Gratitude over love and support for a 103-year-old World War II vet., a symbol of the veterans community.
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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.
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Sean Kirst: As Owens becomes mayor, a stop at Dunbar is testament to epic length of shared journey
Like so many in the city’s Black community, Sharon Owens holds deep family gratitude for the meaning of a “settlement house.”
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Sean Kirst: On one wet Halloween, in a Syracuse garage, being Dave Brown
It was a joke, sure, but at an auto shop with deep Syracuse history, something more.
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Sean Kirst: A moment for honoring Earl Lloyd, Syracuse legend who shattered NBA racial barrier 75 years ago
The late Earl Lloyd was a humble guy, but his contemporaries understood: His courage helped transform American basketball.
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Sean Kirst: Thirty-five years after death of Wallie Howard Jr., family circles of ongoing love and legacy
Wallie’s brother Wayne, at 60, reflects on staggering impact of the lives of too many in his family, lost too soon.
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Sean Kirst: In cold rain, Flight 103 rose laying at SU reinforces lifetime missions
Ten young visitors — and their teachers — from Lockerbie find Syracuse bond in both sorrow of shared loss, and call to ongoing commitment.
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Sean Kirst: On Valley hillside, bond of revered lacrosse coach, beloved stickmaker lives on in one young tree
At a high place at Onondaga Valley Cemetery, Roy Simmons Jr. and his sons plant a tiny hickory sapling in honor of Alf Jacques.
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Sean Kirst: While doggone legend of a hardware store closes today, owner to have role at new hardware spot downtown
The owner of a legendary business, beloved for the dogs that roam the aisles, will play a part in a brand-new downtown operation.
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Sean Kirst: In this city so rich in hoops history, why I asked my students to remember Lawrence Moten
Recalling the profound impact at a critical moment made by Moten, a Syracuse University basketball legend who died at 53
