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Sean Kirst: Two centuries after Erie Canal transformed Syracuse, museums seek lost plaques that make the point

One of world’s leading experts on the Erie Canal recalls how an Erie Boulevard monument — now missing key plaques — ignited his childhood curiosity.

Change is coming at City Hall. Walsh appears to have laid the groundwork for Owens to “shift” leadership at the housing authority.

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Like so many in the city’s Black community, Sharon Owens holds deep family gratitude for the meaning of a “settlement house.”

Deputy Mayor Sharon Owens on Tuesday evening made history as Syracuse’s first Black mayor-elect. Hundreds of Syracusans helped her celebrate.

Owens, who has served as deputy mayor for nearly eight years, is now set to serve another four years leading Syracuse.

Tom Babilon, the Republican candidate for mayor, talks the removal of the I-81 viaduct and the redevelopment of public housing.

Sharon Owens, the Democratic candidate for mayor, talks the removal of the I-81 viaduct and the redevelopment of public housing.

Tim Rudd, an independent candidate for mayor, talks the removal of the I-81 viaduct and the redevelopment of public housing.

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Alfonso Davis, an independent candidate for mayor, talks the removal of the I-81 viaduct and the redevelopment of public housing.

When a group of men were taken from a Syracuse city street, it took nearly two weeks to know who’d grabbed them.