Hilltop Apartments faces new owner as SHA endorses Michaels
The Syracuse Housing Authority backs Michaels Development Company of Marleton New Jersey to take over Hilltop Apartments amid reports of mismanagement and nearly 20 million in federal subsidies over a decade. MB Management Corp faces bankruptcy with current owners and tenants urging Selected Housing Group Ltd as manager.
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Syracuse Housing Authority
Michaels Development Company
Marleton
N.J
Hilltop
Syracuse
Carrier Dome
MB Management Corp
Michaels Company
Banks
SHA
Selected
Housing Group Ltd
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Fred Murphy
Murphy
Department of Public Works
Vito Sciscioli
City debating disposable diaper ban position unclear
The article questions Syracuse Public Works Commissioner Vito Sciscioli on whether the city favors or opposes banning disposable diapers. It notes his one man campaign to keep disposables from landfills and discusses health, water and energy tradeoffs, childcare challenges, and enforcement concerns.
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Vito Sciscioli
Syracuse Department of Public Works
Sciscioli
Scioscioh
Sciseioli
Sciscioh
Jeers and Cheers Highlight Campaign Financing Tactics
The Gan Net Foundation faced jeers for a $40,000 buyout of copies of Confessions of an Individual, claimed to manipulate bestseller lists. Donated books went to libraries, while critics noted retail purchases count toward lists. Rep Gerald Solomon rejected $1,500 in oil company re election checks, urging price restraint amid Middle East tensions.
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Allen Neuharth
Gannet Foundation
Neuharth
Foundation
Gerald B. Solomon
R-Glens Falls
Solomon
Middle East
Texaco
Amoco
Mobil
Burnout in Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Corps
A county editorial warns burnout among volunteer firefighters and ambulance crews leads to slower responses and morale decline. Authors with 15 years service urge public appreciation, donations, and new recruits to sustain life saving work and emphasize volunteers juggle full time jobs and families while answering every alarm.
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Ambulance Corps
Fire Service
Thanking Van Duyn Nursing Home for Care
A reader expresses gratitude to Van Duyn Nursing Home and Nick Pirro for standing with the facility regarding a Herald-Journal editorial. The writer praises the caring staff and notes their son has received attentive, compassionate care for a year, with small gestures that improve patients' lives.
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Nick Pirro
van Duyn
Herald-Journal
Thad
Letter to editor from Albert Sharp condemns medical funding critique
Syracuse veteran Albert Sharp protests a statement by Selma Abdo asserting that those needing medical care go broke. Sharp says disabled veterans receive lifelong disability pensions and free medical attention, denying the claim as false and untrue.
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Selma Abdo
Iraq
Korea
Albert Sharp
Syracuse
Defending Free Speech at Sinead O Connor Concert
A narrator recalls attending the Aug 29 Sinead O Connor show at Saratoga Performing Arts Center for a 16th birthday. The article notes Ms O Connor supported protesters’ rights while protest organizer Paul Korol defended his Marine uniform and urged respect for First Amendment rights.
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Sinead O’connor
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Ms. O'Connor
Paul Korol
Sunday Soapbox on immigration limits and Open Distinctions
Readers are invited to respond to a Syracuse Herald American Sunday Soapbox on U S immigration policy, quotas, and the American dream. The piece notes the Ellis Island memorial, cites the 20 000 per country cap and 270 000 total annual limit, and asks for 300 words or less responses with contact details by noon Wednesday.
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America
Ellis Island
New York City
United States
Syracuse Herald
American P.O
Syracuse
N.Y
Eye Research Foundation urges tax incentives for donations
The Eye Research Foundation of Central New York urges Rep James T Walsh to support HR4761 restoring the charitable deduction for non itemizers and HR173 repeal of the 1986 property gain rule. The foundation cites donors in 17 counties and 10 000 constituents, arguing tax laws curb eye disease funding while polls favor more research funding. Carol Richman Wander executive director.
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James T. Walsh
Eye Research Foundation of
Central New York
New York State
Carol Richman Wander
Syracuse
Readers invited to submit letters to the paper
The notice urges readable succinct letters with a daytime contact number. It states unsigned letters will not be published unless authorship is verifiable and editors may shorten for length. It explains electronic submission via home computers and modems with specific baud settings and ASCII text files.
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Herald Company
Clinton Square
N.o
Stephen Rogers
Stephen A. Rogers
Timothy D. Bunn
Timothy P. Atseff
Donald P. Pickard
James F. Kleinklaus
Thomas J. Heck
Appreciates
Sinead O'Connor
Jack D. Sugarman
DeWitt
Mae
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