Syracuse Common Council approves buying 9 apartment buildings from HUD
Syracuse, NY - The Syracuse Common Council Monday voted unanimously to buy nine Syracuse apartment buildings the federal government has been trying to unload for more than two years. City Corporation...
View ArticleMadison County workers picket against possible privitization of home health...
Madison County leaders considering outsourcing the services of its home health care agency were met with outcry from employees who serve more than 200 patients countywide. More than 30 nurses and...
View ArticleLandmark status could stop mosque from being built near ground zero in New...
NEW YORK — A decades-old proposal to give a Manhattan building landmark status could alter plans for a mosque near ground zero that has angered some tea party activists and Sept. 11 victims’ families....
View ArticleYMCA of Greater Syracuse celebrates 10 years of its after-school arts program
Syracuse, NY -- A classroom of children play “Hot Cross Buns” on their recorders. The school cafeteria booms with the sound of latin music and salsa dancing. Outside, a group of kids draw chalk-lined...
View ArticleWoman shot Sunday dies at hospital
Syracuse, NY -- Morgan McMahon, who was shot Sunday afternoon, died 3 p.m. Monday, Syracuse police said. The shooting, which happened near Midland Avenue on the city’s South Side, is now considered a...
View ArticleClay girl dies in Sullivan crash, two others hospitalized in critical condition
Impact of collision leaves police uncertain as to who was driving SUV View full sizeMike Greenlar / The Post StandardNew York state police investigate a fatal two car collision on Route 31 at Lucas...
View ArticleSyracuse VA offers outpatient mental health care in former DMV building on...
Syracuse, NY -- The VA Medical Center has relocated most of its outpatient mental health services to a Syracuse office building at 620 Erie Blvd. W. that formerly housed the state Department of Motor...
View ArticleSyracuse police: Bicyclist critically injured in hit-and-run crash
Syracuse, NY -- A bicyclist suffered a severe head injury Monday afternoon Syracuse’s Skunk City neighborhood when he was struck by a vehicle that then left the scene. The bicyclist was riding on...
View ArticleNY teacher accused of having sex with student
CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. — A teacher has been accused of having sex with a 17-year-old student at Canandaigua Academy, a small-town school in western New York. The 37-year-old teacher, Marla Gurecki-Haskins,...
View ArticlePolice: Fulton woman ran over victim on purpose
Volney, NY -- A Fulton woman was jailed after she ran over an individual on purpose — and used the victim’s car to do it, Oswego County sheriff’s deputies said. Tracy L. Breckenridge, 42, of 42...
View ArticleShooting reported near Skiddy Park in Syracuse
Syracuse police are investigating a shooting near Skiddy Park in the city’s Near West Side. Around 10:30 p.m. a male, who police have not identified, came into Upstate University Hospital with a...
View ArticleSyracuse Councilor Bill Ryan calls fellow councilor a 'terrorist' in email
Syracuse, NY - Syracuse Common Councilor Bill Ryan thought he was firing off a private e-mail to a fellow councilor Saturday morning, when he compared the actions of one of their colleagues to those...
View ArticleWhat could Gov. Cuomo II mean for Central New York?
Andrew Cuomo has left his mark on the region, for better and worse. View full sizeDavid Goldman / APNew York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo speaks to the media before entering a fundraiser hosted by...
View ArticleTessy Plastics, in Elbridge, to buy former Syroco plant
Van Buren, NY -- The big, vacant former Syroco Inc. plant is about to find new life with a fast-growing plastics company from Elbridge. Tessy Plastics Corp. agreed in April to buy the...
View ArticleCyclist struck in hit and run in critical condition this morning
Syracuse, NY--The bicyclist struck by a vehicle Monday afternoon in Syracuse’s Skunk City neighborhood remained in critical condition this morning at Upstate University Hospital. Frank Moser, 46, of...
View ArticleWhat's going on: 'Plan B' to cap Gulf oil leak explained as patience wears thin
Also: South Korea starts propaganda blasts aimed at North; Facebook privacy fixes coming. Patrick Semansky / The Associated PressA worker shovels oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Monday on...
View ArticlePedestrian injured in morning crash in Syracuse
Syracuse, NY - A 15-year-old pedestrian was taken to Upstate University Hospital this morning after a car-pedestrian crash at the intersection of James and Oak streets in Syracuse. Syracuse police...
View ArticleCongress could vote this week on repealing military's 'don't ask, don't tell'...
Washington -- A White House-approved proposal to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" ban against gays serving openly in the military is expected to face a vote in Congress as early as this week. Gay...
View ArticleSyracuse police find 28 spent shell casings at shooting scene near Skiddy Park
Syracuse, NY -- Syracuse police investigating a shooting Monday night near Skiddy Park on the city’s Nearwest Side found 28 shell casings from two different weapons scattered on the ground. Jeffrey...
View ArticleNY Minute: State parks not likely to be open for Memorial Day; Gov. David...
Also: New York City politicians won't reveal their outside income; State OK's $25 million loan to keep horses racing. Stephanie Makosky / The Post-StandardA sign at the entrance of Chittenango Falls...
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