Little-known group hopes to spread positive transformations

Travis Blunt to appear on Comedy Central Friday Night

Three employees with PEACE Inc. received awards for their work helping people living in poverty.  Theresa Mulroy received the Personal Achievement Award, Marc Sustache the Program Service Award and Rasheada Caldwell the Leadership Award. All awards were presented by The New York State Community Action Association (NYSCAA). Theresa Mulroy Mulroy was a victim of domestic abuse and came to PEACE …

On his first visit to Syracuse’s annual celebration, our columnist puts locals’ loyalty to the test

New community engagement app will launch at this year’s festival

How farms across the U.S. are helping refugees connect with their new soil

In one of the poorest parts of one of the poorest cities in America, you might assume there’d be widespread resentment against the scion of a World War II screw maker erecting a mansion of elephantine dimensions, even by the Gatsbyesque standards of Skaneateles. But that’s the magic of America. Even on Syracuse’s South Side, maybe especially on the South …

Alumni will gather June 15 for a special tribute

Salina 1st LLC holds groundbreaking on new South Side development Armed with shovels, smiles and dreams of a revitalized South Salina Street, dignitaries and developers broke ground May 22 on a $6.8 million mixed-use complex in the shadow of downtown. Backers say the project, located near South Salina and Burt streets, will include commercial, residential, light industrial and office spaces …

If you’ve ever fled a burning building, you’ve perhaps emerged with a deeper appreciation of firefighters, the heroic figures who run toward the same danger you’re fleeing. Yet for all their bravery, firefighters prepare for those moments. Not so with probation officers. Running into a smoked-filled house to save the occupants isn’t in their job description, yet that’s what Probation …