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Salt City Coffee employees try to become 1st at locally owned coffee shop to unionize
Workers say the company fired its head roaster because of the unionization effort.
Syracuse University students raise encampment in solidarity with Palestinians during ongoing war in Gaza
The encampment is one of dozens at university and college campuses across the United States.
President Joe Biden celebrates $13.6B in funding for Micron in Syracuse
The funding will help Micron build four computer memory chip plants in Clay. Micron said it will spend $100 billion on the plants.
Volunteers help Syracuse’s community gardens prepare for their growing season (photo of the week)
Volunteers from Syracuse Grows, Jubilee Homes of Syracuse, Inc., Onondaga Earth Corps and other organizations joined forces Saturday on Community Volunteer Day. They helped community gardens and urban farms throughout Syracuse prepare for the upcoming…
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Devastating injuries. Few consequences. How frequent NY police crashes wreck lives.
Syracuse police officers crashed their vehicles hundreds of times between 2013 and 2022, with some wrecks leaving civilians with lasting injuries.
How JMA Wireless’ founder squelched a unionization effort at Manlius Pebble Hill School
John Mezzalingua threatened to pull funding for Manlius Pebble Hill School if its teachers voted to unionize.
‘One crappy apartment’ to another: How tools to relocate Syracuse families from homes with lead paint are limited
Darlene Medley’s story offers a cautionary tale for Syracuse residents who are relocated from an apartment deemed unfit to live in.
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ARTS & CULTURE
‘This is just my style’: Dewitt man wins third place title in international mustache championship
Neal Eckrich, known for his curled ‘stache, talked mustache maintenance and world travel with Central Current.
‘A Love Supreme’ at CFAC captures cultural and political movements of the 60s and 70s
The exhibit was assembled and curated from the Special Collections Research Center at the Syracuse University Libraries.
‘You gotta keep the seed going’: Onondaga Nation resumes corn husking bee after pandemic break
Corn holds a special place in Haudenosaunee culture. Community members came together recently to husk harvested corn.