Dancing couples and bereavement weave through Central New York life
A Syracuse physician Nathan Cohen finds solace in swing dancing after losing his wife in 1997. He leads classes at Onondaga Community College and BOCES, dancing with students, while family events and a Maryland visit highlight his renewed life. The Golub Farm maze fundraiser aids Hospice of Central New York, with annual Harvest events, pumpkin picking, and hayrides drawing visitors through October.
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Syracuse
Nathan Cohen
Cohen
Thalia
Walt
Medicis
Manlius
Walt Medicis
Onondaga Community College
BOCES
Jacqueline Roth
Maryland
Jackie
Golub
Cazenovia
Central New York
Jimmy Golub
Laurie Sellek
Peth Road
Anne Rathwyntes
Caluran
Cental New York
Man Dies Fleeing Crash Scene In Madison County
Madison County sheriff s deputies investigated two Friday night accidents leaving one dead and another critically injured. Richard Hartman 39 of Chittenango died in a fiery head on crash on Route 3 near Bruce Road Lenox after fleeing a prior crash on Route 3 at Nelson Road. Christy Lawton 28 of Shemil was airlifted to University Hospital in critical condition. her brother Jason Breckenridge 17 remained hospitalized but was later released. Hartman s car sped west on Route 5 without headlights before striking Lawton s vehicle. Canastota firefighters used hydraulic tools to extract all three from wrecks as Route 5 closed for hours. A separate Sept 9 fatal head on on the same Route 5 stretch involved Kathy Garrow 35 of Falls Road driving eastbound in the westbound lane. Deputies said road conditions were not to blame.
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Wayne Brignall
Karen Brignall
Patrick Wrafter
Hartman
Wrafter
Harman
Lenox
Lawton
Canastota
Breckenridge
Puday
Oan
Fenner
Kathy A. Garrow
Falls Road
It Would Be a Treasure A Child Honors a Fallen Firefighter
After District Fire Chief Terry Drabot died of lung cancer, a 1-year-old boy received his father’s old fire helmet as a gift from Danny Vanauken. The gesture, orchestrated by Randy Goodale, honors the memory of Drabot and helps Eric remember his dad, with the helmet joining a memory box for his son.
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Terry Drabot
Fire Department
Joanne
Danny Vanauken
Liverpool
Eric
Vanauken
Randy Goodale
Danny
Terry Brabot
Goodale
Sal Giordano
Joanne Brabot
Drabot
Drabat
Joanne Drabat
Enc
Randy
Bonnie Goodale
Joanne Drabot
Danny Vanauren
Eric Drabot
Syracuse
Adriane Jaeckle
Reborn economy slows youth flight in Upstate New York
M&T Bank researcher Gary Keith says Upstate New York finally matches or surpasses national private sector job growth, slowing the outflow of young workers. The region, previously third-rate in growth, now touts improvements but warns that tax burden, career training, and sustained growth are needed to keep graduates from leaving.
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New York
Gary Keith
M&t Bank
Buffalo
North Carolina
Keith
Upstate
Osweeo
U.S. Bureau of Labor
State Department of Labor
Nobel winner Elie Wiesel to lecture at Syracuse University
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel arrives at Syracuse University to deliver the Laura Hannavsen Mintlon Freshman Lecture on confronting fanaticism building moral unity. He emphasizes student curiosity guiding the talk and notes his focus on Bible and literature rather than graphic Holocaust detail.
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Elie Wiesel
Syracuse University
Wiesel
Germany
Laura Hannavsen Mintlon
Schine Student Center
Goldstein Auditorium
New York
Colgate University
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Christine Cagaret
Mae Cadaret
Larry Wiecrorek
Onondaga County Sherff
Mac
Cadaret
Las Vegas
Madison County Sheriff's Deputies
Richard Hartman
Genesee $T
Chittenango
Bruce Road
Patane Drive
Wampsville
Madison County
Cliff Miller
New York State
U-Hua Lan
Star
American Performance Enterprises
Teall Ave
Lyncourt
Tim Hall
Jagnos
By Sarah Layden
Staff Weriter
SAI College of Arts and Sciences
Andrew Wi Mellon
Boston University
Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, D.C
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