a bottle thrown during a dispute across the room struck her in the face. The injury occurred early Saturday at PJ Dorsey’s on Walton Street. Police did not locate the attacker.
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Armory Square
Syracuse
PJ Dorsey's
Walton Street
City parks dept holds lifeguard screening today
The Syracuse Department of Parks Recreation and Youth Programs will hold a final employment screening test for lifeguard positions at 1 p.m. today at the pool at Southwest Community Center 401 South Ave. Candidates must have lifeguard training and professional rescuer CPR certification. For more information call 473-4330.
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Syracuse Department of Parks, Recreation and Youth Programs
Southwest Community Center
South Ave
YMCA Dinner Marks 114th Annual Meeting In Syracuse
The YMCA of Syracuse and Onondaga County will host its 114th annual meeting dinner at Drumfins Country Club on Nottingham Road at 6 p.m. Tuesday. A 6:45 p.m. program features Susan Brown, director of Nutrition Education and Consulting Service and the Osteoporosis Education Project. Reservations: call 424-0040.
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Onondaga County
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YMCA
Baldwinsville man in critical condition after substation shock
Baldwinsville resident 20 year old McLaughlin was critically burned after climbing two 6 foot fences at a Niagara Mohawk substation on River Street, then up 10 feet on a transformer framework. Witness Zuke said McLaughlin was seen on fire and a bystander helped, as police and fire crews freed him. He remains at University Hospital in serious condition with second degree burns on about 40 percent of his body while authorities investigate.
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Justin Zuke
McLaughlin
Zuke
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
Sweet
Baldwinsville
Zuhe
Syracuse St
University Hospital
Martin Knaul
John Balloni
Balloni
Wewag
Ken Tompkins
Niagary Mohawk
Nigar Mohawk
Tomphans
Weekend festival frenzy coats Central New York with sun
Weekend sunshine drew over 50,000 Central New Yorkers to multiple festivals. Food lovers picked the Greek festival in DeWitt or the Chocolate Festival in Fulton. Parade fans joined the Cayuga County bicentennial parade in Auburn while balloon and music lovers attended the Jamesville Beach balloon festival featuring 45 hot air balloons.
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DeWitt
Fulton
Aubarm
Cayuga County
Jamesville Beach
Boxing Hall of Fame Inductions Highlight Chittenango Event
At the boxing hall of fame inductions in Chit tenango a sports minded crowd attended the 27th Greek Cultural Festival. Syracuse resident Kim Myers extolled walnut filled honey dipped rolls rolled in chocolate and butter. She called it a heart attack waiting to happen yet said it’s incredible. The festival runs beyond Cayuga County parade with more events continuing today per page B-3 details.
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Boxing Hall of Fame
Chittenango
Kim Myers
Syracuse
Tape helps drop arrest case against SU student
Syracuse University student David Friedenberg had a disorderly conduct charge dismissed after a neighboring home video contradicted police accounts of the Livingston Avenue disturbance on May 2. Assistant District Attorney Matthew Doran cited the tape and witness statements as making proof unlikely. The tape may lead to dismissals of two more student cases.
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District Attorney’s
Ping
David Friedenberg
Livingston Avenue
Doran
Friedenberg
Marsha Hunt
Star the Pony Finds Final Home After Rescue from Cruel Transport
Star the pony, rescued from a tractor trailer crammed with horses bound for Canada, is now a beloved pet living with Sue Chase in Schoharie. The story, told in the book Star Comes Home, notes the SPCA raised $29,000 for care and adoption while dozens of Central New Yorkers volunteered.
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Star
Connecticut
Sue Chase
Schoharie
Sue
Vernon Downs
L-81
Ron Chase
Ellis Hospital
Schenectady
Chenango County
Canada
State Fairgrounds
Montezuma
Central
Prostitution Charges Clash With Lap-Dance Cases
Syracuse police and prosecutors pursued lap-dancing as prostitution four years ago, arrests followed undercover money exchanges and dancers rubbing against clients. The City Court judge ruled the conduct lewd but not criminal under state law. Defense lawyer predicts similar results.
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Syracuse
Ceat
Jeffrey Memill
Robert Tisdell
LAW
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