Westcott Street Festival plans celebrate unique neighborhood
Dan Gonzalez reports on the seventh annual Westcott Festival set for Sept 13 with rain date Sept 27. Highlights include a parade from Westcott Street to Concord Place led by a color guard from the American Legion Dunbar Post and grand marshal Prethisa Smith, plus children's races by the Syracuse Chargers Running Club and a mural dedication by Michael Moody. Ethnic and American foods will be sold, and a folk music benefit concert Sept 12 at the Westcott Community Center raises funds for FalkNotes.
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Westcott Street
Concord Place
Koko’s
American Legion Dunbar Post
Prethisa Smith
Syracuse Chargers
Westcott Community Center
Central New York
Fayetteville
Larry Hoyt
Budget cuts hit Syracuse city schools hard this year
The Syracuse City School District faces about a 6 million dollar shortfall after cuts. 220 teaching and assistant jobs disappear, library services shrink, and programs for pregnant students and the gifted are reduced. Parents and teachers warn of larger class sizes, morale drop, and a talent drain as administrators and boards clash, while community coalitions push for involvement and action.
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Syracuse City
Geoffrey Guishond
East Side
Althougie
Vile Cjass
Thomas Cappa
Hal Travis
Cappa
Travis
Guisoune
Tom MacDonald
Henninger High School
Huntington
MacDonald
Guisbond
Guishond
McDonald
Levy and
Henninger
Danforth Magnet
Mary Ficchi
Ficchi
Syracuse
Tinti
Tors
Kate McKenna
Syracuse Teachers Association
McKenna
Witi Gogs WU
Valerie
Sac Lail
Levy
Nottingham
Unions Challenge Syracuse City Residency Rule
Union leaders decry a city residency requirement that affects about 16 percent of workers though police, fire, and sanitation are exempt. They push to overturn the rule, arguing unfair treatment and uneven application while officials discuss a uniform waiver process.
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Syracuse
Rick Hogala
Lie Cay Device Employees Aviation
Ile
Syracuse Area
Rogala
Nancy McCarty
McCarty
Public Works Department
Erick Kessier
Ity Hall
Randy Scott
SOO Wiswerwei
Council
William Magnarelli
Charter Rules Committee
Charter Rules Panel
Magnarelli
Syracuse United
Roy Devnardi
Bernardi
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Friends of Folk
West Side Learning Center
St. Lucy’s Academy
Gifford St
Reo Wines
Daniel Gonzalez
West Side
Syracuse University
Strathmore
Dan
BU Pepe
Citracuse.com
Maureen Nolan
Athern
Miust
Beverly Palmer
L Owly
Bob Meyer
Grant Middle School
Matthew Spina
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